The below source is a document which was created using a type writer. This printed textual source headed with ‘Constitution’ outlines the objectives of the Mission Indian Federation in California, 1922. The Mission Indian Tribe in southern California…
The below source is part of a larger list which displays handwritten names of those indigenous peoples who belonged to the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation. The Fort Yuma Reservation boarders the states of California and Baja California, Arizona and…
This is a typed, formal document presented to the Legislatives assembly of British Columbia, in order to ask for permission to include women in the political franchise. It is a black and white document printed by ‘Richard Wolfenden, Printers to the…
The Letter from Samuel Long to William H. Seward discusses Long’s service as a US consul in Hawaii. This source directly shows the relations with the USA and Hawaii and just how involved the USA was in the Island. The letter shows how significant…
This is a gold nugget that was found by Alice Shea, after she saw a gold glint wedged in a boulder as she walked to her husband’s claim. It weights 52oz or 1642grams This happened in 1937 northern British Columbia, before being sold to the BC…
This Document was produced by the Union of BC Indian Chiefs and published on 17th November 1970, in direct response to the 1969 White Paper. The White Paper was a controversial policy paper submitted by the serving Canadian Prime Minister Pierre…
This is a manuscript of California state laws. It outlines the inalienable rights of its citizens, social, political and personal prohibitions, as well as local legislation. Slavery was prohibited unless it was a punishment for a crime, the fugitive…
This is a typed government document featuring the impromptu remarks made by President Dwight Eisenhower regarding Hawaii becoming the 50th U.S State. The remarks are captured by James C. Hagerty, serving Press Secretary to the President and made on…
This is a typed letter from G. R. Carter of the Hawaiian Trust Company to Joseph Cannon, member of the Republican Party. The letter was written on November 18th 1902, and sent from Honolulu, Hawaii to Washing D.C. Within the letter, Carter recalls…
This is an image of the typed document written by the Queen of Hawai’i in protest of the United States’ overthrow of her monarchy and the implementation of an American Government. Her use of the English language and the typed form, suggests the…