ESSAY ON: The Klondike Gold Rush: Impacts to the Indigenous Peoples

Number of Pages 4

This research paper: A 4 page overview of the years leading up to and following the Klondike Gold Rush. The author traces the various points of contact and contends that while the fur trade, whaling activities, and even a burgeoning salmon fishery led to more and more frequent contact between whites and indigenous inhabitant, that contact would be nothing in comparison to that which would result with the Gold Rush. Whole towns would spring up seemingly overnight as people flocked to the region. Whole cultures were decimated. Bibliography lists 8 sources.


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