by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 28, 2017 | Nez Perce art, Nez Perce canoe
Many of you have been following our canoe journey, and some know about the big grant we received from the Oregon Community Foundation to have a Plateau Indian artist put Indian art on Main Street in Joseph. That one is a long process. We are recruiting artists...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 27, 2017 | Allen Pinkham, dugout canoe, Josephy Center, Nez Perce canoe
Allen Pinkham Jr. got his dugout canoe into the water at Wallowa Lake in November. He’ll be back for some finishing work on this 16 footer, and then on to the 30 footers! The plan is to build one with the help of modern tools–as was done with the smaller...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 4, 2017 | Allen Pinkham, Alvin Josephy, American Heritage Book of Indians, de Oviedo, las casas, Nez Perce canoe
My childhood recollections of New World history move quickly from Columbus and the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria to Squanto and the Puritans on the other side of the continent. In neither case did we get much real history, but rather sloganeering echoes passed from...
