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The Grizzly Bear and the Deer : the history of Federal Indian Policy and its impact on the Coast Reservation tribes of Oregon, 1856-1877

Creator:

Van Laere, M. Susan

Abstract:

The Coast Reservation of Oregon was established under Executive Order of President Franklin Pierce in November, 1855, as a homeland for the southern Oregon tribes. It was an immense, isolated wilderness, parts of which had burned earlier in the century. There were some prairies where farming was possible, but because...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

, the wilderness, the Congress, and the Office of Indian Affairs. Agents were accountable, not only for