Oregon Indians : voices from two centuries / edited by Stephen Dow Beckham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beckham, Stephen Dow.

Series:

Northwest readers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Oregon--History--Sources.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--First contact with other peoples--Oregon.

Indians of North America--First contact with other peoples.

History.

Discoveries in geography.

White people.

Relations with Indians.

Indians, Treatment of.

Oregon.

Indians, Treatment of--Oregon--History--Sources.

White people--Oregon--Relations with Indians.

Oregon--Discovery and exploration.

Oregon--History--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xv, 583 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Corvallis, Or. : Oregon State University Press, 2006.

Contents:

1 Encounters

"A Prophecy of the Coming of the Whites" / Sophie Klickitat 7

First Ship Seen by the Clatsop / Charles Cultee 9

Treasure of Echanie (Neahkanhie) Mountain / Silas Smith 12

"There Came Along Side Two Indion Canoes," 1788 / Robert Haswell 18

"Shi-lahsri, Shi-lahsri," ["My Friends, My Friends"]: Encounters at Sea, 1792 / Maritime Explorers 29

Salmon in the Columbia River / Silas Smith 37

The Cascades Chinookans, 1805 / William Clark 39

"They Possess Their Present Lands and Situation From Time Immemorial," 1811 / Robert Stuart 43

Like God and Moses: Laws For the Cayuse, 1843 / Gustavus Hines 52

The Tragedy at Waiilatpu, 1847 / James Douglas 60

Proceedings to Resolve the Cayuse War, 1848 / Cayuse War Council 67

The Indians of Oregon: Customs, Habits and Character, 1848 / Riley Root 82

Tender Ties: Indian Wives and Fur Trading Husbands, 1850 / Elijah White 87

Lifeways of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua, 1851 / George Riddle 91

2 Treaties and Warfare

Veteran of the Mexican War / Peter Umpqua 108

"To the Gallows," Trial and Punishment of the Cayuse, 1850 110

"We Do Not Want Any Other Piece of Land," 1851 / Willamette Valley Treaty Commission 116

Supreme Court of Oregon Territory, The Case of Indian Tom, 1853 126

"A Massacre Too Inhumane to Be Readily Believed," 1854 / Frederick M. Smith 131

"Utmost Good Faith": Walla Walla Treaty Council, 1855 141

"Awful Hard Time When I'm Baby," 1855 / John Adams 151

A Plea for the Indians of Oregon, 1856-57 / John Beeson 156

Encounters With the Northern Paiute, 1860 / Enoch Steen, Andrew J. Smith 172

Imprisonment at Alcatraz: Chief John of the Rogue Rivers 183

The Hanging of Klamath Chief George, 1863 189

Treaties with the Tribes of Middle Oregon, 1855-65, and with the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin Band of Snakes, 1865 200

3 Removals and Reservations

The Takelmans' Trail of Tears, 1856 225

"My People Are All Dying," 1857 234

"We Do Not Want to Be Slaves": Lament of the Siletz Chiefs, 1862 241

Natchez, The Great White Father Gave and He Took, 1871 245

"I Did Not Want to Kill Them": Proceedings of a Military Commission, 1873 249

Council Held with the Indians of the Alsea Sub-Agency, Yachats, Oregon, 1875 259

"Some Men Say They Are Our Friends," 1875 / Dave Hill 271

"A Notorious Liar and Malicious Schemer," 1880 / Sarah Winnemucca 276

The Indian History of the Modoc War, 1914 / Jeff C. Riddle 282

4 Walking the "White Man's Road"

"Natural Oratory": Allen David, Klamath Chief, 1869 300

"It Was the Indians' Money": Problems at Grand Ronde, 1869 / Grand Ronde Council 303

"An Educated Paiute Woman," 1870 / Sarah Winnemucca 311

"Many Things Were Promised," 1871 / Grand Ronde Council 318

"I Will Speak With a Straight Tongue" / Chief Joseph 330

Treaty Rights: Umatilla Reservation, 1874 / Alfred Meacham 342

Silent Testimony: Middens of the Southwestern Oregon Coast, 1873 / Paul Schumacher 348

Textbook Treatment, 1925 / Robert C. Clark, Robert H. Down, George V. Blue 359

5 Prospects of A New Deal

The Indian New Deal: Chemawa Hearings, 1934 377

Voices From Siletz: Wrestling with the Future, 1934 384

"We Do Not Know Where We Stand": Concerns from Warm Springs, 1934 393

Celilo: Fishery and Trade Depot of the Northwest, 1942 / Tommy Thompson, Isaac McKinley 401

Usual and Accustomed Grounds and Stations, 1942 / Gilbert Minthorn, George Red Hawk, James Kash Kash 416

"On the Altar of My Country" / Griffin John 423

George Bundy Wasson: Indian Rights Advocate / Emil R. Peterson 424

6 The Disastrous Policy of Termination

Termination: Quick Route to Oblivion, 1954 438

Lifting the Prohibition On Inter-Racial Marriage, 1955 447

No Rights of Sovereignty Were Surrendered, 1956 / Howard Barrett 449

The Case for Education of Indian Children, 1976 / Sister Francella Mary Griggs 458

Termination Impacts on the Grand Ronde Community, 1976 / Merle Holmes 464

Consequences of Termination: the Klamath Tribe, 1976 / Joe Coburn 469

"What Were We to Do When We Were Terminated?" / Bill Brainard 474

7 Restoration of Hope

"The Indian Never Has Been a Conservationist," 1976 / Forrest L. Meuret 488

Kimball v. Callahan: A Landmark Court Ruling, 1976-79 492

Legacy of Allotment: A Nightmare of Heirship Interests, 1977 / Mark O. Hatfield, Leslie Minthorn 506

Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, Lands Worth Only 2 1/3 Cents Per Acre, 1979 519

The Importance of Congressional Leadership, 1983 / Dennis J. Whittlesey 531

Sacramental Use of Peyote: A Matter Before the Courts / Antonin Scalia 533

"A Better Day for Our People," 1996-97 / Susan Crispen Shaffer 548

Ancient One: Kennewick Man / Armand Minthorn, Don Sampson 554.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [561]-562) and index.

ISBN:

0870710885

OCLC:

62326650

Publisher Number:

9780870710889