A 360 view of ‘America 250’
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff I’m having a hard time with the “America 250” celebrations for a lot of reasons — mostly related to current conditions — but among them is the name, which suggests...
Tagged: indigenous history
Ken Burns’ new American Revolution docuseries is a revelation
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff There’s never a bad time to explore and consider the origin story of the United States, but now feels like a particularly relevant period for reexamining who we are and...
A Few Thoughts… On five days in sandals
By Sandy ComptonReader Columnist A shower of sand fell from my pack as I emptied it today. The stuff is whiteish, with gray and tan highlights. In my mind, there’s a big mystery about...
New radio documentary People of the Salmon debuts on public radio and podcast platforms
By Reader Staff The Idaho Mythweaver announces the release of its newest public radio documentary and podcast episode, People of the Salmon. It will be broadcast live at noon Monday, May 26 — Memorial...
A new history
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Big things were happening in the eighth and ninth millennia B.C.E. Archaeologists and anthropologists generally agree that the period saw the beginnings of agriculture, the first settled human communities...
A Few Thoughts… On 58 visits to Nespelem
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Life is full right now. Time seems compressed, but on Saturday, I will take a day to travel to the Colville Reservation to visit a dried-up cemetery. I have...
