Wheeler is a descendent of Chief Joseph, one of the several Nez Perce leaders who fought tirelessly to protect the Nez Perce tribe and its land. Chief Joseph was among the Nez Perce who ...

So I was skeptical that first year.” — Celeste Whitewolf, Old Chief Joseph descendent and board member for Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland The very first Tamkaliks took place in a high school gym.

At the end of the so-called Nez Perce War in 1877, Chief Joseph pledged, "I will fight no more forever." Those words made the chief famous, and they were seen as an indicator that a chapter had ...

“It’s really a thrill.” The Nez Perce connection first brought him to Wallowa County in 1982, when he heard about what is purported to be Chief Joseph’s birth cave in Joseph Canyo ...

Stan Hoggatt recently released his book "Ni Mii Puu Traverse Yellowstone Plateau," about the life and story of Chief Joseph and the Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) Tribe. Hoggatt, a Billings resident ...

JOSEPH — Under the watchful eye of Chief Joseph Mountain still pristine with snow, stories of the nimiipuu (or Nez Perce people) are being shared through vibrant visual art in the surroundings ...

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Chief Joseph was a noted orator and chief of the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce tribe. He led his people across the ranch in his flight from the U.S. Army during the Nez Perce War in the summer of ...

On the hike to the historic log cabin in Catherine Creek’s alpine meadow, it’s easy to imagine the Eagle Cap Wilderness as it once was, the Nez Perce homeland of Chief Joseph’s Wallowa band.

Her name was Kapkap-Ponmi, “Noise of Running Feet,” and hers was just one of the compelling stories surrounding women and children of the Nez Perce War. The 12-year-old girl went with her ...

JOSEPH — Chief Joseph Days Rodeo is a mashup ... residents — Steve Zollman and Bruce Womack — went to visit Nez Perce descendants of the Wallowa Band on the Confederated Tribes of the ...