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What You Need to Know about the Kalapuya

January 30, 2026

The Kalapuyans originally occupied over a million acres in the Willamette and the Umpqua valleys. They have lived here for over 14,000 years and have endured enormous changes to their traditional life-ways during the past 200 years. The Kalapuyan peoples created the amazing fecundity of the Willamette Valley by practicing …


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A History of Exclusion: The Black Eugene Experience and the Black Cultural Initiative

February 6, 2026

Oregon was considered a “white utopia” for American settlers. As a result, Oregon has a deep history of discrimination which includes but is not limited to: * Three Black Exclusion Laws, 1844-1857, that made it illegal for Black people to settle in Oregon, and provisions in the Oregon Constitution that …


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No Meeting on Feb. 13

February 13, 2026

City Club of Eugene will not meet on Friday, Feb. 13, in honor of Presidents Day. Please plan to join us the following week!