by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 2, 2025 | Arab, Arab-Israeli War, Gaza, Indian reservations, Indian survival, Indian treaties, Indian wars, Israel
I started writing blog posts to carry on the work of my mentor, Alvin Josephy, who saidthat the true story of Native American history, and Native Americans in American history, needs to be told. Further, he wanted Indians to be telling it! That is happening, and I...
by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 13, 2025 | Alvin Josephy, Arab, Arab-Israeli War, Dawes Act, Diane Josephy Peavey, Donald Trump, Gaza, Indian land tenure, Netanyahu, Nez Perce treaty, Nez Perce Tribe, Tamastslikt, Umatilla, Umatilla Confederated Tribes, umatilla reservation, Walla Walla Indians, Walla walla treaty
My friend, Diane Josephy Peavey, has made several trips to Palestine over the last 20 years. She had it in mind years ago to write a book comparing the plight of the Palestinian Arabs (her hosts were most often Christian Arabs) to that of American Indians. It would...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 31, 2025 | American Indians, Arab, Arab-Israeli War, Gaza, Indian reservations, Indian treaties, Irgun, Israel
Alvin Josephy’s been gone for twenty years now, but his words are still with us, many still ringing in my head. Alvin said in many ways that the Reservation System, and how it evolved with land takeovers in broken and revised treaties and with the Allotment Act, was...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 5, 2023 | American Indian history, American Indians, Arab, Arab-Israeli War, Indian assimilation, Indian history, Indian Relocation, Indian removal, Indian reservations, Israel, Palestine, Unworthy Republic
When I am talking with non-Native audiences, and even when talking with Tribal friends, I sometimes say that I feel like I am body-surfing on a wave of pro-Indian sentiment in the country. I say that a big part of this is based on recognition of non-Native—read...
by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 28, 2023 | Abourezk, Alvin Josephy, Arab, Diane Josephy Peavey, Indian Child Welfare Act
We just lost a good man who is probably now unknown to most Americans—although the nation’s news frequently talks about the Indian Child Welfare Act, which he was instrumental in steering into law in 1978. The New York Times announced his passing: “James Abourezk, who...
