page_title: History of Oregon
section_title: Native people
hierarchical_section_title: History of Oregon / Native people
caption_attribution_description: English: Artifacts of various tools found in Oregon
context_page_description: The history of Oregon, a U.S. state, may be considered in five eras: geologic history, inhabitation by native peoples, early exploration by Europeans, settlement by pioneers, and modern development.
  The term "Oregon" may refer to:
  Oregon Country, a large region explored by Americans and the British;
  Oregon Territory, established by the United States two years after its sovereignty over the region was established by the Oregon Treaty; and
  Oregon, a U.S. state since 1859
  The history of Oregon, and of the Pacific Northwest, has received little attention from historians, as compared to other regions of the American far west.
caption: Unspecified artifacts of Native Americans (from a History of Oregon published in 1922).
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