The Southwestern sector of USAmerica has a unique character in many ways. First and most apparent, the territory was once the northern half of Mexico, stolen or ‘ceded’ due to an unjust war of conquest, the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), and the 1845 annexation of Texas along with it. Just glancing… Read more“24. Chicanos and the Southwest”
Month: April 2023
25. California’s Tales of Beauty and Genocide
Peoples from Siberia and Northwest Asia were the earliest immigrants to the Eastern Pacific shore of ‘Turtle Island.’ Starting more than 18,000 years ago, most probably moved along the shoreline from the Bering Strait or across its land bridge, then down along the Alaska Coast to the more temperate and… Read more“25. California’s Tales of Beauty and Genocide”
26. Chinese Americans and Their Persistence
There are several speculative accounts by a few historians that fleets of Chinese ships, or ‘Junks,’ reached the West Coast and Mexico decades, or even centuries, before the first contact by Spain. One even suggests Chinese influences among the Olmec peoples in what is now Mexico. Whether true or not,… Read more“26. Chinese Americans and Their Persistence”