The Sitka Tlingit and the Pacific Northwest Gun Frontier, a lecture by Dr. David Silverman, a history professor from George Washington University who specializes in American Indian and Colonial American History
According to Dr. Silverman, “Between the 1780s and early 1800s, Native people along the Pacific Northwest coast went from being some of the most isolated populations in the world to hosting merchant ships from a half dozen nations and participating in a global commerce linking Europe
