Nez Perce: Learn how to set up a tipi at Interpretive Exhibit Grounds - The Wallowa Nez Perce Homeland Project is presenting a demonstration on the correct way to set up a tipi as part of its Nez Perce educational program series at the Interpretive Exhibit Grounds in Joseph, Memorial Day May 28 at 1 p.m.

Nez Perce: Regulations could change for Tribal Executive Committee - Regulations could change for residents who live within the boundaries of the 1855 treaty who wish to run for the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee. Nez Perce Tribal members will begin discussing the expansion Thursday during the tribe's spring General Council meeting at Pi Nee Waus in Lapwai. Tribal members will vote Saturday on the resolution.

Nez Perce: County, tribe cooperating on walking path in Lapwai area - An agreement between the Nez Perce Tribe and Nez Perce County will fund a $700,000 Lapwai-area walking path. The county commissioners voted unanimously Monday to enter into the intergovernmental agreement, in which the tribe will allocate $732,420 in grant funding toward the path from the Lapwai city limits north to Red Duck Lane along U.S. Highway 95.

Nez Perce: Former tribal officer pawned duty firearms - A former Nez Perce Tribe conservation officer who has pleaded guilty to using his government credit card to buy $20,000 in gasoline for his personal vehicle and vehicles belonging to relatives and friends is now acknowledging he lied about pawning two duty firearms in 2006.

Nez Perce: Chief Joseph Carried the Star of Ashur - Once again, Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain, Chief Joseph amazes us with one of his belongings, and this time, it is not Chief Joseph’s Assyrian cuneiform tablet, but the Star of Ashur insignia he amazingly carried on his bag.

Nez Perce: Community celebrates Appaloosa Express expansion - Community members gathered Monday morning to celebrate the grand opening of a new facility for the Nez Perce Tribe's Appaloosa Express transit system. It took a substantial amount of time, work and money, but it was all worth it for the Nez Perce Tribe's Appaloosa Express Transit system who celebrated the opening of their new bus facility.

Nez Perce: Jazz Vocalist Julia Keefe ‘Just Likes to Sing’ - Julia Keefe has been singing and entertaining audiences since she was six years old. Now 23, and graduating from college this May, she’s already amassed a wealth of experience performing on stage and has a background that is sure to carry her far in the music world. An enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe, Julia was born in Seattle, the daughter of Tom Keefe and Jo Ann Kauffman. She comes from a line of very successful women. Her mother is president of Kauffman and Associates, her aunt is Hattie Kauffman, a CBS news reporter, and another aunt, Claudia, was the first Native American woman to serve in the Idaho Senate.

Nez Perce: Chief Red Heart Ceremony - Hundreds gathered Saturday for the annual Nez Perce Chief Red Heart Memorial Ceremony at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

Nez Perce: Culturally significant fish reintroduced into Wallowa River - Descendants of former Wallowa County residents returned last week when the Nez Perce Tribe released 40 lamprey into the Wallowa River. On April 5, Elmer Crow of the Nez Perce Tribe along with Jeff Yanke, Enterprise district fish biologist for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, released lamprey at confluence of the Wallowa and Minam rivers and downriver at the Minam State Park campground.

Nez Perce: River of No Return - Working with the Nez Perce Tribe in Central Idaho, wolf biologist Isaac Babcock spent 13 years participating in the wolf reintroduction program organized in the area. Wanting to share the raw beauty of the land and the wolves with his new wife, Bjornen, Isaac proposes spending a year there as an unconventional honeymoon, documenting their days as they go along. River of No Return tells their story, the story of a couple that took on the wilderness and all its challenges. The two have come to treasure their experience in an untamed place that, for a period of time, they called home. River of No Return premieres April 18, 2012.

Coeur d'Alene-Nez Perce: Tribes To Collect Millions In Federal Settlement - Idaho's Nez Perce Tribe is set to collect as much as $34 million as part of a federal agreement to settle a series of lawsuits brought by American Indian tribes over mismanagement of tribal lands and funds. The Coeur d'Alene Tribe will receive $18 million as part of the settlement.

