by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 6, 2021 | David McCullough, Ibram X. Kendi, Indian Horse, James Baldwin, Jill Lepore, Kent Nerburn, Louise Erdrich. Turtle Mountain Reservation, Nez Perce, Night Watchman, Richard Wagamese, These Truths
Turning the page is a common metaphor for beginning a new year—often implying that we are leaving what was unpleasant in the last year behind. There was plenty of unpleasant in 2020, but some good things happened too, sometimes in spite of or even as a result of the...
by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 8, 2020 | boarding schools, Canadian hockey, hockey, Ibram X. Kendi, Indian boarding schools, Indian Horse, Milkweed, Ojibwa, Richard Wagamese
The name—its explanation comes on the first pages of the book—pulls you into the story. The writing is measured and strong and beautiful—“The Old Ones say that our long straight hair comes from the waving grasses that thatch the edges of bays. Our feet and hands are...
