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Eugene YMCA staff crack open time capsule from 1955
Staff marveled at the contents: regional newspapers, a panoramic photo of Eugene, a University of Oregon catalog, coins and stamps, and “Y” documents from November 1955.
Marking the 205th birthday of one of Oregon’s earliest photographers and vintners
Marking the 205th birthday of prolific frontier photographer Peter Britt.
‘The Evergreen’: Oregon’s poor farms, and how history compares to today
Oregon once required counties to take care of their unhoused residents. How does that compare to today's support for people living in poverty?
150 years ago, one of Oregon’s first Indian boarding schools opened
In February 1874, one of the state's first government-funded Native American boarding schools began operation on the Klamath Indian Reservation in Southern Oregon. It operated as part of a larger federal policy of forced assimilation of Indigenous people that often resulted in neglect, abuse and trauma that lingers to this day.
Portland exhibit honors Bob Shimabukuro, activist for Northwest’s Japanese American redress movement
"Craft, Community and Care" features Shimabukuro’s legacy as a journalist, a woodworker and an advocate for diverse social causes at the Japanese American Museum of Oregon through April 14.
Ed Edmo keeps Pacific Northwest oral histories alive, including flooding of Celilo Falls
Traditional storyteller Ed Edmo, Shoshone-Bannock, carries on culture through story in poetry, in schools and at cultural sites like Celilo Falls.
Portland’s former Audubon group bucks national organization and changes name to ‘Bird Alliance of Oregon’
The conservation group took its original name from John James Audubon, the American artist, adventurer and naturalist. Audubon was also a slaveholder who criticized the abolitionist movement.
After 46 years of work, historic Mount Hood church is open to the public
The log church was built by Henry Steiner, who made family cabins and churches on and around Mount Hood between 1925 and 1952.
Oregon governor reactivates special cultural task force for Native American items
“Tribes should have access to information about cultural items held in storage or on display at state agencies, state universities, colleges, and public schools,” said Kotek in a news release. “It is time to renew this important work and continue to strengthen our essential government-to-government relationship with the nine sovereign nations.”
Eugene’s historic rail station transformed into a chain restaurant’s home
The 1914 brick building of Oregon Electric Railway Station will host the grand opening of a new branch of the Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant this Wednesday.