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...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 14, 2021 | Blaine Harden, Indian removal, Indian Territory, Indian treaties, Kellen Trellen, Nez Perce, Nez Perce treaty, Phil Cash Cash, spalding, Walla walla treaty, whitman, Whitman College
I’ve been writing Josephy Library blog posts for ten years, telling stories of lies, outrages, and omissions regarding Indians in American history. From time to time, I’ve thought I should make a book, comb and clean the posts up a bit, sometimes combine a couple or...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 27, 2018 | Chief Joseph, Colville Reservation, Indian boarding schools, Indian Territory, Nez Perce, Thick Dark Fog, umatilla reservation, Walter Littlemoon
It was the week after Albert and Veronica Redstar, brother and sister elders of the Joseph or Wallowa Band of the Nez Perce from the Colville Reservation in Washington, talked about 140 years of exile. The audience was 45 workers and board members from Wallowa...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 12, 2018 | Bear’s Paw, Colville Reservation, Indian Territory, Lapwai, Nespelem, Nez Perce, oral tradition, Wallowa Land Trust
Veronica “Ronnie” and Albert Redstar (w me)Sometime this summer, Kathleen Ackley, director of the Wallowa Land Trust, asked me to put together a class about Nez Perce history for local agency and non-profit workers who work with tribes. She wanted me to recruit...
