by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 2, 2018 | Bette Husted, Luis Urrea, Marv Ross, Museum of the American Indian, Pamela Steele, Paulette Jiles, Thomas Morning Owl
Pendleton writer Bette Husted read from her new novel, All Coyote’s Children, at the Josephy Center last week. It’s the story of a white family living on the Umatilla Reservation, surrounded by and ultimately intertwined with the Indian families around them.Writing...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 18, 2014 | fur trade, homestead act, indentured servants, Luis Urrea, pre-emption act, railroads, refugees
At the Fishtrap Gathering this weekend, writer Luis Alberto Urrea talked about the border. He’d written a non-fiction book, The Devil’s Highway, about 26 from Vera Cruz who crossed the border in 2001—twelve made it, and fourteen died in the trying. The book was a...
