by Rich Wandschneider | Dec 10, 2021 | 1492, A Walk Toward Oregon, Alvin Josephy, America in 1492, american immigrants, Scandinavians, Scott Momaday, Way to Rainy Mountain
I remember a long time ago, maybe 40 years ago, when I had the bookstore in Enterprise and waited each summer for the Josephys to arrive from the East. Betty would drop Alvin off at the bookstore and go visiting. Alvin would begin browsing the “local” section, and ask...
by Rich Wandschneider | May 2, 2018 | American Indians, Anglo-American, DNA, Germans, Manifest Destiny, Scandinavians, whiteness
Viking TravelsA few years ago my sister had a DNA profile done. To her surprise, the family stories, passed down from Minnesota Germans and Norwegians, that said our mother’s people were pure Scandinavian and dad’s side was all German, turned out to be more...
