[or-roots] Concerning "Indian Wars" thread and the Nez Perce

[Violet Sunderland]

For anyone interested, especially those at a distance who participated 
in the "Indian Wars" thread, there was an item in today's Statesman 
Journal (Salem) that Alvin Josephy, Jr., a noted historian with strong 
Oregon ties and an influential advocate for Indian rights, died in 
Greenwich, Conn. this past Sunday at the age of 90. He was a former 
editor of Time magazine, owned a ranch in the Wallowas where he spent a 
part of each year, and his book, "The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening 
of the Northwest" made him a national authority on Indian history. He 
was also founding chairman of the National Museum of the American Indian 
in Washington, D.C. The book might be a good resource or at least a good 
read.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OR_OBIT_JOSEPHY_OROL-?SITE=ORSAL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Hope this is useful. I was unaware of the man and his works.

Violet Sunderland