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The Memaloose Islands of the Columbia River
Entries NOT followed by a date were posted previous to July 2002

from April 1897 - Scenes on the Columbia River, Oregon (posted March 2008)
from Dec. 1897 - Memaloose Island Forty Years Ago (posted November 2005)
from Sept. 1902 - Nature on Memaloose Island (posted September 2007)
from 1909 - The Columbia River; Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce, by William Denison Lyman
from Oct. 1909 - Ancient canoe found on "memaloose" island (posted May 2003)
from Feb. 1914 - Where Reason Was Once Enthroned (posted May 2003)
from Dec. 1915 - Indian Legends Are Beautiful (posted September 2007)
from May 1921 - Historic Memaloose Explored by Portlanders (posted October 2003)
from Jun. 1926 - Indians to Retain Memaloose Island (posted May 2003)
from Nov. 1922 - Indians Moving Bodies (posted May 2003)
from May 1925 - More History of Memaloose Island (posted September 2007)
from Jun. 1926 - Burial Grounds For the Indians (posted September 2007)
from Jul. 1925 - Business Women See Indian Relics (posted September 2007)
from Sep. 1926 - "City of the Dead" (posted May 2003)
from 1928 - The History of the Columbia River From The Dalles to the Sea, by Fred Lockley
from Nov. 1929 - The Story Behind The Scenery (posted July 2003)
from May 1931 - Isle of Dead Lies in Columbia (posted October 2003)
from May 1933 - Skeletons of 250 Indians to Be Removed This Week (posted May 2003)
from May 1933 - The Memaloose (posted May 2003)
from Jun. 1933 - Indians Move Bones to Washington Shore (posted May 2003)
from May 1934 - Peace Urged on Indians (posted May 2003)
from Jul. 1934 - Rising Columbia Will Submerge Indian Graves (posted May 2003)
from May 1936 - Indian Remains In New Resting Place (posted May 2003)
from Jan. 1937 - Will Not Disturb Memaloose Dead (posted September 2007)
from Feb. 1938 - Memaloose to be above High Water (posted September 2007)
from Jun. 1952 - White Men Inspect Indian Burial Island (posted May 2003)
from Dec. 1956 - New Graves For Tribal Members (posted May 2003)
from Jan. 1957 - Gigantic Graves Wait at Wish-Ham (posted May 2003)
from Feb. 1957 - Operation Whirlybird Moves Ancestral Bones (posted May 2003)
___ of Indians Being Carefully Removed... (posted May 2003)

Also see: The Enterprise, October 25, 1990, an Odds 'n' Ends article by Keith McCoy, titled "Memaloose Island."

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