by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 10, 2020 | Alvin Josephy, Caribs, Chief Joseph, Columbus, ethnocentricity, George Floyd, Henry Luce, name “Indians”, Navajo Nation, Nez Perce, Patriot Chiefs, Time Magazine
Alvin Josephy passed away almost two decades ago, but time and again, during this coronavirus/Black Lives crisis, I have heard him shout in my ear that when our history books don’t lie about Indians, they ignore them.When the NYT sends a reporter to the Navajo Nation...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jun 16, 2020 | American Indians, Black Lives Matter, COVID-19, epidemics, Navajo Nation, Pandemics, smallpox
Of course “Black Lives Matter”! And bringing attention to the large numbers of deaths by police and the cases and deaths by COVID-19 among African-Americans is the right thing to do. The press has gone some way towards reporting the heavy impact of the disease on the...
by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 17, 2020 | American Indians and COVID-19, Charles Mann, COVID-19, Indian Health Service, lactose intolerance, Navajo Nation, sickle cell anemia
In my last post I told a story about Native Alaskan firefighters, who had come south to fight fires, getting sick on MRIs (“meals ready to eat”) and being fed suet to right their stomachs. A long-time Alaska firefighter tells me that this is mostly “urban legend,”...
