War in Washington Territory More than one hundred sixty years after the ratification of the Walla Walla council’s Treaty of 1855, it is essential to remember the checkered history of conflict and Native American subjugation in the Pacific Northwest. Even in a community that now seems to balance multiple cultures better than most, the history…
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The Irony of the “State’s Rights” Confederacy
The secessionists who attempted to create a “state’s rights confederacy” in 1861 were a hypocritical bunch. Despite calling for rebellion on account of federal overreach and a refusal to accept the results of the 1860 election, the rebel cause enhanced its power during the American Civil War by nationalizing its army, its economy and enacting…