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Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians, Coos Bay, OR

For our last site visit of the summer we traveled to Coos Bay to meet with the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians. While there we met with the cultural director, records manager, archeologist, manager of information systems, tribal administrator, and tribal chairman to discuss the tribe’s cultural archives and records management programs. It was wonderful to have the opportunity to share our project with so many and to learn so much from all of them.

Over the next few months we will begin planning the institute curriculum and are very excited to continue our many conversations will all nine tribes’ archivists, records managers, and other interested tribal members.

Coquille Indian Tribe, North Bend, OR

For our second to last site visit of the summer we had the opportunity to travel to the coast to meet with archives and records managers of the Coquille Indian Tribe. During our meeting we learned about an exciting collaborative project between the records manager and the cultural resources department to custom design a database that will suit their existing and future document managment needs.

After the meeting we decided to take a trip to see the tribe’s beautiful Community Park / Plankhouse – here is the sign before the Plankhouse itself:

Coquille Indian Tribe Plankhouse Sign

Today is our last site visit of the summer. We will meet with the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians, and it is just a few blocks away so stay tuned…

The sign in front of the Cow Creek Tribal Government Offices in Roseburg, OR

The beautiful Umpqua Valley was our destination this week.  There we met with tribal representatives from the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians at their tribal offices in Roseburg, Oregon. This visit gave us the opportunity to connect with representatives from Cow Creek’s tribal administration and tour their records facilities.

Larry Landis and Laura Cray reading an interpretive sign in front the Cow Creek Tribal Government Offices in Roseburg, OR.

The summer is drawing to a close and we only have one more trip left.  Next week, we will hit the road one last time for a trip to Coos Bay to visit both the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians and the Coquille Indian Tribe.

This week had us traveling to Burns, OR to visit with representatives of the Burns Paiute Tribe.  The meeting was a great success bringing together 9 members from different departments throughout the tribe to talk about their records programs and make connections.  Burns may be one of the smaller Oregon Tribes, but they still generate a lot of records.  Together we developed some great ideas for the curriculum for the summer 2012 Archives and Records Management Institute and we look forward to working with them more throughout the next year.

The Tu-Kwa-Hone Community Center on the Burns Paiute Reservation.

As August comes to a close, we are nearing the end of our summer site visits.  There are only two trips left to go. Next week will be be in Roseburg to visit with members of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians.

Sign at the Tu-Kwa-Hone Community Center on the Burns Paiute Reservation.