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Supporters attend dedication of memorial at Chinese Massacre Cove

July 9, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A group of about 135 supporters, including representatives of Chinese American communities in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles and members of the Chinese Massacre

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Bettie Luke, Chinese American, Chinese Massacre Cove, Chinese Massacre Memorial Committee, Greg Nokes, Hells Canyon, Los Angeles, Nez Perce, San Francisco, Seattle, Stephen Ying, Vol 31 No 28 | July 7 - July 13

Community members install memorial at Chinese Massacre Cove

May 18, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

This year marks the fifth year of the annual two-day Chinese Remembering conference held in Lewiston, Idaho. Each conference relates the history of the Chinese in Idaho and the Northwest, with the second day of the conference dedicated to visiting sites in Hells Canyon that were occupied by the Chinese.

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 2012, Bainbridge Island, Bettie Luke, Chief Joseph, Chinese Massacre Cove Site, Chinese Remembering Conference, Chuimei Ho, Deep Creek, Dug Bar, Forest Service, Garlinghouse Memorials, Hells Canyon, Nez Perce War, Seattle, Snake River, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25

Chinese massacre memorial planned in Hells Canyon in June

November 29, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Next year will mark the 125th anniversary of the massacre of as many as 34 Chinese gold miners in Hells Canyon at what is today named Chinese Massacre Cove. A memorial to the miners is being developed and will be dedicated at the site next June 22. “We cannot give the victims justice after so […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: American West, Ben Bronson Garry Bush Bill Hall Patricia Keith Craig Lesley Alan Pinkham Bettie Luke Rich Wandschneider Priscilla Wegars Lyle Wirtanen, Chinese, Chinese American, Chinese Massacre Cove, Chinese Massacre Memorial Committee, Chinese Remembering, Chuimei Ho, Deep Creek, Exclusion Act, Forest Service, Geographic Names, Gregory Nokes, Hells Canyon, Nez Perce, Oregon State University Press, Wallowa County

June 23–24: Fourth Annual Chinese Remembering Conference held in Lewiston

July 25, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Fourth Annual Chinese Remembering Conference was held at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston. The event remembered the nearly three dozen Chinese gold miners massacred on the Oregon side of Hells Canyon in 1887. The conference brought together historians and others to talk of the Chinese who once lived and worked in the region during the gold-mining […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Chinese Massacre Cove, Fourth Annual Chinese Remembering Conference, Hells Canyon, North Carolina, Vol 30 No 30 | July 23 - July 29

June 24–25: Book tour for “Massacred for Gold” and third Chinese Remembering conference are held

July 29, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The third Chinese Remembering conference, part of the Chinese Remember project, was held in Lewiston.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2010, Bettie Luke, Chinese Massacre Cove, Chinese Remembering, Gregory Nokes, Hells Canyon, Vol 29 No 31 | July 31 - August 6

Editorial: Those massacred for gold get a memorial, 122 years later

January 14, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In 1887, more than 30 Chinese gold miners were massacred on the Oregon side of Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. They wanted the gold dust that the Chinese had painstakingly accumulated. Historians and scholars debate the exact number of miners. Only 11 names are known. The gold was never recovered.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2010, Chinese, Gregory Nokes, Hells Canyon, North America, Vol 29 No 3 | January 16 - January 22, Without Nokes

Historians track Chinese history in Idaho

July 23, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — A black ponytail in a 1920s mason jar, empty graves in an Idaho forest cemetery, a massacre in an isolated river canyon — they’re all links in the little-told story of the Chinese in Idaho, who came by the thousands but then drastically left at the turn of the century.

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: Allen Pinkham, Chinatown, Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese Remembering, Clearwater River, Garry Bush, Geographic Names, Hells Canyon, Idaho Territorial Legislature, LEWISTON, Luna House, Moscow, Nez Perce War, Shoshone County, Six Oregon, Terry Abraham, Vol 28 No 31 | July 25 - July 31, Wallowa County, William Goulder

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