by Rich Wandschneider | Sep 26, 2025 | Alvin Josephy, Indian reservations, Indian survival, Indian treaties, Indian wars, Indians and salmon, Nez Perce Homeland, Nez Perce treaty, Nez Perce Tribe, Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland, Nez Perce War, Nezpercians, Old Joseph, Oregon, Oregon history, Oregon Trail, Oregon tribes
On Monday, September 29 at the State Capitol in Salem, the Josephy Center’s “Nez Perce in Oregon, Removal and Return” exhibit will open for a month-long run with a 4:00 p.m. reception. It’s been a long and wonderful journey! About four years ago, a call went out from...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 31, 2021 | Indian treaties, Indian wars, Indians, Nez Perce, Nez Perce treaty, Nez Perce War, Oregon territory, Oregon Trail, Oregon tribes, plains Indians, Syria
My friend Charlie texted me this morning to remind me that President Biden will announce today that he has ended America’s “longest war.” Charlie says that the Indian wars went on longer, that his people’s war, what we call the Nez Perce War, was one of the last of a...
by Rich Wandschneider | Sep 28, 2010 | Alvin Josephy, Nez Perce, Oregon Days of Culture, Oregon Historical Society, Oregon tribes, Wallowa County
This is a regular “Main Street” newspaper column for the Wallowa County Chieftain, a column that I have been writing every other week for about 24 years. It will also appear on the Oregon Days of Culture web site (OregonDaysofCulture.org). As you will see...
