by Rich Wandschneider | Sep 13, 2025 | Gaza, Indian removal, Israel, Netanyahu, Nez Perce, Nez Perce National Park, Nez Perce War
In 1877, General O.O. Howard gave the Nez Perce 30 days to leave the Wallowa and get themselves to the much-reduced reservation at Lapwai in Idaho. Other “non-treaty” bands on the other side of the Snake River were given the same orders. There were killings of...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 21, 2025 | Gaza, Indian history, Israel, Netanyahu, Vietnam
In Monday’s news from Palestine, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Hamas is “willing to discuss a hostage deal only due to the fear that we intend to invade Gaza,” adding that “conquering Gaza City will lead to Hamas’...
by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 13, 2025 | Alvin Josephy, Arab, Arab-Israeli War, Dawes Act, Diane Josephy Peavey, Donald Trump, Gaza, Indian land tenure, Netanyahu, Nez Perce treaty, Nez Perce Tribe, Tamastslikt, Umatilla, Umatilla Confederated Tribes, umatilla reservation, Walla Walla Indians, Walla walla treaty
My friend, Diane Josephy Peavey, has made several trips to Palestine over the last 20 years. She had it in mind years ago to write a book comparing the plight of the Palestinian Arabs (her hosts were most often Christian Arabs) to that of American Indians. It would...
by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 16, 2024 | Hamas, Irgun, Israel, Netanyahu, Palestine
Segregationist Southern Democrats had a grip on the party—and in some cases the country—for years. Lyndon Johnson’s embrace of Civil Rights legislation alienated Southern Democrats, and chased them into the Republican Party—which had been the party of Lincoln and...
by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 4, 2024 | Gaza, Hitler, Israel, Kennedy, Khrushchev, martin luther king, Netanyahu
This history blog of mine usually focuses on Nez Perce, Native American, and American history and history telling. I like to find the missing pieces of our history—my current obsession is the under-told story of the beaver’s place in the US economy and Euro-American...
by Rich Wandschneider | Dec 31, 2023 | Alvin Josephy, Gaza, Jack McClaran, Netanyahu
Alvin Josephy’s been gone for almost 20 years, but his teachings hover over me as I try to make sense of today’s world. Before he was a noted historian of and activist on behalf of the Nez Perce and other Indian peoples, he was a Marine Corps journalist in the Pacific...
