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The cost of the 'cozy pioneer': unmasking genocide in the Pacific Northwest
2026/06/15 | 15 mins.
Underground History host Chelsea Rose talks with Marc James Carpenter, author of "The War on Illahee: Genocide, Complicity, and Cover-Ups in the Pioneer Northwest."
Archaeologists and community historians on the trail of Chinese cowboys in Eastern Oregon
2026/05/26 | 29 mins.
OPB's Jenn Chavez joins with Chelsea Rose, host of JPR's Underground History and director of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology, to dig into the little-known stories of eastern Oregon's Chinese cowboys.
How a short-lived California commune left behind a musical time capsule
2026/05/04 | 15 mins.
Chelsea Rose digs into the recent past in this episode of Underground History.
The scars of colonialism in the archaeological record of the PNW
2026/04/25 | 30 mins.
Underground History digs deep into the colonial past of the Pacific Northwest.
Tribal members and archaeologists support elk conservation in Oregon’s Great Basin
2026/04/17 | 14 mins.
Klamath Tribal Cultural and Heritage director Perry Chocktoot and archaeologist Richie Rosencrance join Chelsea Rose to discuss their article, "Collaborative Understanding: Using Archaeology, History, and Indigenous Knowledge to Support Elk Conservation in Oregon’s Great Basin."

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About Underground History

Underground History connects culture, history, and place in Southern Oregon and beyond. The program is a collaboration with the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology and is hosted by historical archaeologist and research faculty member Chelsea Rose.

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