by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 3, 2020 | Blackfeet, Chuck Sams, fur trade and smallpox, measles, Shoshone, smallpox, smallpox epidemic of 1780s, umatilla reservation, Willamette Valley tribes
Chuck Sams is the incident commander for coronavirus response on the Umatilla Reservation. He recently told Oregon Public Radio’s “Think Out Loud” that “The tribes [Umatilla, Cayuse, Walla Walla] have faced pandemic before; our last one ended in around 1860, but that...
