About Who Killed Chief Paulina? The violent life and mysterious death of a Paiute warrior
Presented by Nate Pedersen, historian and writer
This presentation will be an investigation into the life and times
of Chief Paulina, a Northern Paiute war leader who violently resisted Euro-American
settlement in the Great Basin and for several years orchestrated a successful
guerrilla war campaign in the deserts and mountains of eastern Oregon. After
attacking Burnt Ranch on the John Day River, a posse of settlers hunted down
Paulina and his band and Paulina was shot and killed in a cove near Ashwood,
Oregon in 1867. Who exactly killed Paulina remains a mystery to this day...
About the Speaker:
Nate Pedersen is a librarian, historian, and writer in the Idaho.
He is the co-author of Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure
Everything with Lydia Kang, published by Workman.
Nate is the Silverstone Branch Manager with Meridian Library
District. Until recently, he was a Community Librarian with Deschutes Public
Library in Bend, Oregon and served as a member-at-large, representing Central
Oregon, on the Oregon Heritage Trees Commission. He is the current Past
President on the Board of Directors for the Deschutes County Historical Society
& Museum. He lectures frequently on historical topics around the Pacific
Northwest.
His website is http://natepedersen.com.