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Dennis, Matthew Booker, Matthew Scott 2025-08-21T20:22:40Z 1997-08 https://hdl.handle.net/1794/31453 137 pages The confluence of the Coast and Middle Forks of the Willamette River in Lane County, Oregon is the setting for an environmental history. Focused on an ecological unit rather than a political one, this history traces the use and perception of the confluence area by Kalapuya Indians, Euroamerican settlers, and their descendants. Each phase of human history has shaped the ecology of the confluence, but always in concert with natural forces. In general, efforts to control events such as flooding have failed, suggesting that humans need to adapt to their environments rather than attempting to control them. en_US University of Oregon Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US Confluence Indigenous landscape Kalapuyas Euroamerican settlement Economic change Ecological change Confluence: Ecology and Culture at the Forks of the Willamette River, Oregon Thesis / Dissertationopen.access