Ethnic Links in Oregon Genealogy and History
Meeting of Frontiers emphasizes the Russians in America; part of the Library of Congress collection on international exploration and colonies in the Pacific Northwest.
Early Coastal Exploration: of the Northwest is about Russian, Spanish, Portugese, French, Chinese, American and British voyages.
Spain in North America, the Pacific Northwest: dominant in early exploration and trade, Spain abandoned its outpost at Nootka Sound (Vancouver Island). But its presence in Spanish California, in western lands south of the 42nd parallel, and in the fur trade continued to touch Oregon history.
Hudson's Bay Company Archives present histories of British/French/Canadian efforts in Oregon. Employee rosters include the European immigrants, Hawaiians, and others who worked in the fur trade.
HAWAI'IAN
From Ulukau:
the Hawaiian Electronic Library :"The Hawaiian race live like wanderers
on the earth and dwell in all lands surrounded by the sea," spoken before
the Hawaiian court, 1869, , from "The
Ruling Chiefs", pg 404.
AFRICAN
AMERICAN 
A Peculiar Paradise by Elizabeth McLagan; "A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788 - 1940"
Black Oregon Pioneers This link and the next two from the End of the Oregon Trail museum
African Americans' Oregon Timeline
George Washington Bush, leader of the first African American wagon train to Oregon, 1844
Names Associated with the Fur Trade "Beyond the Pale: African-Americans in the Fur Trade West" by William W. Gwaltney
Afrigeneas: a selection of links to African-American History and Genealogy Sites
CHINESE
Early
Chinese Culture in Oregon
Northwest China Council, based in Portland, promotes trade, cross-cultural ties, and education in language.
Chinese House Railroad Museum Chinese in Oregon; 1883 laborers' bunkhouse
Wing Luke Asian Museum Seattle museum with exhibits on Chinese emigrants to the Pacific Northwest.
Portland's
Chinatown : part of the National Register of Historic Places; Chinatown
dates to 1880
JAPANESE
National Japanese American Historical Society
Japanese Americans in Portland
Japanese and Japanese American Genealogy
KOREAN
Korean American Digital Archive
ASIAN
The Golden Mountain: Asian-Americans in the West
FRENCH AMERICAN
American French Genealogy Society
LATINO
Tierra Nuestra: the Chicano West