Nez Perce: Tribe fires health clinic manager - Alexis Walker, Nimiipuu Health human resources manager, told the Tribune about high turnover at the clinic, which has burned through 15 managers in the past 14 years. On Tuesday, the same day the Tribune published the interview, Walker said she was fired, making her the 16th manager to leave in 14 years.

Nez Perce: Tribe's equestrian link - More than a decade after its inception and in the recent wake of a not-so-glowing documentary film, the Nez Perce Horse Registry has gone from a galloping start to a tentative trot. But tribal officials said they remain dedicated to ensuring both the registry and a young horseman's program as a means of embracing the Nez Perce Tribe's equestrian past.

Nez Perce: 1 officer cleared, 1 charged in shooting - A Nez Perce Tribal Police officer has been cleared in the fatal shooting of a Lewiston man, but one of his colleagues could be in trouble.

Nez Perce: Tribe to receive settlements from lawsuits - The Nez Perce Tribe announced Friday it will receive $33.6 million for settlement of two lawsuits it filed in 2006 against the federal government.

Nez Perce: Minimal bison migration has tribal hunters turning to elk - A mild winter has slowed bison movement out of Yellowstone National Park this winter, meaning tribal and state hunters have had few opportunities to shoot the shaggy beasts. As a result, Nez Perce tribal members who have driven hundreds of miles from Idaho to hunt bison have chosen instead to shoot elk outside the park's northern boundary near Gardiner, as allowed under their treaty rights, rather than go home with no meat.

Nez Perce: Idaho wolf numbers drop again - Idaho wolf numbers have dropped for the second year in a row. According to a 2011 annual summary of wolf monitoring conducted by the Nez Perce Tribe and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the wolf population is estimated at 746 animals in 101 packs statewide. That's down from 777 wolves at the end of 2010 and down from an estimated peak of 856 wolves at the end of 2009.

Nez Perce: Port of Lewiston may soon get a makeover - An expansion of the Port of Lewiston may soon be underway if a permit is approved by the Nez Perce Tribe's government consultation committee.

Nez Perce: Wilfred Scott Devotes His Life to Navy, Tribe, and Native Culture - Some people just seem destined to serve. Wilfred “Scotty” Scott is one of those. He served 20 years in the United States Navy, then nearly 40 more years in tribal leadership with the Nez Perce Tribe, most of those years coordinating cultural memorials and blessings while assisting long time friend Horace Axtell.

Nez Perce: N. Idaho tribe breaks ground on casino expansion - The Nez Perce Tribe in northern Idaho has broken ground on a $16 million expansion of the Clearwater River Casino.

Nez Perce: Idaho Men Sentenced for Defacing Pictographs - Two Idaho men have been sentenced to federal prison and fines of more than $33,000 each for defacing ancient American Indian pictographs near Hells Gate State Park. Freddie Bernal and Tyler Carlson, both of Coeur d'Alene, were convicted of willful injury or depredation of U.S. property, by spray-painting marijuana-themed graffiti over the pictographs, estimated to be 2,500 years old. The site at the Red Elk Rock Shelter is of cultural and spiritual significance to the Nez Perce Tribe. Repairs will be made, but according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, it's unlikely that the pictographs can be fully restored.

Nez Perce: Tribe, ITD to build rest stop on Winchester Grade - The Nez Perce Tribe and the Idaho Transportation Department will partner to build a rest stop at the top of the Winchester Grade at the Camas Express convenience store. Anthony Johnson of the tribe's research and development department said Monday no start date has been set for the project because of winter weather.

Nez Perce: Casino expansion ceremony is Friday - The Nez Perce Tribe will break ground on a $10 million expansion to the Clearwater River Casino at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the casino event center. The expansion will replace the existing event center and extend the gaming floor at the casino, located four miles east of Lewiston, along U.S. Highway 12/95.

