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.

Sale organizers Lee and Angie McVey reported that hundreds of early birds showed up. By 9:15 a.m., the event was on track to ...

As a citizen of the Nez Perce, or Nimíipuu, which means the People, I look at gold mining as a symbol of broken promises. In 1855, when my ancestors entered into a treaty with the United States, we ...

Snow-crested summits of northeast Oregon's Wallowa Mountains lord over the emerald-colored fields far below. Melting mountain snows give rise to shimmering rivers that flow across the valley's green ...

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 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 ...

The case has been made before that the United States stole Nez Perce land and then wrecked it, but it’s doubtful it has been made as relentlessly and scornfully as Brian Schofield does in “Selling ...

This is the third travelogue in a 3-part series. Read part 1, A Road Trip to Explore Race Along the Nez Perce Trail, and part 2, The Gentrification of Wilderness. As billowy powder flocked the ...

LAPWAI, Idaho — Redwing Two Moons hung on to the reins as the exotic horse raced around a small circular corral. Rarely ridden, the horse known as Yellowhand was refusing to take orders from the ...

NEZ PERCE COUNTY, ID. — The Nez Perce County Sheriff's Office says they found a man dead in the Clearwater River on Sunday. The sheriff's office says the body was found in the river near Gibbs Eddy ...