Confluence: Ecology and Culture at the Forks of the Willamette River, Oregon

The confluence of the Coast and Middle Forks of the Willamette River in Lane County, Oregon is the setting for an environmental history. Focused on an ecological unit rather than a political one, this history traces the use and perception of the confluence area by Kalapuya Indians, Euroamerican settlers, and their descendants. Each phase of human history has shaped the ecology of the confluence, but always in concert with natural forces. In general, efforts to control events such as flooding have failed, suggesting that humans need to adapt to their environments rather than attempting to control them.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Oregon

Year dc:date.issued

1997

Author dc:creator

• Booker, Matthew Scott

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Dennis, Matthew

• Confluence
• Indigenous landscape
• Kalapuyas
• Euroamerican settlement
• Economic change
• Ecological change

Statement dc:rights

• Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1794/31453

OAI record oai:identifier

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