Friends and colleagues: Very few people remain who can still remember the 
way of life established by Euro-American settlers more than a century ago in 
the remote corners of North America.  Remembering those times is the subject 
of Proving Up and Settling Down: Stories of Life in Hells Canyon, the latest 
video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology 
Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org).

The basalt cliffs of Hells Canyon have witnessed the ebb and flow of Native 
American tribes, trappers, miners, and homesteaders as each has left a mark 
on America's deepest river gorge.  This film brings Hells Canyon to life 
through the accounts of historians; Horace Axtell, a descendent of Chief 
Joseph's band of the Nez Perce; and early Hells Canyon residents, Violet 
Wilson, Ace Barton and Joe Jordan.  These old-timers share stories of work 
and family, isolation and ingenuity, and a deep respect for the canyon they 
called home in the first half of the 20th Century.

This and other programs are available on TAC for your use and enjoyment.  We 
urge you to support this public service by participating in our Membership 
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org/member.html) and Underwriting 
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org/sponsor.shtml) programs.  Only with your 
help can we continue and enhance our nonprofit public-education and 
visitor-supported programming.  We also welcome new content partners as we 
reach out to the world community.

Please forward this message to others who may be interested.

Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA
President and Executive Director
Archaeological Legacy Institute
http://www.archaeologychannel.org

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