Author

Ryan W. Booth

Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

Summer 2010

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

History

Committee Chair

Daniel Herman

Second Committee Member

Karen Blair

Third Committee Member

Joseph Conwell

Abstract

Kettle Falls has been the home to Natives, traders, missionaries and U.S. soldiers between 1825 and 1860. The middle ground created by these various groups first led to collaboration and eventually turned into collapse. The varied reasons for the downfall stem from problems of communication, commerce, cooperation and settlement among all four groups. The greatest hindrance was cultural miscommunication. Hudson Bay Company and the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) used old fashioned and outdated methods, which stemmed from their European roots, in their dealings with the tribes along the Columbia River. The Company and the Society could not keep pace with the rapid American settlement, which was achieved at the end of a rifle by the U.S. Army. In the end, the traders and missionaries' failure was made at the expense of the Native tribe at the Falls.

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