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A New Status for the American Indian
On March 23, 1957, the Oregon Historical Society held its Third Annual Historical Forum, a discussion of events that had influenced Oregon’s political, social, cultural, …
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A Nice Function to Ask a Gentleman to Attend
This syndicated cartoon was published in the Oregonian on March 15, 1899. It is a commentary on the rapidly changing situation in China at that …
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A Night in Chinatown
The October 1886 issue of West Shore magazine, based in Portland, featured this lithograph and an article under the title A Night in Chinatown. …
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A Pacific Republic
This document is an excerpt from an 1839 article that appeared in The Oregonian and Indian’s Advocate, a short-lived journal published by the Boston-based …
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A Stainless Flag
This 1911 issue of A Stainless Flag included a letter about the re-legalization of alcohol in Dallas, located west of Salem in Polk County. A …
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A Tendency toward Conformity
Oregon’s social and cultural life during the 1920s reflected the conventions of a largely homogeneous society, with tendencies toward social, cultural, and religious conformity. Those …
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A Treaty Right and Indigenous Regulation
One of the most important characteristics of the Native fishery is the effects of ongoing negotiations between Indian and non-Indian fishers regarding the treaty right …
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A Workers' Paradise in the Pines
Working people in central Oregon’s towns were likely to be employed by the lumber industry or an affiliated business. These were the largest employers. During …
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A. R. Bowman Memorial Museum
The A.R. Bowman Memorial Museum, operated by the Crook County Historical Society, is located on the corner of Third and Main Streets in Prineville, …
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Aaron B. Lerner (1920-2007)
The man known as the “dean of pigmentation,” Aaron Bunsen Lerner, spent three years in Oregon doing research that proved vital in understanding mammalian skin …
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