EMPIRES, NATIONS & FAMILIES---A MULTI-ETHNIC PAST IN THE AMERICAN WEST

Moldy The Sepsis & I just finished Empires, Nations & Families--A New History Of The North American West, 1800-1860. 

The obligation to educate ourselves is up to each of us. It's up to each of us to learn things and to work for a better future.

Moldy is a member of my All People Have Value Panel of Experts.

Here is a review of this Pulitzer Prize nominated book.

Here's some of what we learned---

1. A multi-ethnic past inclusive of Native Americans, French, Spanish & whites is part of early western history. 

2. Anglo settlers would not accept a multi-ethnic concept of America just as so many of their descendants won't today. They were often just so many Cliven Bundys. 

3. Sutter of Sutter's Mill Gold Rush fame was a lout. 

4. Early western trade networks were complex and crossed racial boundaries. 

5. Texas government officials would sometimes suggest a measure of co-existence with Indians, but the general population said no. 

There is a measure of malevolence in Moldy.  He found much to inspire him in this book.

Even so, there is value in knowing that there was a time early in American history when a multi-racial society was the accepted way of living.  In our more hopeful moments today, we can imagine that we are moving towards such a reality for our future.   

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