by Rich Wandschneider | Jun 19, 2023 | Allotment Act, American Indian Religious Freedom Act, BIA, Indian assimilation, Indian boarding schools, Indian Child Welfare Act, Indian Freedom of Religion Act, Indian history, Indian religious freedom act, Indian wars, land ownership, National Geographic, Neil Gorsuch, Relocation program, Removal Act of 1830
Last week the Supreme Court upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act. “The bottom line is that we reject all of petitioners’ challenges to the statute, some on the merits and others for lack of standing,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the conservative Trump...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 3, 2018 | General Howard, Indian religious freedom act, Nez Perce, seven drums, wallowa homeland
Longhouse at Wallowa Nez Perce HomelandIt’s called a “longhouse,” because long ago tipis were strung together to make a “long tent” of hides or tule mats that could accommodate a large number of people for living, and, eventually, for religious ceremonies. The...
