by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 20, 2013 | 1855 treaty, Klamath, Nez Perce, Nez Perce Fisheries, Nez Perce War, termination policy, tribal termination
It’s an old saw—you learn by teaching. This fall I am teaching a class for the Oregon State University Ag program on the Eastern Oregon U campus in La Grande. The class is “Ecosystems and Pacific Northwest Tribes.” We looked briefly at the pre-Columbian Americas...
by Rich Wandschneider | May 24, 2013 | 1855 treaty, Bodmer, Catlin, Kane, Mike Kolaski, Nez Perce treaty, oregon historical quarterly
We’re doing brown bag lunches on Tuesdays this summer, so if you are in Joseph at noon on a Tuesday, please stop in and join the conversation. Next week—May 28—we will be talking about Indian treaties, especially the Nez Perce treaties of 1855 and 1863 and the...
by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 22, 2013 | 1855 treaty, 1863 treaty, Idaho gold rush, Indian treaties, Indian wars, Isaac Stevens, Nez Perce, Walla walla treaty, Wallowa Country
In 1863 the Joseph or Wallowa Band Nez Perce lived quietly in the Wallowa Country, isolated by mountains on three sides and the Snake River Canyon to the east. There were no white settlers—though a couple of French trappers married to Nez Perce women had lived among...
