by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 21, 2024 | Braiding Sweetgrass, Chuck Sams, condor, Deb Haaland, Indian country, Indian history, Joseph Canyon, Klamath, Native revival, Ned Blackhawk, Nez Perce, Nez Perce Fisheries, Philip J. Deloria, White Earth Reservation, Yurok
I thought I should follow up the last blog post, a musing—and hope—that there will be Natives sprinkled across government no matter the new regime. And I should have added that the sprinkling will be in local and state as well as the national government, and that the...
by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 21, 2016 | Alvin Josephy, Charles Mann, Joseph Canyon, Joseph Creek, Nez Perce, Snake River Country, Wallowa Country
Joseph Canyon USFS photoAlvin Josephy talked about Indians’ relationship to land, and how, from the get-go, Europeans did not understand it. Europeans saw land as an economic resource, not just a “home” place to live on and live with. In fact, the Book of...