The tribe rushed to buy back its own artifacts in 1996, and has now finally been reimbursed. ˀiméesnim ˀítetp’es, Deer Head Shape Bag, Nez Perce. Courtesy of the Nez Perce National Historical Park.

This time three years ago, the Nez Perce Tribe shared what's at stake if salmon populations in the Columbia-Snake river system don't recover. The extensive story in the Seattle Times by Lynda Mapes ...

Mercifully, for those of us who had enough of Lewis and Clark back in 2003-06 during the bicentennial, the doesn't focus too much on the intrepid explorers. Yesterday's post explained how and where ...

The Yakama Nation and Nez Perce Tribe have expressed strong opposition to the Trump Administration’s decision to terminate the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement (RCBA). The agreement, established in ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Bitterroot National Forest reports Nez Perce Road #468 will be closed for two weeks, starting April 28, as workers install a new culvert east of Fales Flat Campground. A press ...

tribe's foothold in the Snake River basin teemed with nearly half a million fall chinook. By the 1980s, returns averaged 600 a year, thanks largely to hydropower dams that eliminated 85 percent of the ...

A new exhibition at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry combines wonders of the natural world with Indigenous storytelling and artwork. Heads and Hearts: Seeing the Landscape through Nez Perce ...

The Nez Perce tribe has resumed its annual powwows after canceling them for the pandemic. They are an important way for the tribe to assert its presence in northeastern Oregon. The Nez Perce tribe has ...