Indians Of Oregon

Few have been previously published, including treaty council minutes, court and congressional testimonies, letters, and passages from travelers' journals."--Jacket.

"Contents"--"Foreword by Nancy J. Turner" -- "Preface" -- "How to Use This Book" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Chapter 1. Indigenous Languages" -- "Chapter 2. Cultural Background and History" -- "Chapter 3. The Ethnographers and Their Informants" -- "Chapter 4. Plants and the Traditional Culture" -- "Chapter 5. Trees" -- "Chapter 6. Shrubs" -- "Chapter 7. Forbs" -- "Chapter 8. Ferns, Fern Allies, and Moss" -- "Chapter 9. Fungi and Seaweeds" -- "Chapter 10. Unidentified Plants" -- "Appendix: Basketry" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography

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The history of the Siletz is in many ways the history of all Indian tribes in America: a story of heartache, perseverance, survival, and revival. It began in a resource-rich homeland thousands of years ago and today finds a vibrant, modern community with a deeply held commitment to tradition. The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians�twenty-seven tribes speaking at least ten languages�were brought together on the Oregon Coast through treaties with the federal government in 1853�55. For decades after, the Siletz people lost many traditional customs, saw their languages almost wiped out, and experienced poverty, killing diseases, and humiliation. Again and again, the federal government took great chunks of the magnificent, timber-rich tribal homeland, a reservation of 1.1 million acres reaching a full 100 miles north to south on the Oregon Coast. By 1956, the tribe had been �terminated� under the Western Oregon Indian Termination Act, selling off the remaining land, cutting off federal health and education benefits, and denying tribal status. Poverty worsened, and the sense of cultural loss deepened. The Siletz people refused to give in. In 1977, after years of work and appeals to Congress, they became the second tribe in the nation to have its federal status, its treaty rights, and its sovereignty restored. Hand-in-glove with this federal recognition of the tribe has come a recovery of some land--several hundred acres near Siletz and 9,000 acres of forest--and a profound cultural revival. This remarkable account, written by one of the nation�s most respected experts in tribal law and history, is rich in Indian voices and grounded in extensive research that includes oral tradition and personal interviews. It is a book that not only provides a deep and beautifully written account of the history of the Siletz, but reaches beyond region and tribe to tell a story that will inform the way all of us think about the past. Watch the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEtAIGxp6pc

Information concerning Oregon Indian tribes, notably: Cathlamet, (Chinook), Siletz, Yaquina, Alsea, Sitslaw, Coos, Coquille, Umpqua, Clatsop, Cooniac, Clatskanie, Multnomah, Cascades, Clackamas, Wasco, Wyam, Tenico, John Day, Tygh, Umatilla, Cayuse, Nez Perce, Klamath, Modoc, Shasta, Creek, Latgawa, Tolowa, Chetco, Kwatami, Tututni.

Presents biographies of significant Native Americans and tribes in the history of Oregon, and includes a pictorial section.

Information concerning Oregon Indian tribes, notably: Cathlamet, (Chinook), Siletz, Yaquina, Alsea, Sitslaw, Coos, Coquille, Umpqua, Clatsop, Cooniac, Clatskanie, Multnomah, Cascades, Clackamas, Wasco, Wyam, Tenico, John Day, Tygh, Umatilla, Cayuse, Nez Perce, Klamath, Modoc, Shasta, Creek, Latgawa, Tolowa, Chetco, Kwatami, Tututni.

In this book, Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown tell the story of the Cayuse people, from their early years through the nineteenth century, when the tribe was forced to move to a reservation. First published in 1972, this expanded edition is published in 2005 in commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the treaty between the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Confederated Tribes and the U.S. government on June 9, 1855, as well as the bicentennial of Lewis and Clark’s visit to the tribal homeland in 1805 and 1806. Volume 120 in The Civilization of the American Indian Series