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Native Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

Francis S. Landrum collection on Captain Jack's capture

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 954
Abstract

Collection includes typescript photocopies of reports on the capture of Captain Jack, Modoc chief, and other Indians of the Modoc Indian War, collected from available sources by Francis S. Landrum.

Dates: 1965

Oral history interview with James K. Logan

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1932
Abstract

Oral history interview with James K. Logan conducted by Toni R. Black Cloud from April 12 to May 23, 2002, as part of the Radical Elders oral history series. Logan discusses his early life as a homeless teenager, his recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction, and his involvement with the American Indian Movement.

Dates: 2002 April 12-May 23

Lorenzo Lorain letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 417
Abstract

Collection consists of correspondence by Lorenzo Lorain dating from 1855 to 1861, as well as biographical information about Lorain collected between 1958 and 1968. The bulk of the letters concern his time stationed at Fort Walla Walla and Fort Umpqua between 1856 and 1861.

Dates: 1855-1968; Majority of material found within 1855-1861

Lorenzo Lorain photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1416
Abstract

Collection consists of photographs taken by or attributed to Lorenzo Lorain while stationed at Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon, between 1857 and 1861. They depict scenes around Fort Umpqua and the Coast Reservation, portraits of Native Americans and soldiers, and street scenes of Portland, Oregon City, and The Dalles.

Dates: 1857-1860

Ray Lung papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 354
Abstract

Papers of Ray Lung, who managed the Klamath Indian Management Trust for United States National Bank of Portland from 1959 to 1975.

Dates: 1943-2007

Oral history interviews with Lewis L. McArthur and Taz Conner

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2956
Abstract

Oral history interviews with Lewis L. McArthur and Taz Conner were conducted on September 28, 1999. In these interviews, McArthur discusses his work on the Oregon Geographic Names Board, and Conner discusses his work to get land returned to the Wallowa band of the Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) people.

Dates: 1999 September 28

Oral history interview with Lewis L. McArthur

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2955
Abstract

Oral history interview with Lewis L. McArthur conducted by an unidentified person on October 4, 1999. In this interview, McArthur discusses place names in Oregon and their relationship to Oregon's colonial history.

Dates: 1999 October 4

Donald McKay collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1582
Abstract

Reproductions of broadsides and pamphlets regarding Donald McKay's Medicine Show and his life as an Indian scout.

Dates: circa 1883-1899

Lee Moorhouse photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 104
Abstract

Photographs taken by Major Lee Moorhouse between approximately 1897 and 1919, depicting Cayuse, Umatilla, and other Native peoples and their settlements in the Columbia River Basin and Umatilla County; landscapes in Oregon and Montana; the Pendleton Round-Up in Pendleton, Oregon, and rodeos in other locations.

Dates: circa 1897-1919

Photographs of Native people fishing and buildings along the Columbia River

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1279
Abstract

Five black and white photographs with handwritten notes on the back that identify the images as being taken along the Columbia River in October 1942. Four of the photographs depict Native people fishing from platforms, probably at Celilo Falls; one shows wooden buildings and parked cars.

Dates: 1942 October