by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 21, 2023 | Elliott West, General Howard, General Miles, Indian history, Indian Horse, Indian wars, Isaac Stevens, Joseph, Joseph Band, Lewis and Clark, Nex Perce history, Nez Perce, Nez Perce treaty, Nez Perce War
Elliot West’s “The Last Indian War” was published in 2009, so it has been around. I’d not read it, but it was handy and I needed to check a date or name, so picked it up. And read a page or two. And decided I should read it. Read it because what West does is put the...
by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 12, 2018 | Creative Heights grant, Doug Hyde, Joseph, Josephy Center, Nez Perce, Oregon, Oregon Community Foundation
Nez Perce Removal and ReturnArtist Doug Hyde was born in Hermiston, Oregon, and traces Nez Perce, Assiniboine, and Chippewa tribal ancestry. He attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and the San Francisco Art Institute in the 1960s. While...
by Rich Wandschneider | May 4, 2016 | Chief Joseph Days, Eugene Pallette, Gary Cooper, Joseph, Oregon, The Westerner, Wallowa Country, Wallowa County, Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan and Gary Cooper in “The Westerner”We celebrated the life and work of actor Walter Brennan this weekend at the Josephy Center. Grandpa McCoy of TV’s “Real McCoys” bought a ranch in Wallowa County in 1940, long before he played on television, but well...
