"All The Water for All the Land"
Remaking
Community:
McNary Dam
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Go To The Source and Questions to Consider:
Chart
of Language Relationships on the Columbia Plateau
Oral
History of Thomas Morning Owl whose family comes from Umatilla
What
relationship did native peoples have to Umatilla? To the Columbia and
Umatilla Rivers?
What
connections do families such as Thomas Morning Owl's have to Umatilla?
Excerpts
from Narcissa Whitman's Journal
How did Narcissa Whitman
react to the environment and people of the Pacific Northwest?
Trial
documents for the five convicted men
What
factors led to the murder convictions of the five Indian men? How did
white assumptions affect the outcome of the trial?
The
Oregon Land Claim Donation Act of 1850
What are the principal provisions
of the Oregon Land Claim Donation Act of 1850?
Lieutenant
Lawrence Kip describes the Walla Walla Council
How were the Umatilla viewed
by Lawrence Kip at the Walla Walla Council? How did the Umatilla view
Americans?
Walla
Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla Treaty of 1855
What
rights were reserved by the Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla Treaty?
Why are these rights significant today?
Hermiston
Herald newspaper article, "Umatilla
City End of Old Trail,"
What factors contributed to Umatilla's status as an early commercial center?
1884
Report on the allotment of Umatilla Indian Lands in Oregon
Why
did the U.S government allot lands in severalty (individually) to the
Umatilla? What values was the U.S. promoting?
Chinese
Exclusion Act
What
are the principal provisions of the Chinese Exclusion Act? What are the
justifications for the legislation?
Eastern
Oregon Census Data reflecting Chinese population and occupations
What role did Chinese
people have in settling eastern Oregon? Why was discriminatory legislation
passed?
General Questions To Consider:
How were different groups
included or excluded from certain places in the Umatilla Basin?
In what ways did different
people use the environment of the Umatilla Basin? How did they differ?
How were they similar?
What underlying values
shaped the use and perception of the land and the rivers of eastern Oregon
by white settlers? by indigenous peoples?
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