by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 13, 2025 | Alvin Josephy, Arab, Arab-Israeli War, Dawes Act, Diane Josephy Peavey, Donald Trump, Gaza, Indian land tenure, Netanyahu, Nez Perce treaty, Nez Perce Tribe, Tamastslikt, Umatilla, Umatilla Confederated Tribes, umatilla reservation, Walla Walla Indians, Walla walla treaty
My friend, Diane Josephy Peavey, has made several trips to Palestine over the last 20 years. She had it in mind years ago to write a book comparing the plight of the Palestinian Arabs (her hosts were most often Christian Arabs) to that of American Indians. It would...
by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 28, 2023 | Abourezk, Alvin Josephy, Arab, Diane Josephy Peavey, Indian Child Welfare Act
We just lost a good man who is probably now unknown to most Americans—although the nation’s news frequently talks about the Indian Child Welfare Act, which he was instrumental in steering into law in 1978. The New York Times announced his passing: “James Abourezk, who...
by Rich Wandschneider | May 24, 2018 | Diane Josephy Peavey, John Verrall, Mark Eubanks Yaacov Bergman, Nez Perce: Promises, The Chief Joseph Legend, Walla Walla Symphony
Mark Eubanks recently brought me the score of a musical work called “The Chief Joseph Legend: A Choral Symphony in Five Parts.” Mark is a long-time bassoonist with the Oregon Symphony who retired to Wallowa County a few years ago, but finds time to take his bassoon...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jun 27, 2012 | Boise Symphony, caritas chorale, Diane Josephy Peavey, Dick Brown, Lapwai, Nez Perce, Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest
Alvin Josephy found the story in 1952 or 53—and things changed. Over the next dozen years he would become engulfed in the Nez Perce story and the American Indian story. He would find old drawings tucked away in museums, chase fur trade records to London, sweat with...
