Kalapuya
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The Kalapuya or Kʼalapʰuya are a Native American people, which had eight independent groups speaking three mutually intelligible dialects. The Kalapuya tribes' traditional homelands were the Willamett
Esther Stutzman, a Kalapuya elder, leads her daughters, along with two members of the next generation, in a Kalapuya welcome song, 2009.
An engraving of a Kalapuya man, from an illustration by Alfred T. Agate, 1840s
Woodcut of a native Kalapuya man by an early explorer.
Lucindra Jackson, Yonkalla tribe, Kalapuya, ca. 1912
The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon is a federally recognized tribe of Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau. They consist of at least 27 Native American tribes with l
Kalapuya
…River at the north, to the Calapooya Mountains of the Umpqua River at the south. Today, most Kalapuya people are enrolled in the federally recognized Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon; in addition, some are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz. In both cases descendants have often intermarried with people of other tribes…
Tribal flag flying at the Walk of Flags at the State Capitol
The Willamette Meteorite on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.