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n. - A member of the North American Indian people of Oregon.

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  • A nine-foot "rain circle" sprays water, and in a storytelling area, kids learn about the Kalapuya tribe that once inhabited the region.
  • The tribe wants to return the rock to land traditionally held by Clackamas, Rogue River, Kalapuya, Mollalla, Umpqua and Chasta tribal members.
  • The Kalapuya tribe lived a semi-nomadic life in the valley, the Siuslaws thrived along the coast, and the Molallas inhabited the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains.
  • In 2002, Kalapuya elder Esther Stutzman conducted a naming ceremony in the Whilamut Natural Area of Eugene's Alton Baker Park, where "talking stones" reintroduced...
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