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E-Washington Heritage Bulletin

October 9, 2004

CONTENTS:

1. Trails and Treaties in the Pacific Northwest: Time for Reconsideration
2. "Beyond Lewis & Clark: The Army Explores the West"
3. Brief Notices

1) Trails and Treaties in the Pacific Northwest: Time for Reconsideration

The Pacific Northwest Historians Guild is preparing for its 2005 conference, "Trails and Treaties in the Pacific Northwest: A Time for Reconsideration," to be held March 5 at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle. The goal of conference organizers is to encourage a fresh look at the complicated and often times little understood early Pacific Northwest history leading up to the treaties and the expected and unexpected consequences of treaty making on the region today.

Presentation topics may include environmental and economic territorial-period histories, in-depth examinations of lesser-known figures, and reconsiderations of pivotal events and people, as well as critical assessments of present-day treaty and trail commemorations and their meaning. Organizers encourage representation from the tribes. Presentations in film, poetry or other media will also be considered.

Proposals are due October 30, 2004. Send to: PNW Historians Guild, P.O. Box 85457, Seattle, WA 98145-1457. For more information, check www.pnwhistorians.org or contact Maria Pascualy (maria2@wshs.wa.gov).

2) "Beyond Lewis & Clark: The Army Explores the West"
Nearly two hundred years ago, army captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their Corps of Discovery headed west with orders from President Thomas Jefferson to find a route to the Pacific Ocean and document the land and peoples they encountered on their way. The Lewis and Clark expedition became a model for subsequent army expeditions by Zebulon Pike, Stephen Long, John C. Fremont, and George A. Custer. The major exhibit that tells this story will only be on display through October 31, 2004.

or more information, visit: www.washingtonhistory.org/wshm/exhibit-blc.htm

3) Brief Notices
October 14 at 6:30 p.m. Washington State Library, 6880 Capitol Blvd. S., Tumwater.
Rex Ziak on Lewis & Clark at the Pacific Ocean. For more information, call Randi Coleman (360-704-5269).

January 6-9, 2005. Washington State Convention Center, Seattle.
American Historical Association's 119th Annual Meeting. See www.historians.org/annual/index.cfm .

American Association of Museums (AAM) launches interactive job site called Museum Careers.
Go to http://museumcareers.aam-us.org to see listings for museum positions in the region and nation.

The Center for Columbia River History has a new director, Dr. Sue Armitage, Claudius O. and Mary W. Johnson Distinguished Professor of History at WSU. For more information, go to www.ccrh.org.

White River Valley Museum-produced traveling exhibits are available.
Go to http://wrvmuseum.org/exhibits_rental.htm to see the available exhibits.

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