by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 21, 2024 | Braiding Sweetgrass, Chuck Sams, condor, Deb Haaland, Indian country, Indian history, Joseph Canyon, Klamath, Native revival, Ned Blackhawk, Nez Perce, Nez Perce Fisheries, Philip J. Deloria, White Earth Reservation, Yurok
I thought I should follow up the last blog post, a musing—and hope—that there will be Natives sprinkled across government no matter the new regime. And I should have added that the sprinkling will be in local and state as well as the national government, and that the...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 1, 2024 | Chuck Sams, Deb Haaland, Jaime Pinkham, Joe Biden, Winnebago
I have mentioned Deb Haaland and her heroic work on behalf of US Tribes and Tribal people on a few blog posts—not enough praise, I’m sure, but I try. But now, as President Biden leaves the stage and the world begins to assess his impact on US history and politics,...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jun 8, 2023 | boarding schools, chaco canyon, Chuck Sams, Deb Haaland
I’m often surprised to find out that friends who follow political and cultural affairs closely still do not know who Deb Haaland is. With a hint, some of them come up with “oh yes, Department of Interior, isn’t it?” But her position and her presence are not front and...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 8, 2022 | boarding schools, Chuck Sams, Deb Haaland, Mary Peltola
There is much worrying and gnashing of teeth at today’s election. I am tired of the daily solicitations for money from my liberal allies—it seems that once you have given to one political person or cause the money seekers from that edge of politics find you and...
by Rich Wandschneider | Sep 2, 2022 | 1491, 1918 influenza resiliency, Charles Mann, Chuck Sams, Deb Haaland, Mary Peltola, Nez Perce Tribe, umatilla reservation, Undaunted Courage
Friends texted and emailed me this yesterday to tell me that Mary Peltola, a Yup’ik Alaskan Native, had won election in her state for the short remainder of a congressional term. She’ll run again for a full term in the fall. Even the short term marks a win for the...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 9, 2022 | Chuck Sams, Deb Haaland, Dworshak, Joe Biden, Nixon on Indians
I was in Portland a couple of weeks ago for a mini family reunion. My brother lives in Portland now, and my sister drove up from Sacramento. We were celebrating a granddaughter/niece going to Japan on a student exchange, and other, younger, grandchildren just for...
