Rogue River Indians

The People are Dancing Again

Wilkinson, Charles. The People are Dancing Again: The History of the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon (2010) I first met Wilkinson at an Oregon History Lecture where he was talking  at a “Mark O. Hatfield” Distinguished Historians Forum on the history of the Siletz Tribe. Of course, as a Siletz member, I was rather interested, [...]

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Requiem for a People

Beckham, Stephen Dow. Requiem for a People: The Rogue Indians and the Frontiersmen. 1971. Probably one of the first really depressing books I ever read. Part of the reason I became involved in “genocide awareness” work. This is a historical look at the Rogue Indian Wars in SW Oregon, and their forced, almost genocidal removal [...]

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World Memory Project

I learned about the World Memory Project from a video report by Athena Jones on  CNN . I was intrigued, to put it lightly. One of the existential themes  in my life as been “genocide”. Another theme is media and stories. (Trans-media – is what they call it now… ). And a third theme is my belief [...]

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Modoc War – Oregon Experience

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Thanks to Emily Roland for pointing me to this online video! The story of Captain Jack and the Modoc people in S. Central Oregon. Next door to the Rogue Indians.  From Oregon Experience on OBP. Watch The Modoc War on PBS. See more from Oregon Experience.

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NCAI Parade 2011

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Here’s some pictures from the Parade this morning for the NCAI Convention in Portland!

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Sumêg Villiage

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This year after the Run to the Rogue ended, I kept heading south, into the Northern California Mist. I visited Patrick’s Point State Park, just a little north of Trinidad. The park contains a cedar plankhouse villiage reconstructed by the Yurok Tribe and used for cultural events. The site looked rather deserted and gray. Even [...]

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Run to the Rogue 2010

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We’ve completed another R2R, in which the Siletz tribe honors our ancestors by running / walking from Siletz, Oregon to Oaks Flats on the Illinois River. This relay, in which different members of the tribe (and friends!) carry an eagle staff mile by mile for over 50 hours down the coast, commemorates the forced removal [...]

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Culture Camp 2010 – Clams!

I dropped in at the Siletz 2010 Culture Camp. (hard to pass up fry bread – especially my sisters…).  Anyway, as I wandered through the different tables where people were learning some of the ancient arts of basketry, flint-knapping and other such skills, I came across a table of youth shucking clams . Turns out [...]

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Run to the Rogue 2009

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I’m participated in the Confederated Tribes of Siletz’s 2009 Run to the Rogue, commemorating the forced “Death March” of the Rogue Indians up the coast of Oregon to Siletz in 1856. Note – the pictures of the traditional salmon bake are from another event a few weeks earlier, but we did end the even with [...]

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Ed Edmo

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Ed Edmo has been a family friend for a long time. He’s a Native American Story Teller Link to Ed’s website http://ededmo.tripod.com/ The following two videos are from the Genocide Awareness event in 2006, where Ed told some stories about his experiences – with racism in eastern Oregon, and Celilo Falls before they were flooded. [youtubegallery] [...]

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