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COLUMBIA: Winter 2000-01; Vol. 14, No. 4

Table of Contents

From the Editor   2

History Commentary  3
Legal battles over the location of the state capital.
By Gerry L. Alexander

Hard Lessons in America  6
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Puyallup tribal leader Henry Sicade tells the troubling tale of government-run Puyallup Indian School.
Edited by Cary C. Collins

The SS Tacoma   12
What does a Puget Sound port city have in common with the first major sea battle of World War II?
By Robert F. Peters

The Little Napoleon   17
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Isaac I. Stevens's brief tenure as governor of Washington Territory had far-reaching effects.
By Sherburne F. Cook, Jr.

History Album  21
Seattle brewery workers pose for a group photo.

The San Juan Sheep War  22
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Great Britain and the United States warm up for a later, more serious better-known conflict over the "boundary question."
By Michael Vouri

No Such River Exists   31
John Meares-in search of the illusive Northwest Passage.
By J. Richard Nokes

Segregation in Spokane   38
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More subtle than in the South, discrimination still oppressed black residents of this eastern Washington community.
By Jim Kershner

Correspondence/Additional Reading   45

Columbia Reviews   46