Jenner Hanni

👋 Hello! Ta'c léeheyn! Grüezi!

I'm a historian living in the Wallowa country in northeast Oregon. I'm currently helping local nonprofits organize their collections, learning the downriver dialect of the Nez Perce language, and working on a book about the history of Paradise, Oregon, and the Shumaker Grade.

I've always been a storyteller, but my stories are those of a white man raised in the urban Pacific Northwest, a gay man, and an Iraq war Marine Corps veteran who struggles with PTSD and severe dissociation. My experiences have led me to complicated questions about stories, culture, community, connection, language, and resilience.

My Work

I believe knowledge should be free, sources should be cited and shared, and code should be open source. You can find some of my work on GitHub.

Please reach out if you have questions about northeast Oregon or southeast Washington history, especially if you're looking for hard-to-find sources. I may not have your answer but I bet I know somebody who does.

Also, I make mistakes all the time, like everyone -- if you find any inaccuracies in my work, please tell me!