by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 6, 2021 | David McCullough, Ibram X. Kendi, Indian Horse, James Baldwin, Jill Lepore, Kent Nerburn, Louise Erdrich. Turtle Mountain Reservation, Nez Perce, Night Watchman, Richard Wagamese, These Truths
Turning the page is a common metaphor for beginning a new year—often implying that we are leaving what was unpleasant in the last year behind. There was plenty of unpleasant in 2020, but some good things happened too, sometimes in spite of or even as a result of the...
by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 22, 2013 | Chief Joseph, Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce, Grace Bartlett, James Brust, John Fouch, Kent Nerburn, Nez Perce, Orlando Gofff
Goff photo used by BartlettAnn Hayes, the late Grace Bartlett’s daughter, came by with a folder full of photos and clippings from her mother’s papers (which are being cataloged by Shannon Maslach). We were looking for originals –or at least good prints—of photos used...
by Rich Wandschneider | Mar 13, 2013 | Baxter Springs, Bismarck, Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Chief Joseph, Flight of the Nez Perce, Fort Keogh, General Howard, General Miles, Kent Nerburn, Leavenworth, Nez Perce, Nez Perce War, Ollokot, Sitting Bull
Note: We just completed a four week examination of the “Wallowa Country: 1855-1900” at the Josephy Center. Teaching is new to me, but four high school juniors and a fine group of eighteen older history buffs, curious newcomers to the Wallowa, and serious students of...
