by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 5, 2022 | 1493 papal bull, Catholicism, Doctrine of Discovery, First Nations, pope francis
Years ago, when I knew much less of the Indian story in the Pacific Northwest, I had an informal Nez Perce history class here at the Josephy Center. A dozen of us were on the balcony one day when Tamastslikt director Bobbie Conner and her mother came in the door. I...
by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 12, 2020 | Carib, Columbian Exchange, Columbus, Columbus Day, Doctrine of Discovery, Jim Crow, slavery
“Columbus Day” was first celebrated by Italian-Americans in San Francisco in 1869, and worked its way into a national holiday in 1937. Those of us who went to school in the 1940s, 50s, 60s, and probably through the 1990s and are not of Italian heritage, remember...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 12, 2016 | 1493 papal bull, Doctrine of Discovery, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Indian treaties, joint occupancy, Malheur Wildlife Refuge, Northern Paiute, Oregon territory
I’ve been wondering where to start in understanding the Bundys and the militia takeover of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge—and I keep getting pushed back in time and place. My journey started with the obvious—the Paiutes, but it didn’t take me long to get to the Pope!Let...
