The World Begins Here
The first inhabitants of Oregon had an intimate knowledge of the land and a rich tradition of oral storytelling. The white settlers brought their own...
The Sandal and the Cave
Luther Cressman's 1938 discovery of a 9,000-year-old sandal in Fort Rock Cave revolutionized accepted theories of western prehistory. The recovery of the woven sagebrush-bark sandal...
Teaching Oregon Native Languages
In a world where over half of the remaining 6000 languages will most likely disappear by the end of the century, attention has finally begun...
To Harvest, To Hunt
To Harvest, To Hunt reveals how diverse peoples have valued and used natural resources throughout the history of the American West. Drawing on family letters...
Ethnobotany of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians
Myrtlewood is most often thought of as beautiful wood for woodworking, but to Native people on the southern Oregon coast it was an important source...
The First Oregonians
Originally published in 1991, The First Oregonians has been revised and expanded for a new generation of Oregonians. It provides a comprehensive view of Oregon's...
Badger and Coyote Were Neighbors
"Story story." For the Clackamas Chinook Indians, these words signaled the end of a myth recital. Melville Jacobs spent a lifetime recording traditional stories and...
Oregon Archaeology
Oregon Archaeology tells the story of Oregon’s human history beginning more than 14,000 years ago with the earliest evidence of human occupation and continuing into...