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...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 19, 2018 | Alvin Josephy, Doug Hyde, Haruo Aoki, Josephy Center, Nez Perce, Wallowa
Dear Friends,(Uh oh! Sounds like he is going to ask for money—yes, but nicely.)First, I want to tell you what a privilege it is to work at the Josephy Center. Exhibits are fun—and fun to be a part of. Seeing classes and students, from pre-schoolers to adults,...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 2, 2016 | Colville tribes, Lapwai, Long house, longhouse, Nez Perce, Nez Perce Tribe, Tamkaliks, Umatilla Confederated Tribes, Wallowa
Few Indians live in the Wallowa Country now, but Indians come here every year—maybe, even through war and exile, some few have always made their ways here to hunt and gather foods and be in this place. Now, they come to run Nez Perce Fisheries, to manage a small piece...
by Rich Wandschneider | Mar 10, 2016 | Chief Joseph, Homeland Project, Indian religion, Joseph Band, longhouse, Nez Perce, Plateau Indian, seven drums, Wallowa
We’ve been talking about building a Longhouse on the grounds of the Nez Perce Homeland Project (Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center, Inc. is the official name of the organization) outside the town of Wallowa for many years. I can’t remember exactly how...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jun 15, 2015 | Alvin Josephy, Bobbie Conner, Chief Joseph, Grace Bartlett, Lewis and Clark, Nez Perce, Nez Perce National Park, Wallowa
A few hundred Nez Perce Indians called this Valley home for thousands of years. They called themselves Nimipu (“the people”) and identified with this place, their families, their band and its headmen (Young Joseph, Old Joseph, Wal-lam-wat-kain, and on and on) more...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jun 6, 2013 | Chief Joseph, Homeland Project, Indian mascot names, Josephy Library, Nez Perce, Oregon, Wallowa, Wallowa County, Willamette Indian Studies
Tuesday Brown Bag lunches at the Library are gaining traction—bigger and more diverse audiences each week—and one never knows who will show up or what the conversation will be. This week the theme was the “Nez Perce Homeland Project” in Wallowa. New staffer Mary...
