by Rich Wandschneider | Mar 6, 2023 | David Treuer, Dee Brown, edward curtis, Edward Sheriff Curtis, Indian survival, Indians in unexpected places, Native American languages, Philip Deloria, Philip J. Deloria, Wounded Knee
There’s a new history book that is rattling across the best seller lists. It’s a collection of essays called Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies about Our Past. There are 20 chapters on everything from “American Exceptionalism” to the “New...
by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 27, 2022 | David Treuer, Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland, Oregon history, Oregonian, walwa’ma
Old friend Jonathan Nicholas sent me word of an incredible event at his former place of work, The Oregonian. On Monday October 24, the newspaper published a long piece outlining its racist past. Its own investigative reporter, Rob Davis, combed the Oregonian’s files,...
by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 23, 2022 | African Americans, American Indian history, American Indian languages, Chuck Sams, David Treuer, Deb Haaland, Indian reservations, Indian treaties, Jaime Pinkham, Zuni land map
This weekend “media tycoon” Byron Allen told a TV audience that he now owned the Weather Channel and intended to bid on the Denver Broncos. While the NFL is in a dispute over the lack of Black coaches in the league, Allen intends to be the first African-American owner...
by Rich Wandschneider | Sep 4, 2021 | David Treuer, Deb Haaland, Indian survival, Indian wars
In my last post, at the urging of a Nez Perce friend, I compared our nation’s current “longest war” with the wars our government has fought with Indian tribes. The nineteenth century and Indian wars seem a long way away to us now, and the Indians, with many tribes...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 21, 2021 | David Treuer, Deb Haaland, Jaime Pinkham, Nez Perce, Umatilla Confederated Tribes
With fires and covid raging, and the messy retreat in Afghanistan, it’s a murky time. So good news in the Department of the Interior is welcome! Chuck Sams, enrolled on the Umatilla Reservation, where he has served in several tribal government positions and as a...
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...
