Tamástslikt Cultural Institute

Description

The Tamástslikt Cultural Institute is located in Pendleton, Oregon. Located on the grounds of Wildhorse Resort and Casino, the museum offers visitors a chance to celebrates the traditions of Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla Tribes of the Pacific Northwest.

The site offers museum information, shopping, and teacher resources.

Cape Disappointment State Park and Lewis and Clark Interpretative Center

Description

Cape Disappointment State Park is a 1,882-acre camping park on the Long Beach Peninsula, fronted by the Pacific Ocean. The park offers 27 miles of ocean beach, two lighthouses (the North Head Lighthouse and the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse), the Victorian Colbert House Museum, an interpretive center, and hiking trails. Visitors enjoy beachcombing and exploring the area's rich natural and cultural history. The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center stands high on the cliffs of the park, 200 feet above the pounding Pacific surf. A series of mural-sized "timeline" panels guides visitors through the westward journey of the Lewis and Clark Expedition using sketches, paintings, photographs, and the words of Corps members themselves. The center also features short film presentations, a gift shop and a glassed-in observation deck with views of the river, headlands, and sea. Additional displays focus on local maritime and military history.

The park offers exhibits, tours, and occasional recreational and educational events.

National Archives and Records Administration: Pacific Alaska Region [WA]

Description

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Pacific Alaska Region, Seattle, currently holds 38,000 cubic feet of original documents from federal government field offices in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho and a large microfilm collection of federal documents from across the remaining United States. Also provided are expert staff and volunteer assistance while using these and NARA’s vast online resources, including free access to popular commercial websites featuring millions of NARA documents online.
The facility offers an archival research room and microfilm research room, as well as free public access computers and is open to the public on a daily basis, except for federal holidays. The research rooms are open on the second Saturday of each month as well.
Other offerings include workshops on using the National Archives resources, historical topics, and general and online genealogy. Additionally, for educators, NARA offers topic specific teacher workshops upon request.

Fort Worden State Park and the Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum [WA]

Description

For Worden State Park consists of 434 acres of land and shoreline surrounding and incorporating the remains of Fort Worden, which was in use between the late 1800s and 1953. Key sites include historic structures, the Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum, and the Commanding Officer's Quarters. The quarters portray a late Victorian (1890-1910) period setting. The Coast Artillery Museum focuses on artillery mechanisms used to defend Puget Sound between the late 1800s and circa 1945.

The site offers period rooms, exhibits, and picnic sites.

Diversity, Urbanization, and The Constitution, Part One: The Great Migration, Urbanization, and the Constitution

Description

Eric Arnesen, Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Chicago addresses the interplay between the African-American experience between Reconstruction and the Great Migration, the U.S. Constitution, and shifting democratic ideals.

Audio and video options are available.

The Common Good, Immigration, and the Constitution in Washington State

Description

Paul Englesberg of Western Washington University unveils the work of the Asian American Curriculum and Research Project, detailing outrages afflicting immigrants in Washington State.

Audio and video options are available. To listen to this lecture, scroll to "Paul Englesberg's Presentation Audio" or "Paul Englesberg's Presentation Video"; and select either, according to your needs.

Pend Oreille County Historical Society

Description

"The museum complex consists of the historic I. & W. N. Depot building built in 1908 which houses the gift shop and displays on the first and second floors. The adjoining Stuart B. Bradley Memorial Building, built with private funds, was dedicated in 1994. The upstairs houses various displays including a military display, the research department, and library. Downstairs is the meeting room, storage, office, and dark room. Also on the grounds are three log cabins, all of which were taken apart at their original locations, logs numbered, and then reconstructed on the museum grounds. They are the Claire Howe Schoolhouse, the Settler's Cabin, and the Hunter's Cabin. The Society also has a replica of a fire lookout constructed using Forest Service blueprints. The equipment shed has numerous displays of tools, farm machinery, a washing machine display, and a logging camp bunkhouse replica. The main exhibit in our railroad display is a Burlington Northern metal caboose. Large farm machinery is located on the grounds."