by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 16, 2024 | Antikoni, Autry Museum, Beth Piatote, Fishtrap, Nex Perce history, Nez Perce, Nez Perce art, Nez Perce stories, Nez Perce War
That is the name of the play by Beth Piatote now playing in Los Angeles! This, from “People’s World”: “LOS ANGELES — Theatergoers are in for a very special occasion—a revelation, it’s not too excessive to say—if they will expand their horizons a bit and embrace a...
by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 17, 2023 | Chief Joseph, Nex Perce history, Nez Perce, Nez Perce art, Nez Perce stories, Nez Perce treaty
I’ve put together lists of books on the Nez Perce several times over the years, but new books keep coming out, sometimes new books with “old” information not covered in previous books. Two wonderful examples in the current list are those edited by...
by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 5, 2021 | 1855 treaty, 1863 treaty, Alvin Josephy, Bear’s Paw, Chief Joseph, Chief Joseph Days, Nex Perce history, Nez Perce, Nez Perce Homeland, Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest, Nez Perce stories, Nez Perce treaty
October 5, 1877 is the day on which the wal’wá·ma band of the Nez Perce and members of other non-treaty bands lost their freedom. They’d intended to go quietly from the Wallowa to the reduced Idaho reservation, leaving and losing their homeland but continuing to live...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 2, 2021 | Albert Andrews, Chief Joseph, Fourth of July, Nespelem, Nez Perce, Nez Perce stories, Nez Perce War
I’ve written before about how Indians, and especially the Nez Perce exiles on the Colville Reservation, used the holiday as a day to bring out drums, regalia, and songs that had been suppressed in the 1880s rush to assimilation. In an exhibit two years ago on “Nez...
by Rich Wandschneider | Dec 11, 2019 | Antigone, Beth Piatote, Doug Hyde, Fishtrap, Haruo Aoki, Marcus Amerman, Nez Perce stories
Here’s a holiday book recommendation—a gift to yourself and then to pass on to others: The Beadworkers, by Beth Piatote.Cover art is beadwork by artist Marcus AmermanI got an early copy weeks ago, and sped through the poems and stories quickly, but for some...
