books 'n' sites on THE WEST

REF 970 Enc   Encyclopedia of North American History &

REF 973 Ame  American Eras: Westward Expansion, 1800-60 &

REF 978 Pen   Westward Expansion, 3 volumes &

REF 978 Enc  Encyclopedia of the America West, 4 vols &

REF 978.003 Lam The Readers Encyclopedia of the American West &

978 Ame The American Frontier: Opposing Viewpoints &

978 Bro  The American West &

Best History Sites http://besthistorysites.net/USHistory_WestwardExpansion.shtml

Timeline of the Expansion of the American West  8 http://www.americanwest.com/pages/westwrd2.htm

Jim Janke's "Old West" a site with many links to more info 8 http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/oldwest/oldwest.htm

please note: the library has many more books topics related to the westward movement ― check the library catalog OPAC

books ‘n’ sites on NATIVE AMERICANS

REF 970.004 Cha  Native America: Portrait of the Peoples &

REF 970.004 Enc The Encyclopedia of North American Indians &

REF 970.004 Jos   500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians &

970.004 Wea    Indian Givers: how the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World  &

970.01 Fab    The Discoverers of America &

970.5 Bro     Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee&

973.04 Vio     Voices from the Trail of Tears &

978 Ric    Life Among the Great Plains Indians &

978.004 Ner    Neither Wolf Nor Dog: on forgotten roads with an Indian Elder &

Native American Documents Project 8 http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/nadp.htm 

Primary source documents 8 http://www.1st-hand-history.org/Lindex.htm

Native Languages of the Americas 8 http://www.native-languages.org/languages.htm

Surrounded by Beauty, art site for Plains Indians 8 http://www.okccvb.org/special/native_am_history.htm

Biographies of Plains Indians 8 http://www.airc.org/biographiesofplainsindians.cfm?ExpandParent=7

Resources for Indigenous Cultures around World 8 http://www.nativeweb.org/

Constitutional status of American Indians 8 ftp://ftp.halcyon.com/pub/FWDP/Americas/civil.txt

Dawes Act, Allotment of Indian Land 8 http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/asubject.htm

books ‘n’ sites on RAILROADS

REF 625 Cha   History of North American Railroads &

385 Bro   Hear that Lonesome Whistle Blow:   railroads in the West  &

385 Wor  The Iron Horse: how railroads changed America &

625.1 Coi    Train &

Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum 8 http://cprr.org/Museum/faster.html

books ‘n’ sites on the FUR TRADE

920 Mou     Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West &

920 Tra     Trappers of the Far West &

978 Ter     Furs by Astor &

Fur trade and traders  8 http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/road2oregon/sa03furs.html

Beckwourth biographical site 8 http://www.beckwourth.org

Hudson’s Bay Company and fur trade in Canada 8 http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/intro_e.html

Mountain Man – Indian Fur Trade 8 http://www.thefurtrapper.com/#top

 books ‘n’ sites on the MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR

REF 973.6 Uni   The United States and Mexico at War &

973.6 Mil     The Mexican War &

Latino Studies Resources, Univ. of Indiana, site with information Mexican-American War  8  http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mexican.htm

Descendents of Mexican War Veterans website 8  http://www.dmwv.org/mexwar/mexwar1.htm

Wikipedia on Mexican American War 8  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_War

books ‘n’ sites on PIONEERS, MISSIONARIES & the TRAILS WEST

921 Ser    Junipero Serra &

921 Whi   Converting the West: biography of Narcissa Whitman &

941.07 Dur    Desert Between the Mountains: Mormons, miners, mountain men and the opening of the Great Basin, 1772-1869 &

978 Pio    Pioneer Trails &

978 Set     Settling the American West 1860-1895 &

978 Wom   Women’s Diaries of the Westward Journey &

Oregon Trail History Library 8 http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/histhome.html

Triumph and Tragedy: Women’s Voices 8 http://www.opb.org/programs/womensvoices/

Oregon-California Trails Association 8 http://www.octa-trails.org/home.asp

Santa Fe Trail America’s Byways 8 http://www.rmpbs.org/byways/sft_history.html

Santa Fe Trail & Scenic Historic Byway 8 http://www.santafetrailscenicandhistoricbyway.org/

The Santa Fe Trail 8 http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/research/sft/

books ‘n’ sites on MINING

941.07 Dur Desert Between the Mountains &

978 Hil Miners, Merchants and Maids &

979.4 She Life During the Gold Rush &

The California Gold Rush 8  http://www.pbs.org/goldrush/

Gold Rush!  from the Oakland Museum of California 8 http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/

World Museum of Mining History 8 http://www.miningmuseum.org/minlink.htm

Directory of links to mining history information  8  http://dmoz.org/Science/Technology/Mining/History/

Michigan Tech Mine Engineering site 8 http://www.mg.mtu.edu/oldpix.htm

Western Museum of Mining and Industry 8 http://www.wmmi.org/

A  QUESTION

In Tacoma on December 11, 2004, a Historical Court of Inquiry and Justice, set-up by the Washington State Legislature, “retried” a  19th century murder case.  See the Seattle Times  report below.  The retrial is viewed by many who participated as a potentially powerful way to address historic wrongs.  What do you think?  Read the entire article on the Seattle Times website at:  8 http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/

A QUESTION is a feature of library pathfinders and webpages at Mount Si High School.
 They are readings recommended to support critical reflection on
the subjects we are studying by asking challenging questions. 
 

Historic Nisqually chief exonerated

By Florangela Davila
Seattle Times reporter

TACOMA — The murder defendant had been dead nearly 150 years. But that didn't matter to the judges, the defense attorneys, the prosecutors, witnesses, Indian tribal elders and the rest of the 200 people gathered yesterday at the Washington State Historical Museum.

What they wanted to determine was whether Leschi, the historic chief of the Nisqually Tribe, had a fair trial in the first place. Should he have been convicted for killing a Washington Territorial militia soldier — a conviction that resulted in his hanging at age 50?

In a first-of-its-kind judicial review, four lawyers and 11 witnesses defended Leschi and urged the Historical Court of Inquiry and Justice to exonerate the Nisqually leader. Supporters handed out medallions that read: "Free Leschi's spirit."

And that's what seven judges did…

 from the Seattle Times, 12/11/04