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 | Apr 12, 2026 | Colville Reservation, Colville tribes, Indian religion, Indian Relocation, Indian removal, Indian survival, Indian Territory, Josephy Library, Nespelem, Nex Perce history, Nez Perce War, Treaty of 1855, walwa’ma
When we arrived at the Head Start building that is now used by the walwa ma Nez Perce for Longhouse services, an elder I have known for over thirty years came to say hello and remind me again that the distance from Joseph to Nespelem is the same as that from Nespelem...
by Rich Wandschneider | Sep 13, 2025 | Gaza, Indian removal, Israel, Netanyahu, Nez Perce, Nez Perce National Park, Nez Perce War
In 1877, General O.O. Howard gave the Nez Perce 30 days to leave the Wallowa and get themselves to the much-reduced reservation at Lapwai in Idaho. Other “non-treaty” bands on the other side of the Snake River were given the same orders. There were killings of...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 9, 2025 | Columbia River, Indian removal, Indian survival, Indian Territory, Indian treaties, John Marshall, Klamath, Nez Perce, Nez Perce Fisheries, Pacific Northwest, salmon, Snake River, Snake River dams, Supreme Court
I just watched the Washington Post’s account of the 15 young tribal members who kayaked the 310-mile length of the Klamath River this summer. They had trained hard, become excellent paddlers, readying themselves as the river was readying itself for them; the river...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 11, 2025 | Gaza, Hamas, Indian removal, Indian Territory, Indian treaties, John Marshall, Termination, Termination act
In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the “Indian Removal Act,” which authorized the government to negotiate treaties with the remnants of all Eastern Tribes to purchase their lands and move them west of the Mississippi River. In a lawsuit brought by the educated...
by Rich Wandschneider | May 28, 2025 | Andrew Jackson, Indian removal, Indian Territory, Indian treaties, Indian wars
I highly recommend a free subscription to “Native News Online”—and a donation as well. Today’s juicy reminder, the anniversary of the Indian Removal Act. In 1830, the burgeoning United States sought to put all Native Americans east of the Mississippi River out of...
