by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 21, 2024 | Alvin Josephy, California, California genocide, California Indians, California missions, Greg Saris, National Museum of American Indian, Peace Corps, Ursula Pike
Years ago, I reviewed a book by Ursula Pike, an enrolled Karuk Tribal member who grew up in Oregon and California and went into the Peace Corps. The book was An Indian among los Indígenas: A Native Travel Memoir. One can imagine the quandaries and perplexities of a...
by Rich Wandschneider | Sep 25, 2015 | Cahuilla, California Indians, California missions, Father Serra, Indian genocide, pope francis, Rupert Costo
Like many Americans—and people across the world—I have watched and listened to the new Pope with hope and wonder. A man of clerical power that extends over much of the world with Francis’s humility giving voice to the poor, the immigrant, the prisoner, is something...
