Write silently on the following prompt for thirty minutes: (feel free to re-read sections of the exhibit)
	Imagine you are a northwestern indigenous person during the Gold Rush era. What year is it? What tribe do you belong to?
	Do you live in the same village you were born in? Has the Gold Rush changed where you live or the places you can go? Why? How has the population of your village changed? What are the reasons for this? Who is responsible for this?
	Does the U.S. government protect your village? What government practices or institutions change your life? How?
	How has the terrain, rivers and wild life changed around you as a result of mining technology?
	How is the economy changing around you? What do you do to adapt to the imposition of a foreign monetary system? How are your eating habits changing?
	What do you do to increase you chance of survival?
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