The US government took the land of Oregon’s native people 170 years ago this week

By John Notarianni (OPB)

Sept. 27, 2020 9:12 p.m. Updated: Sept. 28, 2020 6:01 p.m.

The Donation Land Claim Act became law this week in 1850. It led to millions of acres of Indigenous-people’s land being claimed.