by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 24, 2024 | 1493 papal bull, Crow's Shadow, Ellen Bishop, Ethnogeology, James Lavadour
Roger Amerman is enrolled Choctaw, but grew up in Pendleton and is married to a Nez Perce woman and lives now on the Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho. A few years ago, before the pandemic, Roger taught a beading workshop at the Josephy Center. It was a good one, and,...
by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 4, 2023 | 1493 papal bull, Doctrine of Discovery
I have written and spoken about the impact of the “Doctrine of Discovery” on Native American affairs for years. This “new” news from the Vatican is astounding. I think that, for the most part, the Vatican and the Catholics in general have tried to forget this piece of...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 5, 2022 | 1493 papal bull, Catholicism, Doctrine of Discovery, First Nations, pope francis
Years ago, when I knew much less of the Indian story in the Pacific Northwest, I had an informal Nez Perce history class here at the Josephy Center. A dozen of us were on the balcony one day when Tamastslikt director Bobbie Conner and her mother came in the door. I...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 12, 2016 | 1493 papal bull, Doctrine of Discovery, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Indian treaties, joint occupancy, Malheur Wildlife Refuge, Northern Paiute, Oregon territory
I’ve been wondering where to start in understanding the Bundys and the militia takeover of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge—and I keep getting pushed back in time and place. My journey started with the obvious—the Paiutes, but it didn’t take me long to get to the Pope!Let...
