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Lessons from a Nez Perce elder

by Rich Wandschneider | Jun 21, 2018 | BIA, Hells Canyon Preservation Council, High Mountain Sheep Dam, Nez Perce Dam, Silas Whtiman, Snake River, William o. Douglas

Proposed High Mountain Sheep DamSilas Whitman was in town this week, and the conversations were wide-ranging. The purpose of his visit was to speak to our current exhibit, “Dams, Fish, Controversy”—Jon Rombach’s had interviewed Si in researching the High Mountain...

What I forgot to say!

by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 17, 2014 | Alvin Josephy, Gustav Sohon, HCPC, Hells Canyon Preservation Council, McWhorter, Nez Perce, Walla walla treaty

So last week I gave a little talk at the Hells Canyon Preservation Council’s Portland fundraising event on the Nez Perce in the Wallowa Country. Board Chair Pete Sandrock told me I had 30 minutes—and that he was a tough timekeeper!There is no way to summarize the Nez...
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