by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 6, 2025 | Henry Kissinger, Iran, Jimmy Carter, Uncategorized
These blog posts usually address Native American and local history; I try especially to trace the pre-contact history and culture, and the early and continuing relationships of Indians and non-Indians in the Wallowa Country. But I also try to keep blog followers aware...
by Rich Wandschneider | Dec 9, 2022 | Iran, Shah Riza Pahlavi, women’s rights
I have great memories of stern-looking, uniformed women guiding traffic at the center of Tehran’s busiest intersections on my month-long visit in 1968—they were human traffic signals. And fond memories too of beautiful, scantily clad Iranian women with their handsome...
by Rich Wandschneider | Sep 28, 2022 | Deb Haaland, Iran, Turkey
I met my first women doctors and agricultural engineers when I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Turkey almost 60 years ago. This year, when I went back to Turkey for a short visit, I learned that an Islamist leaning regime has not stopped women from being doctors and...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 18, 2016 | Alcatraz occupation, Aleppo, Alvin Josephy, Burns, Cuba, Diyarbakir, Donald Trump, Indian Country Today, Iran, Kurds, martin luther king, Middle East, MLK, President Obama, Shiites, Sunnis, Turks, Vietnam
So take courage! Friends here in Northeast Oregon are upset with the goings on in neighboring Burns. One group “occupied” a local Oregon Wildlife Refuge one evening with binoculars and beer. Most of “my” friends would like to see the government stand up and oust the...
