Resources for "The Kalapuyans and the Pioneers: Manifest Destiny in Oregon"

Timothy Meinzen, Pleasant Hill High School, Pleasant Hill School District

Web Sites

Kalapuya

http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorclak/kalapuyas.html Provides a native version of the history of Kalapuyas around Clackamas. It is short and contains good detail about the foods and practices of the Willamette Valley Indians.
http://neighbors.designcommunity.com/notes/1347.html Offers an encyclopedic overview of the Kalapuyas, mostly facts
http://neighbors.designcommunity.com/notes/1345.html Explains a bit more about the food the Kalapuyan would harvest, including tarweed
http://oregon.uoregon.edu/%7Eosma/%20salem/oven.html Camas ovens reveal how they were prepared
http://www.bottlebooks.com/oregon.htm Contains information on Oregon Indian Medicines sold in the latter part of the 1800’s showing a new view of Native Americans once they were not a factor in competing for the land.
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/press/StoriesIntro.html Notes on how to read Native folklore stories by George Venn
http://www.col-ed.org/echo2001/webguides/or/Oregon_page.htm Contains samples of primary housing forms from the three Native American groups in Oregon: Western, Columbia Plateau, and Great Basin
Native customs

General Oregon History

http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/echoes/chronology.html This OPB website on the Oregon Story has a timeline of major events that mark Oregon History.

Settlers

http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/echoes/chronology.html This OPB website on the Oregon Story has a timeline of major events that mark Oregon History.
http://www.aracnet.com/~histgaz/hgv2n3.htm This website contains contrasting views on what early settlers thought about the Natives.
http://www.pleasanthill.k12.or.us/ This is the School Districts home page and contains links to brief histories and several scanned photos of the the school from earlier days. Some alum have added memories of the school and teachers.
http://www.bottlebooks.com/oregon.htm This contains information on Oregon Indian Medicines sold in the latter part of the 1800’s showing a new view of Native Americans once they were not a factor in competing for the land.
http://www.pleasanthill.k12.or.us/ This is the School Districts home page and contains links to brief histories and several scanned photos of the the school from earlier days. Some alum have added memories of the school and teachers.

Settler Biographies

http://www.rootsweb.com/~ormultno/People/Richey/IndianWar.htm This is a letter from James Richey about the conflict with natives.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~orlane/history/histskin.htm#Eugene This contains mini-bios of Eugene Skinner and Felix Scott including their encounters with the Kalapuyas and their reaction to the land.
Biography of Elijah Bristow and his views of the land. First white settler in Lane county.
Elijah White
Jesse Applegate
Asahel Munger
Martha Williams
Ralph Greer - Recollections of Ralph Greer
Americus Savag
Charles Beale

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