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Nez Perce Treaties–a puzzle solved?

Nez Perce Treaties–a puzzle solved?

by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 21, 2020 | 1855 Great, 1863 treaty, Chief Joseph, General Howard, Grace Bartlett, Nez Perce, Nez Perce treaty, President Grant, Wallowa

I have  been fascinated by President Grant’s proposed “Reservation for the Roaming Nez Perce Indians of the Wallowa Valley” since  I saw the map of it in Grace Bartlett’s Wallowa Country: 1867-1877 years ago. I thought that if those Nez Perce had just had the...

So the President lied?

by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 7, 2017 | Custer, Lakota, Nez Perce, Old Joseph, President Grant, Presidential lies, Sioux, Smithsonian Magazine, Treaty of 1855, Ulysses S. Grant

Which president, which time?President Ulysses S. GrantIndian trails of tears are littered with Presidential lies. We could pick almost any one, but why not take the hero of the Civil War and the man on the $50 bill. He had some interesting dealings with the Nez Perce,...
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Exploring the omissions and misdeeds in our history and in American stories, and celebrating Native knowledge and revival.
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