History of Hawaiians in the Northwest


The Idaho Statesman had an interesting article yesterday on the significant but unappreciated role of Kanakas (Hawaiians) in the history of the Northwest.

"Hawaiians were an important component of American and British fur empires in the Northwest during the first half of the 19th century."

"The Hudson Bay Co. became dependent upon Hawaiians for labor in the Northwest. Outposts from Alaska to Oregon saw Hawaiians working as trappers, farmers and lumbermen. By the 1830s close to half of the population of Fort Vancouver was from the islands and almost the entire complement of Fort Boise were Hawaiians. Hawaiians were forced out of Oregon Territory after the United States gained control since racist laws barred them from becoming citizens or owning property."

"It is ironic that local, state and federal governments are willing to shell out millions of dollars to cash in on the Lewis and Clark bicentennial hype, yet turn their backs on the compelling role of Hawaiians in this region’s past."


Posted: Thu - October 9, 2003 at 10:44 PM    
   
 
Categories
XML/RSS Feed
Search
World Court Case DVD
Larsen Case on DVD
Larsen DVD
Larsen v. Hawaiian Kingdom at the
Permanent Court of Arbitration
The Hague, 2001
DVD Mini-Documentary & Booklet
Order your copy
FREE HAWAII STICKERS
Free Hawaii
Over at the Free Hawaii blog, Koani Foundation is giving away "Free Hawaii" stickers and pins, and will post photos of them displayed in interesting places. Spread them far and wide!
HAWAII DOCUMENTS
HAWAII LINKS
HAWAII BLOGROLL
HAWAII FORUMS
HAWAII PODCASTING
PROGRESSIVE BLOGROLL
TV Worth Watching
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Colbert Report
NOW with David Brancaccio
Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria
Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry
Real Time with Bill Maher
Washington Journal on C-Span
PBN Friday with Howard Dicus
Portfolio
Archives
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Browse archives by date
CURRENT IMAGE
Support Organ Donation
DONATE LIFE
Comments powered by
Weblog Commenting by HaloScan.com
TECHNORATI
SUPPORT THIS BLOG
If you find this weblog valuable, please consider making a secure donation via PayPal to support its ongoing maintenance:

Mahalo!
Or contact me about sponsoring this blog in exchange for space in the Sponsored Links area above.
Statistics
Total entries in this blog:
Total entries in this category:
Published On: Dec 27, 2005 10:15 PM
Powered by
iBlog


©