Indians of North America -- Oregon -- Government relations
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Oliver Cromwell Applegate papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 005
Abstract
Oliver Cromwell Applegate (1845-1938), the son of Lindsay and Elizabeth Applegate (Applegate Trail pioneers), spent his career working with Oregon Indians. He was a subagent with the Indian Service at Yainax, and during the Modoc War he served as an interpreter and a scout. In 1873, he became a U.S. Commissioner, and in 1898 was appointed Klamath Indian Agent. After his resignation in 1905 he continued to work with the federal government on Indian issues such as the Grande Ronde tribal...
Dates:
1841-1938
U.S. Office of Indian Affairs records, Malheur Agency
Collection
Identifier: Bx 053
Abstract
The federal government created Indian reservations across the country in the 1800s. In Oregon the reservations included Siletz, Grand Ronde, Warm Springs, Umatilla, Klamath, and Malheur. Agriculture, schooling, finances, and other aspects of life on reservations were regulated by Indian agents employed by the federal government. The U.S. Office of Indian Affairs Records, Malheur Agency, consist of correspondence and records from 1874 to 1880 regarding conflicts between the Interior...
Dates:
1874-1880
U.S. Office of Indian Affairs. Warm Springs Agency, Or. letterpress copybook
Collection — Multiple collection box [B 143] 1: [Barcode: 35025032079002]
Identifier: B 143
Abstract
James L. Cowan was the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, of the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs at Warm Springs Oregon. The collection (1896-1898) contains the Commissioner's letterpress copybook of incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Dates:
1896 December 22 -1898 January 18
- UO Libraries
- Special Collections and University Archives
- 1299 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1299
- spcarref@uoregon.edu
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