When Benton County moved some of its offices to the Kalapuya Building on Research Way last month, the spelling caught my eye. Why not Calapooia, which is how it’s spelled in Linn County?
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Tags: Calapooias, Indigenous people, Kalapuyas, spelling names, Willamette Valley
Tags: Calapooias, Indigenous people, Kalapuyas, spelling names, Willamette Valley
‘The Banks’ honors indigenous people
Like every place in the mid-valley, the site of The Banks, a 120-unit apartment complex nearing completion on the Willamette River in Albany, is built on land once occupied by indigenous people.
Tags: apartments, Calapooians, Indians, Indigenous people, land use, River View Holdings, The Banks, Willamette River