Over the course of the years one question about the tribes of western Oregon has never been fully answered, Do the Tribal Members of the
Tag: Willamette Valley History
Kalapuyans: Seasonal Lifeways, TEK, Anthropocene
Kalapuyan History (summary) From original 25,000 Kalapuyan people (estimated) in 19 tribes and bands, they were reduced to about 800 by 1850 through diseases like
Umpqua Journal of Removal To the Grand Ronde Encampment, 1856
The following is the raw transcription of the journal of the removal of Four tribes (Cow Creek Umpqua, Upper Umpqua, Yoncalla Kalapuya, Southern Molalla) from
Sickness Issues from the Trumpet: Health Conditions at the Early Western Oregon Reservations
“The Doctress said she distinctly saw the sickness that afflicted the tribes issue from the Trumpet which I sounded to announce the hour of school,
Removal and Decline of the Rogue River Tribes at Reservations
In 1856, all of the tribes from the interior of western Oregon removed to the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation. This was a plan created by