Tag: umpqua
Ethnohistory Research, LLC | David G. Lewis, PhD , August 6th, 2022
A subject which has had little clarity in the past is when were the Umpqua and Southern Kalapuya, the Yoncallas, resettled to the Umpqua Reservation at Coles Valley….
Ethnohistory Research, LLC | David G. Lewis, PhD , June 16th, 2021
Between the time of the formation of the Umpqua Reservation in the Umpqua basin (1854) and the removal of the four tribes to Grand Ronde Reservation, in late…
Ethnohistory Research, LLC | David G. Lewis, PhD , June 2nd, 2020
The following story appeared in the Oregonian in 1900. Nicholas Day was an Indian agent who was hired by Joel Palmer to manage the Umpqua Indians. Day took…
Ethnohistory Research, LLC | David G. Lewis, PhD , April 6th, 2020
William Martin, the Sub-Indian Agent of the Umpqua and Coos Bay was appointed to the position by Jole Palmer in June 1853. He worked to understand the tribes…
Ethnohistory Research, LLC | David G. Lewis, PhD , December 16th, 2018
The Cow Creek Umpquas were a Takelman speaking tribe of native peoples related to the Takelma peoples of the Rogue river valley. The Cow Creek peoples resided in…
Ethnohistory Research, LLC | David G. Lewis, PhD , December 14th, 2018
Some recent census research revealed a census I had not yet analyzed. Luckily, a brief search of my records found that I had previously collected the census, enabling…
Ethnohistory Research, LLC | David G. Lewis, PhD , December 14th, 2018
In 1853, Joel Palmer Indian Superintendent for Oregon established the Umpqua Reservation in the inland Umpqua Valley. The September 19, 1853 Treaty with the Cow Creek Band of…
Ethnohistory Research, LLC | David G. Lewis, PhD , August 19th, 2018
Albert B. Meacham was an Indian agent in the 1860’s and 70’s and oversaw some changes in the reservations. He attempted to give the tribes some voice in…
David G. Lewis' Ethnohistory Research, LLC , March 6th, 2018
A truly remarkable fact of Oregon history presented itself whole conducting some coastal research. In 1856 and for years after, the Indian agents employed and Continue reading
David G. Lewis' Ethnohistory Research, LLC , February 16th, 2018
The story of the Coast Reservation of Oregon is complicated. The Coast Reservation is created in 1855 by Presidential Executive Order and then for some Continue reading
David G. Lewis' Ethnohistory Research, LLC , February 14th, 2018
The southern and central Coast of Oregon is a relatively unknown area in Native American history. As the area is not well researched it Continue reading
David G. Lewis' Ethnohistory Research, LLC , February 11th, 2018
Much has been written and published of the Rogue River, Modoc, and Yakima Wars in the Oregon Territory. These wars were, by-and-large, reactions of the Continue reading
David G. Lewis' Ethnohistory Research, LLC , January 17th, 2018
On November 29th 1854, the tribes of the upper Umpqua River (Umpqua) and Yoncalla Kalapuyans signed a treaty with the United States for their lands. This was the…
David G. Lewis' Ethnohistory Research, LLC , January 16th, 2018
The Treaty with the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua is the first treaty in Oregon to be negotiated and ratified. The treaty establishes the Umpqua Reservation for…
David G. Lewis' Ethnohistory Research, LLC , November 27th, 2017
In 1931, the coastal tribes were in the midst of a lawsuit against the federal government. The tribes of the southern coast, between the California border and North…