by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 5, 2021 | 1855 treaty, 1863 treaty, Alvin Josephy, Bear’s Paw, Chief Joseph, Chief Joseph Days, Nex Perce history, Nez Perce, Nez Perce Homeland, Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest, Nez Perce stories, Nez Perce treaty
October 5, 1877 is the day on which the wal’wá·ma band of the Nez Perce and members of other non-treaty bands lost their freedom. They’d intended to go quietly from the Wallowa to the reduced Idaho reservation, leaving and losing their homeland but continuing to live...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 12, 2018 | Bear’s Paw, Colville Reservation, Indian Territory, Lapwai, Nespelem, Nez Perce, oral tradition, Wallowa Land Trust
Veronica “Ronnie” and Albert Redstar (w me)Sometime this summer, Kathleen Ackley, director of the Wallowa Land Trust, asked me to put together a class about Nez Perce history for local agency and non-profit workers who work with tribes. She wanted me to recruit...
