Native Americans
Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Bill W. Evans
Oral history interview with Bill W. Evans, conducted by Clark Hansen on April 10, 1999, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Evans discusses the history of the area near Lake Chelan, Washington, the town of Manson, and the Colville Indian Reservation, particularly how the area and its people were affected by irrigation projects and dam construction in the Columbia River Basin.
Forest Grove Indian Training School photographs
This collection consists of 24 black and white photographic prints depicting Native American students and the grounds at the Indian Training School in Forest Grove, Oregon, circa 1882. The school opened in 1880 and eventually moved to a location near Salem in 1885, and was renamed the Chemawa Indian School.
Francis Galloway papers
Edward R. Geary papers
J. Otto George papers
Collection consists primarily of a typescript photocopy compilation, "Old Stories of the Arctic Eskimo," 1978. Also included are two letters to Ruth Whitcomb regarding the Finnish community in Clatskanie, Oregon.
Great Northern calendar portraits
Collection consists of color prints, based on original portraits by Winold Reiss, that were used in Great Northern Railway calendars, as well as full pages from the calendars.
David Hall papers
Collection consists of manuscript financial claims submitted to the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (Indian Dept. U.S. Government) from David Hall, 1855-1859, for supplies given to Native Americans in the Oregon Territory while acting as a special agent for the bureau.
Washington Hall papers
Collection includes an affidavit and agreements between Washington Hall and the lower band of the Chinook Indian Tribe regarding Hall's land holdings at Chinook Point in Pacific County, Washington.
J.H. Horner papers
Papers of a Wallowa County, Oregon, official and amateur historian, consisting primarily of a manuscript of his unpublished book "Wallowa River and Valley," as well as correspondence with Otis Halfmoon and other documents.
John B. Horner collection
Collection consists of materials by or belonging to John B. Horner that concern Oregon-related historical topics. These include diagrams and documents concerning the Kalapuya mounds; the text of an address Horner delivered to the Oregon Pioneer Association; and a letter from Gertrude Balch Ingalls with a biographical sketch of her brother, Frederic Homer Balch. Horner (1856-1933) taught English and history at Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University).