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OMSI Is Looking to Develop a Gathering Space for the Native American Community Along the Willamette River

The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry plans to use a grant from Metro to explore the possibility of creating a Native American cultural center and “waterfront education park” as part of its redevelopment plan.

Portland Public Schools Survey on School Culture Produces Glum Responses

Is There an Ethnic Group More Likely to Be Homeless in Portland Than Others?

And why?

Instead of Wreaking Havoc on Native Land, the Rainbow Gathering Needs to Find a Permanent Home

The Rainbow Gathering needs to work out an agreement with someone, somewhere, to find a permanent home for their annual celebration, instead of taking their traveling circus on the road to wreak havoc on a different piece of sacred Native land every year.

No Totem Pole at Oregon Country Fair After Complaints From Native Americans

“The Board of Directors offers apology for the distress our actions regarding the story pole have caused to those Native Peoples and members of our family who have been affected by this process.”

The Local Man Who Native Americans Call "The Ancient One," Will Finally Get a Proper Burial

In 1996, two college students stumbled upon the skeletal remains of a prehistoric man on the bank of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington. He came to be widely known the Kennewick Man, or the Ancient One.

Charlie Hales Declares Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples' Day Instead

On Wednesday the Portland City Council voted unanimously to declare the second Monday in October Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Portland, Pre-Pilgrim

The autumn of 1621 found the indigenous bands along the rivers of Oregon living as they had for a millennium. That is to say, very well.

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