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Reporter, Greg Nokes, uncovers files in Wallowa county about the murders of 34 Chinese miners.

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Northeastern Oregon was Nez Perce land until 1877.

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Tens of thousands of Chinese followed the California Gold Rush to the American West

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The 1870 census recorded over 3,000 Chinese peoples in Oregon.

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In 1880, that number jumped to nearly 10,000

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A cabin of Chinese miners was burnt down and shot at by a party of armed men.

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Oregon becomes a state in 1859, and the constitution outlaws Chinese people from mining or owning land.

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The Oregon Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association is established in Portland.

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In 1882 congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, banning Chinese laborers from entering the country.

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The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years. The law made exceptions for merchants, teachers, students, travelers, and diplomats.[2] The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first major U.S. law ever implemented to prevent all members of a specific national group from immigrating to the United States, and therefore helped shape twentieth-century race-based immigration policy.[3][4]

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Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed in 1943, when China became allies with the US during WW2.

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Tensions spread over the west, burning towns, hangings, lynchings...

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Chinese peoples start arriving in Lewiston Idaho, 15 hundred miles from San Franciso.

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Chinese leave Lewiston up the Snake River.

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A group of thugs kill and rob the Chinese at the camp of their gold.

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2008-2012: Chinese Remembering Annual Conference 

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2008-2012: Chinese Remembering Annual Conference 

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A group from Lewiston organize an annual conference called Chinese Remembering, to keep history alive and known, that went on for five years.

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Chuimei Ho's question - “Can we use some of the lessons we learned to make things better today?” 

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Chuimei Ho's question - “Can we use some of the lessons we learned to make things better today?” 

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I believe we can, we should use history as lessons and examples and take/learn what we can from it. We should never forget history, and keep stories alive and known.