But he is among several lawmakers who have been pushing for more Chinese language education in public schools in Oregon.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

And in eighteen hundred eleven, John Jacob Astor built a fur trading center at the mouth of Oregon's Columbia River.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

It was spoken on the Siletz reservation, where the tribe lives on a protected area of land within the state of Oregon.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

Mark Bedau of Reed College in Oregon says Mister Venter's work marks an important step over traditional genetic engineering of individual genes.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

The environmentalist Paul Hawken had a very direct message for graduates at the University of Portland in Oregon.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

He declared that he would make all of Texas and all of Oregon part of the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

The information leads to a Chinese burial place in John Day,Oregon, where workers and miners were buried.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

The British foreign minister proposed a treaty that would make the forty-ninth parallel of latitude the border between the United States and British Oregon.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Wildlife rescuers in Oregon say some of the birds have been seen around restaurants and cafes.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

Bob Doughty has more. The documents were given to a public radio station in Portland,Oregon by someone who did not want to be identified.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

Laurence Becker from Oregon State University says after gaining independence, African nations tried to help farmers.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

Kay Westerfield is director of the international business communication program at the University of Oregon.

VOA: special.2011.01.21

We asked competitor Chuck Mung from Portland,Oregon why he thinks air guitar is so popular.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

In Portland,Oregon, Jon Van Oast and Megan Kelley invited twelve friends to a Soup Swap.

VOA: special.2010.11.22

They often tried to destroy the wagon trains carrying settlers to California and Oregon.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

Researcher Laurence Becker of Oregon State University said some local farmers stopped farming.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

Douglas Kennett of the University of Oregon led the team of researchers.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

And it voted that Oregon should be free territory, with slavery illegal.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Later,American explorers Lewis and Clark crossed the Louisiana territory to reach Oregon.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Then,in September, beaders will gather in Oregon for Bead Fest Portland.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

They stopped on the Oregon coast to trade for animal skins.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

He offered to divide Oregon at the forty-ninth parallel of latitude.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

They wanted all of Oregon to belong to the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

The southern border of the Oregon territory was the forty-second parallel.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

The records also lead to a Chinese cemetery in Baker City,Oregon.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

Traders from New England were the first Americans to visit Oregon.

VOA: special.2009.02.19