Confederated Tribes of Siletz records

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Confederated Tribes of Siletz records

1855-1957

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv54391

Records of the Siletz Indian Agency in Oregon, along with records of the Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon, and a small group of records of the Grand Ronde reservation. Included is correspondence with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries; subject files; financial records; Indian census records; and records relating to students and the management of the Chemawa Indian School. Included is correspondence of Edwin Chalcraft, superintendent of the Siletz Agency in the early 20th century. Microfilmed records include vital statistics, 1910-1918; Yaquina vocabulary; property inventories; and an unpublished manuscript titled "Visit to the tribes of the Siletz Agency," by James Owen Dorsey.

11 cubic feet (25 document cases, 3 flat boxes, 4 reels microfilm)

eng, Latn

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6373878

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U.S. Indian School (Chemawa, Salem, Or.)

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Confederated Tribes of Siletz.

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Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs

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United States bureau with responsibility for Indian relations. From the description of Letter, 1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699812 Develops and implements, in cooperation with tribal governments, Native American organizations, other federal agencies, state & local governments, and other interested groups, economic, social, educational, and other programs for the benefit and advancement of Indian and Alaska native people. Established in 1824 within the War Dept...

Chalcraft, Edwin L.

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Edwin Chalcraft was an Indian agency teacher in Chehalis, Washington, Chemawa, Oregon, and other agencies in Wyoming, Oklahoma and Oregon. From the description of Chalcraft-Pickering Photographs, 1862-1941. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 42027041 From the description of Chalcraft/Pickering family papers, 1821-1954. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853369 Edwin L. Chalcraft was born near Albion, Illinois on November 11, 1855. H...

Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895

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Dorsey was the vice president of section H (anthropology) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. From the description of Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1892. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 226043775 ...

Confederated Tribes of Siletz.

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Siletz Indian Reservation was established in 1855 by executive order. The Confederated Tribes include the Siletz, Takelma, Shasta, Umpqua, and Tututni. The reservation was terminated by executive order in 1954. From the description of Confederated Tribes of Siletz records, 1855-1955. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 32652213 An 1855 directive from the U.S. Federal government called for the establishment of the Siletz Indian Reser...