The Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest creates and digitally distributes packets of curriculum materials for secondary-school courses on the history of Washington and the Pacific Northwest. Designed to supplement textbooks and other means of instruction, the packets focus on key issues in Northwest history.
People tend to overlook the fact that in later verses Guthrie devoted substantial attention to wars against the Northwest Natives, so that now "The Injuns rest peaceful on Memaloose Isle" while the river continues to roll by. The geographer John R. Gold (1998) identifies two main themes in the collection of songs that Guthrie produced.
The Center for Pacific Northwest Studies seeks to foster greater understanding of the region's past and present through archival collections which document significant developments in the region stretching from Alaska to Northern California, and from the Pacific to the Rocky Mountains, with a particular focus on northwest Washington, the Olympic Peninsula, British Columbia, and Alaska.
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A timeline provides important dates in the environmental history of Washington and the Pacific Northwest. Finally, the project includes a bibliography, suggested videos, and on-line resources that teachers may consult for further information. This project is far from exhaustive. It shows how certain documents—business records, booster ...
The U.S. government made reservations the centerpiece of Indian policy around 1850, and thereafter reserves became a major bone of contention between natives and non-natives in the Pacific Northwest. However, they did not define the lives of all Indians. Many natives lived off of reservations, for example. One estimate for 1900 is that more ...
Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest. 193 likes. CSPN's mission is to promote scholarly research and study related to the Pacific Northwest, including Oregon, Washington, British Columbia,...
The Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest is dedicated to advancing historical scholarship on the North American West with an emphasis on the Pacific Northwest and its connections to other places. Located in the Department of History at the University of Washington, we support research, teaching, and public programs that further our ...
The Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest is dedicated to advancing historical scholarship on the North American West with an emphasis on the Pacific Northwest and its connections to other places. Located in the Department of History at the University of Washington, we support research, teaching, and public programs that further our ...
This compelling study of a previously overlooked vice industry explores the larger structural forces that led to the growth of prostitution in Japan, the Pacific region, and the North American West at the turn of the twentieth century.
A scholarly journal of Pacific Northwest history and culture published by the University of Washington
History of Washington State and the Pacific Northwest . Welcome. Although these lessons are available to anyone interested in them, they have been written primarily for undergraduates at the University of Washington in HSTAA 432, History of Washington State and the Pacific Northwest.
The Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest is dedicated to advancing historical scholarship on the North American West with an emphasis on the Pacific Northwest and its connections to other places. Located in the Department of History at the University of Washington…
The Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest is dedicated to advancing scholarship on the Pacific Northwest, and the North American West more generally, with an emphasis on historical research. Located in the Department of History at the University of Washington, we support research, teaching, and public programs that promote and ...
Carlos A. Schwantes, The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History (Norman: University of Nebraska Press, 1989), p. 192. Reproduced with permission from the University of Nebraska Press. Shows population of five northwest cities every ten years from 1880 to 1920. Note Seattle grew much more rapidly than other northwest cities between 1890 to 1910.