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

Virgil Holt Jr. reaches into the rushing water of Rapid River with a gaff pole and gently taps it along the rocky bottom as ...

The Nez Perce Indians and the opening of the Northwest by Josephy, Alvin M., 1915-2005 Publication date 1997 Topics Nez Percé Indians -- History, Northwest, Pacific -- History Publisher Boston, Mass ...

The Nez Perce rejected harvest as a reason for lower returns and instead blamed Snake and Columbia river dams. They had reserved their rights to fish, hunt and gather in “usual and accustomed ...

The soils are still cold and wet from nearby melting snow when the glacier lily, also known as the dogtooth violet or yellow ...

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 ...

LEWISTON – A formerly private ranch along the lower Selway River is now public property. The Western Rivers Conservancy recently sold the 152-acre Selway River Ranch to the Nez Perce-Clearwater ...

In making the changes, words including “national origin, politics, marital status” were removed from language prohibiting discrimination. But existing federal law already prohibits ...

GRANGEVILLE, Idaho — Fire crews are working to put out a wildfire actively burning in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest. According to Joe Sampson, the incident commander for Northern ...

ST MICHAELS, Ariz. — Family of an indigenous woman living in Northern Arizona believe their loved one was brutally beaten to death last week. Dominic Nez, the older brother of Dominique "Molly ...

Here are correct pronunciations of Oregon, Willamette, Champoeg, Chemeketa, Deschutes, Grand Ronde, Idanha, Lebanon, Malheur, Molalla and Monmouth.

In the Nez Perce language, the word means “fish trap” and “winding water.” The Wallowa Mountains are different from most in the state because they are made up of metamorphic rocks and granite.