The wisest among us realize that what we normally think of as opposites are also associates. There’s life and death, joy and pain, fulfillment and absence. And, as Charlie Chaplin understood, and ...

Late last year, my colleagues at the Fellows Fund wrote about the similarities between the current AI frenzy and the California gold rush of the mid-1800s. There are some great points in this piece ...

A new lesson plan centers Native American perspectives on the violence of Western expansion Anne Wallentine - History Correspondent A lesson plan from the National Museum of the American Indian seeks ...

A new digital lesson from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, “The Impact of the Gold Rush on Native Americans of California: A Source Investigation,” offers insights into a ...

COLOMA, CA ‒ Ankle-deep in a stream, James W. Marshall bent over and grabbed a shiny object that caught his eye. He placed it on a rock and began striking it with another. The shiny material pounded ...

History Detective Wes Cowan visits California gold mining sites and talks with Gold Rush curators to reveal the story behind a caricature-style drawing by the well-known Gold Rush photographer Isaac ...