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 ...
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 ...
If you drive east on Highway 95 through the Idaho Panhandle, the Clearwater River will be on your right, winding its way slowly and surely toward Lapwai, Idaho, on the Nez Perce Reservation. The river ...
On October 5, 1877, Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph formally surrendered his forces to General Nelson A. Miles and General Oliver Otis Howard at Bear Paw Mountain, Montana Territory. This effectively ...
After nearly two centuries, the beadwork embellishing the sleeves and fringes of a woman’s buckskin dress has faded. The cradleboard, which once secured a Nez Perce baby safely to its mother’s back as ...
This article is adapted from Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War. On July 4, 1872, settlers of the Grande Ronde Valley in northeastern Oregon paraded ...
Chuck Axtell rang a bell and Shannon Wheeler rapped a drum as part of an extended blessing and welcoming ceremony for about a dozen Pacific lampreys just upstream from the mouth of Asotin Creek. One ...
’aayatom sapo’saapo’s, Nez Perce Woman's Saddle, (c. 1830–1845) Bison hide, cottonwood, pigment, wool, 60 x 32 cm. Collection of the Nez Perce National Historical Park (all images courtesy the Nez ...