by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 17, 2026 | 1855 treaty, 1863 treaty, Allotment Act, american immigrants, American Indian history, assimilation, boarding schools, immigration, Indian history, Indian massacres, Indian removal, Indian reservations, Indian treaties, Indian wars, Indians, Iran, Israel, Nex Perce history, Nez Perce, Nez Perce treaty
The stock market is setting records at every mention of a cease fire in Gaza, Iran, or Lebanon, and as each ship crosses Hormuz. Sometimes there is disappointment, and the market briefly plunges, but it is ready to leap back at the next bit of good news. And the...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 17, 2026 | African Americans, Alvin Josephy, American Indian history, assimilation, bureau of Indian Affairs, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Depression, Donald Trump, Eisenhower, expulsions, German immigrants, ICE, immigration, Indian assimilation, Indian boarding schools, Indian Relocation, Indian reservations, Indians and fire, Nixon on Indians, Termination, Termination act, termination policy
I thought about this as the president rampaged against the “garbage” people and country of Somalia. When he asked why we couldn’t get more people from Norway, Sweden, or Denmark. And a year ago, when he and the Veep went on about Haitian immigrants eating pets in...
by Rich Wandschneider | May 14, 2025 | immigration, Sand Creek Massacre, Turkey, Turks, Uncategorized, Wounded Knee
It’s a cliché, usually used to describe investigations or interrogations. One cop is hard and tough, the other softer—more understanding. They work over the witness or the alleged perpetrator of a crime, and in the back and forth between good and bad cop a truth—or a...
by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 2, 2024 | immigration
“Replacement theory” comes to my mind often; it has since I first heard the idea that at some point in the near future, white people are going to be a “majority minority” in America. In other words, we white folks will no longer be 50 percent of the total...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 22, 2019 | assimilation, immigration, Manifest Destiny, racism, Stephen Miller
And immigration too. If we think about it, we, as individuals, families, communities, and a nation are conflicted about both race and immigration, and always have been. This came to mind this week with news that White House advisor Stephen Miller was exposed as having...