by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 14, 2024 | Bobbie Conner, Columbus, Columbus Day, Columbus Day & Indigenous Peoples Day, Coyote Warrior, Doctrine of Discovery, Indian assimilation, Indian treaties, Indigenous Peoples Day, Jefferson, John Marshall, Justice Marshall, Paul VanDevelder, Raymond Cross
Once, years ago, we had a Nez Perce history discussion going on at the Josephy Center. Bobbie Conner, then and now director of Tamastslikt on the Umatilla Reservation, came in the door on another task. I greeted her from the balcony discussion group and announced that...
by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 4, 2024 | Coyote Warrior, Doctrine of Discovery, Indian land tenure, Indian treaties, June Lorenzo, Justice Marshall
This past Monday the Josephy Center was privileged to host Peacemaker Dr. June Lorenzo for a talk on Community Peace and Justice. Dr. Lorenzo, a member of the Laguna Pueblo and Diné (Navajo Nation), is an attorney and human rights advocate who holds both a JD and a...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 7, 2016 | Boldt decision, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Justice Marshall, limited sovereignty, President Johnson
I’ve been voting for 50 years—Johnson was my first Presidential pick in 1964. And yes, I’ve learned much about that strong-arming, deal-making, womanizing, self-agrandizing, Vietnam-failing President over the years. He had all of those negative qualities and more, and...
