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Monthly Archives: March 2016

New Oregon Encyclopedia online articles on Portland Native Peoples

by Robert Boyd on March 31, 2016 with No Comments

The Oregon Encyclopedia has just published my “Wapato (Wappato) Valley Indians,” and “Portland Basin Chinookan Villages in the 1800s” (with Henry Zenk).  If you want the basics on Portland Native peoples, read these!  Both provide thumbnail sketches of that data … Read More

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Our article “Chinookan Villages of the Lower Columbia” is out in the spring OHQ!

by Robert Boyd on March 27, 2016 with No Comments

After a year’s work, our article on “Chinookan Villages of the Lower Columbia” just came out in the Spring 2016 Oregon Historical Quarterly.  Authors are Henry Zenk, Yvonne Hajda, and myself.  I’ve known Henry and Yvonne for over thirty years, … Read More

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Kickstarter campaign for “Before Portland” launches Wednesday, March 9

by Robert Boyd on March 8, 2016 with No Comments

Now that the UW Press advance contract has been signed, it’s time to get funding in place for the next fourteen months until the manuscript is due May 1, 2017.  To that end, I’ve set up a Kickstarter campaign titled … Read More

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“Before Portland” book contract signed

by Robert Boyd on March 7, 2016 with No Comments

Good news!  On March 1 I signed an advance contract with the University of Washington Press for “Before Portland: the Native Americans’ Wappato Valley.”  A completed manuscript is due in the Press’s Seattle office May first 2017.  (No, I receive … Read More

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