by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 14, 2022 | assimilation, boarding schools, Indian Child Welfare Act, Indian Freedom of Religion Act
Over 400 men and women in their 30s, 40s, and 50s who were adopted by American parents from Chile during the reign of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) are finding each other. They are learning that their biological mothers were told that they had died in childbirth, and...
by Rich Wandschneider | Dec 28, 2021 | boarding schools, Buffalo Bill's Wild West
A friend gave me a new book, We Had A Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy, as a Christmas gift. She knows that most of my reading these days is by Indian authors and about Indian history and culture. She’s heard me exclaim...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 18, 2021 | Alvin Josephy, Beth Piatote, boarding schools, David Treuer, Indian Horse, Jack Loeffler, Philip Deloria
I don’t know very many Nez Perce words, and will never be a speaker, but it I love the sound of the language and hope to learn a few more. For now, Good Morning and Thank You are enough. Tac meeywi to all, and qe’ci’yew’yew’ to the many who responded to my blog post...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jun 26, 2021 | boarding schools, Deb Haaland, Pine Ridge reservation
A few years ago, I taught a class for Oregon State University at Eastern called Northwest Tribes and Ecosystems. It was a three-year teaching—and learning—experience for me. We covered the times and the territory, from the earliest introduction of European diseases...
by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 8, 2020 | boarding schools, Canadian hockey, hockey, Ibram X. Kendi, Indian boarding schools, Indian Horse, Milkweed, Ojibwa, Richard Wagamese
The name—its explanation comes on the first pages of the book—pulls you into the story. The writing is measured and strong and beautiful—“The Old Ones say that our long straight hair comes from the waving grasses that thatch the edges of bays. Our feet and hands are...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jun 5, 2017 | Allen Pinkham, boarding schools, Indian agriculture, land ownership, treaty terms
Alvin Josephy with Allen Pinkham Sr. at Betty’s MemorialIn a talk at the Josephy Center on Saturday night, Nez Perce elder Allen Pinkham Sr. said that non-Indians have never understood that Indians, even while succumbing to Euro-American diseases, arms, numbers, and...
