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 Nez Perce Tribe filed a federal lawsuit on Friday challenging the U.S. Forest Service's approval of the Stibnite Gold Project. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, alleges the Forest Service ...

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ASOTIN, WA -- Today, the Nez Perce tribe hosted a gathering at Chief Looking Glass Park honoring the spirit of the lands, waters, and forests. The Way Of The Masks gathering is a native-led journey of ...

Human remains discovered during construction on Snake River Avenue in Lewiston were determined to be ancestral and associated with the Nez Perce Tribe. Crews located the remains Tuesday ...

LEWISTON – Feeling crowded out of the prime fishing spots in the Clearwater Basin, the Nez Perce Tribe will experiment with gill nets and drift nets during the 2023 spring chinook fishing season. For ...

WASHINGTON – Nine months into the fiscal year, the Nez Perce Tribe is still waiting for money Congress approved months ago for contracts to operate fish hatcheries vital to maintaining Northwest ...

My visit to Big Hole National Battlefield in Montana this summer further helped my understanding of part of the tribe's heroic 1,400-mile march in 1877 with the U.S. Army in hot pursuit. A visit to ...

ASOTIN, Wash. — 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 lamprey just upstream from the mouth of ...

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 ...

The Nez Perce tribe has long been working to reclaim part of its heritage by holding powwows on ancestral land. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, it recently resumed the annual celebration.