This episode of The Long Road to Oregon, we’re tracing the trail through the homelands of the sovereign nations who lived along its length—Otoe-Missouria, Pawnee, Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Shoshone, Nez Perce, Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Chinookan peoples, and many more.

This episode honors their history, their endurance, and the world emigrants entered long before the trail had a name.

Sovereign Lands: The Native Peoples of the Oregon Trail, is out now everywhere you listen to Podcasts!

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Sources:

https://www.oregontrailcenter.org/indians

https://historicoregoncity.org/2019/04/02/disrupting-the-natives/

https://pacificu.libguides.com/c.php?g=1050460&p=7794169

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/death-on-trails.htm

https://pacificu.libguides.com/c.php?g=1050460&p=7636236

https://www.historylink.org/file/10365

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/war-on-the-oregon-california-trails.htm

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/oregon_trail/