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Native Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

Affidavit regarding Modoc Indians near Yreka, California

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2248
Abstract

Manuscript affidavit signed by William T. Kershaw and co-signed by F. A. Rogers, Clerk, Siskiyou County, November 21, 1857, regarding encounters with the Modoc Indians near Yreka, California, during the years 1851-1852.

Dates: 1857 November 21
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Affidavit regarding Modoc Indians near Yreka, California

Ambrotype portrait of Nakoosa Stará Moreland by Shane Balkowitsch

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1425
Abstract

Collection consists of one 8 x 10-inch ambrotype on a glass plate of Nakoosa Stará Moreland taken by Shane Balkowitsch, one copy of Balkowitsch's book, "Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective Volume 2," and digital photographs taken behind the scnenes during Moreland's studio sessions.

Dates: 2021-2023
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Ambrotype portrait of Nakoosa Stará Moreland by Shane Balkowitsch

Pages from Appletons' Journal regarding salmon fishing on the Columbia River

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5372
Abstract

Collection consists of pages excised from the December 10, 1870, and May 20, 1876, issues of the periodical Appletons' Journal, both featuring articles and engravings related to salmon fishing on the Columbia River.

Dates: 1870-1876
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Pages from Appletons' Journal regarding salmon fishing on the Columbia River

Frank Bowman diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1491
Abstract

Photocopy manuscript diary, 1844-1872, concerning overland journey in 1850; naming and settlement of Colfax, Washington; and relations with Indians, especially the Nez Percé.

Dates: 1844-1872
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Frank Bowman diary

The Cayuse War

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2901
Abstract

Typescript history, 34 pages, regarding the Whitman killings. Manuscript is unfinished and author is anonymous.

Dates: circa 1850-1900
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / The Cayuse War

Celilo Falls Indian Relocation Project records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2678
Abstract Records compiled by Barbara Mackenzie, who directed a U.S. government project to remove and relocate Native residents of the fishing communities of Spearfish, Washington, and Celilo, Oregon. The communities were displaced by the government's construction of The Dalles Dam on the Columbia River in the 1950s. The collection includes case files on individuals, including biographical information and photographs of housing; correspondence; minutes of advisory committee meetings; and relocation...
Dates: 1948-1957; Majority of material found within 1954-1957
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Celilo Falls Indian Relocation Project records

Robert S. Cline slides of Celilo Falls, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1278
Abstract

Collection consists of 19 color slides taken by Robert S. Cline. They include scenes of Celilo Falls on the Columbia River and the surrounding landscape; fishing platforms and Native people fishing; and a tram over the falls.

Dates: 1956
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Robert S. Cline slides of Celilo Falls, Oregon

Alexander L. Coffey papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2126
Abstract

Collection consists of honorable discharge papers from Washington Mounted Rifles, Fort Vancouver, Washington, December 29, 1855 and September 13, 1856; manuscript reminiscences, 3 pages, May 3, 1905, regarding the killing of Klikitat Chief Umtuch on Strong's Battleground, now Battle Ground, Washington.

Dates: 1855-1905
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Alexander L. Coffey papers

Francis Galloway papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2582
Abstract Francis Galloway was born in McMinnville in 1885. He graduated from University of Oregon in 1907. He was admitted to the bar in 1911, and and in 1913, he moved to The Dalles, where he practiced law and was active in Democratic politics. Papers include correspondence, reports, memoranda and legal documents relating to the boundaries of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, self-government on the reservation, and federal Indian policy; correspondence relating to his political and business...
Dates: 1900-1940
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Francis Galloway papers

Edward R. Geary papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 68
Abstract Papers of Edward R. Geary, a missionary and Presbyterian minister who served as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Oregon and Washington from 1859 to 1861, founded Albany College, and was a regent of the University of Oregon. The collection includes correspondence, writings, and financial records, including copies of letters from Geary's brother, John W. Geary; papers relating to the Oregon Central Railroad; papers relating to the estate of John Webster Perit Huntington; and detailed...
Dates: 1840-1878
Found in: Oregon Historical Society Research Library / Edward R. Geary papers

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