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 | Oct 22, 2022 | Allen Pinkham, Alvin Josephy, American Indian history, Josephy Library
Yesterday the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture celebrated ten years of life as a non-profit, and a few months more of programming. Last year, at nine, we purchased the old log bank building that has been our home since the beginning. Anne Stephens, who first...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jun 24, 2022 | Allen Pinkham, Deb Haaland, Dworshak
Things are moving so quickly in Indian Country that it is hard to keep up. But I thought that anyone interested in this blog will be especially interested in Interior Secretary Haaland of the Laguna Pueblo Tribe, and Jaime Pinkham of the Nez Perce Tribe, came together...
by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 24, 2018 | Allen Pinkham, dugout canoe, Josephy Center, plateau Indian culture
Allen Pinkham Jr was here this weekend working on the canoe. He had some help in a Saturday work party, and the small canoe–16 feet–Is looking like a canoe. To remind, we had it in the water much earlier–Allen wanted to make sure it floated right,...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 27, 2017 | Allen Pinkham, dugout canoe, Josephy Center, Nez Perce canoe
Allen Pinkham Jr. got his dugout canoe into the water at Wallowa Lake in November. He’ll be back for some finishing work on this 16 footer, and then on to the 30 footers! The plan is to build one with the help of modern tools–as was done with the smaller...
by Rich Wandschneider | Sep 1, 2017 | Allen Pinkham, dugout canoe, Josephy Center, Nez Perce
Canoe, Allen, granddaughter, Wallowa LakeOn Sunday, August 19, we launched Allen Pinkham Jr.’s dugout canoe. This one, as described before, is about 16 feet long, was shaped with help of Jim Zacharias’s mill, Allen’s work with electric chain saw, and his further...
