Before colonization and the decimation of Indigenous people, Nez Perce, or Nimíipuu, lands encompassed 17 million acres that would become parts of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. The Nez Perce ...

During the subsequent fighting retreat, the Nez Perce led the Army on a 1,700-mile journey through Montana to within 40 miles of the Canadian border. Along the way, Indians would have 17 encounters ...

OROFINO, Idaho – There was a fishing village here once. Every spring, different bands of the Nez Perce tribe trekked to this spot, nestled between the pine-covered ridges along the Clearwater River.

In a sea of blackened mountains on the Colville Reservation, a white obelisk peeks through dry, brown brush and some yellow flowers blowing in the wind. It is encircled by ...