by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 12, 2024 | Alvin Josephy, Boldt decision, Isaac Stevens, Jr.
Yesterday was Superbowl Sunday—and a fine game it was. Congrats to the Chiefs! Today is Abe Lincoln’s birthday, which we celebrated separately until we bundled him with Washington and made it Presidents’ Day. Today is also the fiftieth anniversary of the Boldt...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 7, 2020 | Atlantic pipeline, Boldt decision, Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Dakota Pipeline, Dalles Dam, Diyarbakir, Grand Coulee Dam, Hasankeyf, Missouri River, Turkey
There was a story in the New York Times yesterday about the flooding of the village of Hasankeyf in Southeast Turkey.Some say the village is 12,000 years old, and certainly it and the surrounding area have stories of ancient civilizations that are part of a historical...
by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 23, 2018 | 1855 treaty, Boldt decision, Coho Salmon, Nez Perce Fisheries
I got this “FYI” from Jim Harbeck at Nez Perce Fisheries here in Joseph last night:“The first Coho Salmon to return to the Lostine River in over 40 years came back home this morning… I think we’ll see at least a few hundred Coho this fall at our weir on the...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 21, 2017 | Alvin Josephy, Boldt decision, Indian treaties, Marlon Brando, Northwest fish wars, Standing Rock
Alvin Josephy told me once that liberals just didn’t get it with Indians. In the sixties, after legislative victories on voting and discrimination issues, some liberals, according to Alvin, were ready to “move on to Indians.” But when they took their good...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 29, 2017 | Boldt decision, Dawes Act, Garrison Dam, Indian casinos, Kinzua dam, Klamath, Nixon on Indians, Standing Rock, Termination act, Trump tweets pipelineLLif
The election and the first days of a new and controversial Presidency have captured the news and national attention. For the most part, Standing Rock has slipped to back pages and Indian media websites, even as President Trump tweets and signs executive orders...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 7, 2016 | Boldt decision, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Justice Marshall, limited sovereignty, President Johnson
I’ve been voting for 50 years—Johnson was my first Presidential pick in 1964. And yes, I’ve learned much about that strong-arming, deal-making, womanizing, self-agrandizing, Vietnam-failing President over the years. He had all of those negative qualities and more, and...
