They talked about how himíin, the Nimíipuu language word for wolf, comes from the word for mouth. That’s because wolves talk to each other, Carter said, with their howls. When older members of the Nez ...

LAPWAI, Idaho - In a small white house, the elders and students crowd around the large square table that dominates the classroom. Hovering over hot cups of "lalx," the Nez ...

Antone, now 87, currently works as a Nez Perce speaker in the CTUIR Language Program. Zelma died in 2003, at the age of 66. Rude was diligent and mostly serious, but he had a fun side in his day ...

How did your trip to Chiapas come about? I am a member of Luk’upsíimey: the North Star Collective, which was formed in August 2020. We are a group of Nez Perce artists, scholars, creative writers, and ...

Nearly 150 years ago, the Wallowa Band of the Nez Perce people were exiled. For three decades, they’ve held the Tamkaliks Celebration to commemorate their return. Now, after missing two years ...

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.

Nez Perce language program technician and recent NASA Minority University Research and Education Project fellow Kamiah, Idaho. My immersion in language and the histories of Nez Perce words steered ...

The Nez Perce had lost 90% of their homeland to the controversial 1863 “Thief Treaty” that many bands never signed. In 1877, ...

Nez Perce language teacher Harry Slickpoo Jr. will present the story and the mural, which will become a permanent fixture in ...