Seeking 1940 Chemawa Indian School Cemetery plot map

Dear Mr. Crosby,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We suggest contacting the National Archives at Seattle, as they hold the records direct from the Chemawa School. Their email address is seattle.archives@nara.gov. The records for the master plan plat may also be in the possession of NARA’s Cartographic Unit. Please contact the National Archives at College Park - Cartographic (RDSC) via email at carto@nara.gov.

Additionally, it is possible a local institution may have the records you seek, so we suggest focusing your search within the local area, as well.

We hope this is helpful! Best of luck with your research!

[Information provided by Cody White, Subject Matter Expert]

Hi Douglas,

I was browsing some older posts on History Hub and was wondering if you found what you were searching for. I decided to research the school and what I found brought me to tears.

I found this web page article posted in 2016 about a lady named Marsha Small...I thought you might like the article

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/01/unearthing-dark-native-boarding-school-160103072842972.html

except from article....Marsha Small used ground-penetrating radar to survey beneath the cemetery on the Chemawa Indian School campus near Salem, Oregon.

Alice Lane

Volunteer Reseacher