Idaho Commission on Human Rights was created in response to Anti-Mexican sentiment in Canyon County and elsewhere in the state.
Category: Fair Housing in Idaho
Idaho Fair Employment Practices Act
In response to Anti-Mexican treatment, Idaho passed its first anti-discrimination law in 1961, the Idaho Fair Employment Practices Act.
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Idaho Fair Employment Practices Act
February 19, 1942, Japanese Internment
“It didn’t matter if you were a U.S. citizen, it didn’t matter if you were born as an American, all that mattered was that your skin color was dark… and therefore you were seen as a threat because of Pearl Harbor.” – Emily Tani-Winegarden, Grand Daughter of Tad and Yoshi..Read More
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February 19, 1942, Japanese Internment
1896, Women’s Right to Vote
Idaho became the fourth state in the nation to give women the right to vote. The territorial legislature had come close to giving women the right to vote as early as 1869. In 1867, the territorial legislature passed a statute making Idaho a community property state, property owned jointly by..Read More
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1896, Women’s Right to Vote
The 1889 Agreement
This agreement resulted in the transfer of the lands adjoining the Coeur d’ Alene Lake, Coeur d’ Alene River and St. Joe River, areas at the time still inhabited by the most traditional Schitsu’umsh people.
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The 1889 Agreement
The 1887 Agreement
Reservation, created by Ulysses S. Grant through Presidential Executive Order in 1873.
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The 1887 Agreement
1860s-1880s, Chinese Presence in Early Idaho
“America wouldn’t have been built if it wasn’t for the Chinese, because the railroads opened up the country.” – Linda Jew, Great Granddaughter of Chin Lin Sou, A Chinese Miner who Immigrated to America in the 1800s Chinese were among the thousands of miners who came to Idaho for gold,..Read More
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1860s-1880s, Chinese Presence in Early Idaho
January 29, 1863, Bear River Massacre
200 California Volunteer U.S. Troops attacked 390 members of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone who were wintering near the confluence of the Bear River and a frozen creek. Approximately 23 soldiers and 250 Shoshone people were killed within about four hours.”