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Unsettled Ground The Whitman Massacre and Its Shifting Legacy in the American West By Cassandra Tate PUBLISHED: October 2025 SUBJECT LISTING: Pacific Northwest / History, Native American and Indigenous Studies, History / US History BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 304 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5 in, 13 b&w illus., 2 maps ISBN: 9780295754512 Publisher: University of Washington Press FORMAT: Paperback $19.95 add to cart Description "By turns moving, evenhanded and lyrical in its evocation of time and place."—Seattle Times In this rigorously researched and incisively written account, historian and journalist Cassandra Tate challenges generations of received wisdom about the 1847 killing of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and eleven others at their Presbyterian mission on Cayuse land near present-day Walla Walla. Far from a simple story of martyrdom and savagery, the Whitman incident emerges here as a cultural collision steeped in misunderstanding, religious idealism, and colonial arrogance. Tate deftly navigates the evolving narratives that have surrounded the event—from nineteenth-century sanctification to twentieth-century critique—revealing how shifting social values have shaped public memory. With nuance and clarity, she illuminates voices long suppressed, particularly those of the Cayuse, whose perspectives refract the complexities of resistance, sovereignty, and survival. Tate’s portrait of the Whitmans is neither hagiography nor vilification. Instead, it captures them as earnest but flawed agents of Manifest Destiny, shaped as much by their cultural assumptions as by their religious convictions. Through fresh archival research and a deep sensitivity to context, Unsettled Ground unpacks the politics of commemoration and historical narrative, offering a compelling, unvarnished retelling that is as relevant as it is revelatory. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the contested ground of Western history.

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Good book to read in stormy weather.

Library and Archives planning deep cuts to access to information team, document shows — The Globe and Mail Cuts will put at risk ability to comply with access and privacy laws, department acknowledged in a document

In a world in flames, archives might seem inconsequential, yet they represent our collective memory, and their erasure also is a political act.

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More on archives. Recent cuts to public archives in Canada, and other countries, by governments, may seem inconsequential in light of recent world events, but they serve a purpose, allowing the state to control its past, erase ‘inconvenient’ histories, set new myths in place: In May 1933, Nazi-led student groups organized public burnings of “un-German” books, including those held in the library of the Institute for Sexual Science.

More on archives. Recent cuts to public archives in Canada, and other countries, by governments, may seem inconsequential in light of recent world events, but they serve a purpose, allowing the state to control its past, erase ‘inconvenient’ histories, set new myths in place: In May 1933,

Group of impedoments.

Forest Service schedules in-person meetings across Southeast on Tongass plan revision The agency plans to hold meetings in 18 Southeast communities to collect public input from late March through early May.

The plan will set the agency’s priorities for the forest over the next decade or so.

Donald warns of hovering zombies 🧟‍♂️

What about all all the contradictory lies? Lie, then tell another lie contradicting the first lie and then lie again contradicting that lie and so on forever.

He's insane.

Today in the ARB: David Chaffetz review “The Shah’s Party: And the Iranian Revolution That Followed” by Robert Templer @hurstpublishers.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/the-shahs-pa...

Pentagon today: the war is just getting started!
Their commander in chief, less than an hour later: "the war is very complete"

I just checked and this is real. We call this “a clue”

I hope he does. If he does the blowback will wreck him, but he's a coward and a liar so he won't. He spews this kind of stuff everyday like an endless fountain of shit.

A green house in the desert

a black and white photo of a doc running

"The work treats the human figure as a kind of punctuation mark in a landscape that is indifferent, if not actively hostile, to the figure’s presence."

Andrew Witt on John Divola's desert: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/john-divola-dogs-chasing-my-car-isolated-houses/

sčədadxʷ (salmon) sčədadxʷ (salmon) is an animated short featuring Billy Frank Jr. that takes the viewer up the river through the eyes of the salmon showing its pristine environment; its connection to the Pacific Northwest People; the arrival of the settlers; habitat degradation; the unification of people throughout the world working together to save salmon and salmon habitat. sčədadxʷ was produced by Injunuity, a Native Owned Production Company in Oakland California. Injunuity is a collage of reflections on the Native American world, our shared past, our turbulent present, and our undiscovered future. To view more of their work http://injunuity.org Our Sponsors Nisqually Indian Tribe + Tulalip Tribes + Squaxin Island Tribe + Suquamish Tribe + Shoalwater Bay Tribe “When the salmon are healthy we are healthy,” Billy Frank Jr.

Today is Billy Frank Jr. Day in honor of the longtime NWIFC chairman.

Celebrate by watching this video that takes you upriver through the eyes of the salmon.

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You cannot conduct diplomacy with pathological liars.

hope not too long.

Trump drafting people into his dirty wars would end his despicable regime in weeks. I hope he tries doing it.

Really cannot emphasize enough the degree to which their brains are completely cooked, simmered for years in a right wing bubble full of people who are not only horrible but weird and freakish beyond the ability of normal human beings to imagine

The depravity of the Trump regime is boundless.

The Oil Price Shock Is Here. Its Arrival Provides a Familiar Warning. - Inside Climate News With gasoline and oil prices rising, U.S. consumers already are already feeling the effects of the Iran conflict and the consequences of a slow transition to cleaner alternatives.

The oil price shock is here and U.S. consumers already are feeling the effects of the country’s slow transition to cleaner alternatives.

Yes, he can sit next to his friend Bibi.

After he is impeached he must be arrested and face the docket. His crimes are many.

A Puyallup elder recounts the fight for Native rights

Through interviews and a memoir, Puyallup activist Ramona Bennett Bill recalls a lifetime in pursuit of Indigenous rights and how future generations guided her efforts. | Essay

Trump must be immediately removed from office. Impeach and arrest Trump now.

old tweet about My Lai.

Yes, the victims of My Lai are not gone or missing, or even absent. I wish I was there with you. Also anniversary of Dien Bien Phu on March 13. A place I always wanted to go.

You remember this classic from the Twitter days?

My Lai has become the go-to comparison and golden standard for American war-crimes - yet you guys can't even be bothered to get the facts right. It's probably the only massacre of its kind where we actually know the exact number of victims (504), but apparently such details are irrelevant...

The U.S. killed six more civilians in a boat strike in the Pacific Ocean yesterday.

More than 150 people have been slain in these extrajudicial killings since September 2025. @theintercept.com is tracking them all here:

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National Weather Service statement: ...POWERFUL KONA STORM TO IMPACT THE STATE THIS WEEK... A powerful kona storm will begin to impact the state as early as Tuesday for the western end of the state and spread across the state on Wednesday. While flash flooding is a major concern (more details can be found on our Hydrologic Outlook ESFHFO), there is increasing confidence for strong to severe thunderstorms on Wednesday especially for the western half of the state. Damaging winds will likely be the greatest threat with any of the strong thunderstorms, but large hail can`t be ruled out either. While details remain uncertain beyond Wednesday, a much stronger wave of thunderstorms and damaging kona winds may be possible Friday into the weekend.

When the NWS says, "Um, we kind of mean it. Stay tuned, k Brah?"

Is that bad?

Yeah, idk..