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War and Removal

War and Removal

The arrival of Euro-Americans in southwest Oregon shattered Native societies. After brief but brutal warfare broke out between Natives and settlers in the Rogue River …

Oregon History Project
War Housing and Vanport

War Housing and Vanport

When war broke out, Portland was the only city on the West Coast without a public housing authority, yet it faced the most rapid increase …

Oregon History Project
War Memorial, Lake County

War Memorial, Lake County

This monument was erected at the Mitchell Recreation Area in the Fremont National Forest, Lake County, Oregon in memory of Elyse Mitchell and five children …

Oregon History Project
Warm Springs Agency Boarding School, 1890

Warm Springs Agency Boarding School, 1890

This  photograph of the students and staff of the Warm Springs Agency Boarding School was taken in February 1890 The 1855 Treaty with the Tribes …

Oregon History Project
Warm Springs Reservation Mill

Warm Springs Reservation Mill

In 1938, four years after the congressional passage of the Indian Reorganization Act, the Warm Springs tribes became officially incorporated as the Confederated Tribes of …

Oregon History Project
War Relocation Authority Camp at Tule Lake

War Relocation Authority Camp at Tule Lake

During World War II, the U.S. War Relocation Authority (WRA) built ten concentration camps for Japanese Americans. One of these covered 1,100 acres of Klamath …

Oregon History Project
Wasco Full-Turn Twining

Wasco Full-Turn Twining

This photograph was taken by Nancy J. Nusz on February 8, 1991 to document Mary D. Schlick training apprentices (left to right) Pat Gold, Bernyce …

Oregon History Project
Wasco-Style Sally Bags

Wasco-Style Sally Bags

This Wasco Sally Bag, named “Sturgeon Greet the Babies,” was made by Pat Courtney Gold, a member of the Wasco Nation of the Confederated Tribes …

Oregon History Project
Wasco (Warm Springs) Reservation Map, 1855

Wasco (Warm Springs) Reservation Map, 1855

From 1854 to 1855, Joel Palmer, the superintendent of Indian affairs for Oregon Territory, negotiated nine treaties between Pacific Northwest Indians and the U.S. …

Oregon History Project
We're Going to Wyoming & Idaho

We're Going to Wyoming & Idaho

The August 1942 special edition of the Evacuazette, a newspaper published for people detained at the Portland Assembly Center in North Portland, provided news …

Oregon History Project