The Cayuse Five
Over two terms in a UO Clark Honors College course, I worked alongside the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla to search for the burial sites of five Native American men who were wrongfully executed in 1850. Their names were Ti’ílaka’aykt, Tamáhas, ‘Iceyéeye Cilúukiis, K’oy’am’á Šuumkíin, and Łókomus. To this day, their grave locations remain unknown. We sought to bring closure and recognition to this tragic event by supporting the burial of the Cayuse 5 in their native homeland.
Read more about this story here:
https://www.oregonlive.com/native-american-news/2022/09/historical-mystery-over-cayuse-five-oregon-students-advance-the-search-for-answers.html
https://around.uoregon.edu/content/honors-college-students-go-search-cayuse-five