by Rich Wandschneider | Mar 27, 2026 | Alice Flether, Chief Joseph, Dawes Act, lorin mooruck
In 1888, a man named George Trumam Kercheval published “Lorin Mooruck; and Other Indian Stories.” The book’s preface is written by Bishop of Minnesota H. P. Whipple, and in it he laments the treatment of Indians, says that in his own visits in Indian Country he has...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 25, 2022 | 1855 treaty, 1863 treaty, Alice Flether, Allen Pinkham, smallpox, smallpox epidemic of 1780s, Snake River
It’s holiday time, Thanksgiving and I am in Oregon City at my son’s place, reading the morning news on my computer. The house is quiet with people sleeping off yesterday’s meal and working from home on their computers. I got up early and read for an hour in a book...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 2, 2016 | 4th of July, Alice Flether, Assimilationists, Dawes Act, Henry Teller, Office of Indian Affairs, religious crimes code
American Indians’ patriotism and Indian celebrations of America’s favorite patriotic holiday are as complex and convoluted as is the overall dance of American History—although Indians, as Alvin Josephy said only half jokingly, don’t have history—or biography; they...
