Images by M Photography and Google, Inc. Chemawa Cemetery 134 Years N 44°59.915 W 122°56.659 Images by M Photography and Google, Inc.

1885-SALEM INDIAN TRAINING SCHOOL Google Images

HISTORICAL MAP OF TRAIN ROUTE & CHEMAWA INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL ORIGINAL LOCATION Chemawa SOURCE: USGS (1915) Google Images

Approximate Location of Chemawa Cemetery Geology.Com

ODOT IMP 2012 Exit 260 81400 AATD http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/tsm/docs/TVT_2012.pdf

Original Marker Compacted Surface Replaced Marker Missing Marker VARIABLES IMPACTING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR AND LOCATION OF ANOMOLIES -SOILS -TREE ROOTS AND THE MAIN ONE, MOISTURE CONTENT Original Marker Compacted Surface Replaced Marker Missing Marker Images from Google, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and M Photography

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*Clay Loamy Soil *Terraced *Soils reminiscent of Missoula Floods and Volcanic deposit

1 of 1-Mud Map 1980, 1986, 1992

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Trees

Anomolies; characteristic of graves Tree Roots

Many possible grave signatures all starting at about 3.5 ft. Rocks?

Missing Markers 73 69

Some names are not found on cemetery list or markers, but empty blocks in the cemetery may contain some of the graves. Those that died before 1884 would have been buried at Forest Grove. If the death date was in 1885, they may have been buried at Chemawa. NARA Sandpoint by Cary Collins 3.5 Feet

Sources from NARA say they were unable to locate information on 20 students left blank in the 2002 data compilation. In the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, the state of Oregon had a law stating that deaths resulting from the flu had to be buried for a year, the body could be transferred. Records say that In many cases, families sent for the bodies and there is some transfer documentation. The data from GPR survey in 2013 says there are many comparable signatures that may be students who were buried and have no marker or name. 4.5 Feet

Briece Edwards, Senior Archeologist Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Chemawa Cemetery Survey_2013 Briece Edwards, Senior Archeologist Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

SOLUTIONS?

WITH GRATITUDE TO: The Ancestors Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde -Eirik Thorsgard, THPO -Briece Edwards, CTGR Senior Archeologist Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians -Dee Pigsley, Tribal Chair CTSI -Robert Kentta, Cultural Resource Manager CTSI Chemawa Facilities and Administration -Shaun Naranjo -Cheryl Stinnett Bureau of Indian Education, Northwest Regional Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana -Native American Studies -Adel Scholarship My Graduate Committee: Dr. Ruppel, Eirik Thorsgard, Dr. Small, Dr. Middleton and Dr. Fleming and My Family