by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 23, 2025 | Alvin Josephy, American Indian history, BIA, bureau of Indian Affairs, Deb Haaland, Joe Biden, john echohawk, NARF, Native News Online
For all his faults, and the sputtering end to his tenure as President, Joe Biden, with the help of his strong Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, has been a big and positive presence in Indian Country. In the last flurry of pardons and commutations, Biden sent...
by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 29, 2024 | Deb Haaland, Indian country, Joe Biden, longhouse, Nez Perce, Nez Perce Homeland
I hope everyone saw President Biden’s passionate apology to Native people for the awful, almost 100-year, practice of boarding schools. They were another misguided attempt to deal with what became known as “the Indian problem.” Which might be translated as removing...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 1, 2024 | Chuck Sams, Deb Haaland, Jaime Pinkham, Joe Biden, Winnebago
I have mentioned Deb Haaland and her heroic work on behalf of US Tribes and Tribal people on a few blog posts—not enough praise, I’m sure, but I try. But now, as President Biden leaves the stage and the world begins to assess his impact on US history and politics,...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 10, 2023 | Joe Biden, Native American languages, Native revival
President Biden continued his strong support for Native American causes and cultures this week when he signed two bills into law supporting language revitalization and education. The bills were authored by Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii, who, as chair of the Senate...
by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 5, 2022 | Alvin Josephy, Deb Haaland, Indian Relocation, Indigenous cuisine, Joe Biden
It’s something new—and mostly good—every day. Today, in Native News Online, we learn that: “600 people attended the Tribal Language Summit at the Oklahoma City Convention Center to hear from leading educators and policymakers in Indian Country on how to protect,...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 9, 2022 | Chuck Sams, Deb Haaland, Dworshak, Joe Biden, Nixon on Indians
I was in Portland a couple of weeks ago for a mini family reunion. My brother lives in Portland now, and my sister drove up from Sacramento. We were celebrating a granddaughter/niece going to Japan on a student exchange, and other, younger, grandchildren just for...
