Ophelia Paquet

Ophelia (Catata) Paquet (born 1864, in Clatsop County, Oregon; died December 25, 1925, in Salem, Marion County, Oregon) was a Tillamook Indian woman involved in a famous Oregon miscegenation court case in year 1919. The case's issue was whether Ophelia Paquet could inherit her deceased Caucasian husband's estate in the U.S. state of Oregon. Her case exemplifies the role that marriage has in the transmission of property and how race can affect gender complications.

Ophelia Paquet

Ophelia (Catata) Paquet (born 1864, in Clatsop County, Oregon; died December 25, 1925, in Salem, Marion County, Oregon) was a Tillamook Indian woman involved in a famous Oregon miscegenation court case in year 1919. The case's issue was whether Ophelia Paquet could inherit her deceased Caucasian husband's estate in the U.S. state of Oregon. Her case exemplifies the role that marriage has in the transmission of property and how race can affect gender complications.