by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 13, 2023 | American Indian history, American Indian languages, American Indians, edward curtis, Edward Sheriff Curtis, North American Indian, Tim Egan
The Josephy Library has been gifted an amazing set of books, Edward S. Curtiss’ THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN: THE COMPLETE REFERENCE EDITION. This is a reprint of the original work done over 30 years at the beginning of the 20th century by the famous photographer. The...
by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 23, 2022 | African Americans, American Indian history, American Indian languages, Chuck Sams, David Treuer, Deb Haaland, Indian reservations, Indian treaties, Jaime Pinkham, Zuni land map
This weekend “media tycoon” Byron Allen told a TV audience that he now owned the Weather Channel and intended to bid on the Denver Broncos. While the NFL is in a dispute over the lack of Black coaches in the league, Allen intends to be the first African-American owner...
by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 11, 2022 | 1491, Alvin Josephy, American Indian languages, archeology, Bering Land Bridge, Charles Mann, Indian DNA, Indian population, indigenous americans, Indigenous population of America, Jennifer Raff, Kelp Highway
Several friends quickly sent me the NYTimes review of a new book on the old subject of human origins in the Americas. The book is ORIGIN: A Genetic History of the Americas, and the author is Jennifer Raff. According to the reviewer, Raff consulted the sciences of...
by Rich Wandschneider | Sep 10, 2015 | American Indian languages, Babel, Charles Mann, human catastrophes, John Wesley Powell, north american languages, Plague, potato famine
I’ve always thought that Alvin’s Indian Heritage of America, published in 1968, was extraordinary in its examination of the Americas before contact. He started with languages. Ironically, it was often missionaries, intent on Christianizing and changing people, who...