Nez Perce: Program on farming, ranching set for Saturday - A farming and ranching program will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Nez Perce National Historical Park in Spalding. The program will feature presentations by Kent Meacham, Dick Wittman and Dan Wilson. They all grew up in multigenerational farm and ranch families. The moderator will be Brian McCormack, an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe and president of McCormack Landscape Architecture.

Nez Perce: Horace Axtell – World War II Vet and Ceremonial Leader - Horace Axtell is known as “Uncle” to virtually everyone on the Nez Perce Reservation, a sign of both respect and affection. He conducts memorial services, blessings, funerals, and various other occasions where he is asked. But his story dates long before that, back to World War II where he served in the U.S. Army, and to even earlier as a child.

Nez Perce tribal members get per capita payments - All Nez Perce tribal members received a $200 per capita distribution last week - the second one issued by tribal government since September. "It's kind of a win-win," Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee Vice-Chairman Larry Greene said.

Nez Perce: Tribe seeks liquor license law change - The Nez Perce Tribe is hoping to get a bill passed by the Idaho Legislature as part of its efforts to obtain a liquor license for a $10 million expansion at the Clearwater River Casino.

Nez Perce: Clearwater River Casino plans expansion - Plans are being finalized for the expansion of the Clearwater River Casino. "Overall, the goal is to bring more customers in," said Nez Perce Tribal Committee Treasurer Joel Moffett. "Provide them with a better experience, a more exciting experience and hope that they will stay a while."

Nez Perce: Alaska sets a path that Idaho may follow to manage wolves, bears - If you want to see the logical progression for Idaho’s wolf management look north to Alaska. Idaho is hoping to reduce wolf numbers in the Lolo region through the use of aerial gunning and hiring trappers to kill wolves. Alaska has already gone there even allowing wolf pups to be gassed in their dens and hunters to shoot wolves from airplanes. Still the big question will be whether they kill the wolves where they are the biggest problem, namely the Lolo. Curt Mack, who manages wolves for the Nez Perce Tribe knows that area very well. Overall, the state's wolf population has stabilized, he said.

Nez Perce: Tribe is working with other agencies to ensure survival of the struggling lamprey - Elmer Crow likes to joke and smile, but he turns serious as he approaches a pair of tanks at the Nez Perce Tribal Fish Hatchery containing a few hundred adult lamprey. "These guys are elders," says the Nez Perce man while preparing to lift one of the tank lids. "Even though they don't wear the same suit as we do, they are people."

Nez Perce: Tribe's gaming donations to education double since last year - Donations to local education from Nez Perce tribal gaming is on the rise. The 2011 donations have more than doubled since last year to more than $284,000.

Nez Perce: Tribal gaming generates $284K for schools - The Nez Perce Tribe has given about $284,000 in gambling proceeds to schools in northern Idaho, including $150,000 to schools in Nez Perce County. The tribe's gambling compact with the state requires it to give 5 percent of net gambling proceeds to schools. The tribe takes applications for the money, giving priority to programs at on-reservation schools. Since 2004, the tribe has distributed almost $2.5 million to schools throughout the region.

Nez Perce: Meet 10-Year-Old Xavier Guillory, Nez Perce Track and Field Star - Xavier Guillory returned from the National Track and Field Championships held in Wichita, Kansas last summer with a medal in the 800 meter finals with a 7th place finish in a field of 45 runners. He also finished 13th in the 400 meters out of a field of 38 of the best runners in the nation in his age bracket. The top eight finishers in each event won medals. Xavier is an enrolled Nez Perce tribal member and the son of Raphael and Gloria Guillory, both Nez Perce tribal members who now live in Spokane. His dad, Dr. Raphael Guillory, is a professor at Eastern Washington University (E.W.U.), his alma mater. Xavier is also an excellent student. "We heavily emphasize the education end,” his dad says. “I think the academic side is the more important." Good advice for all young athletes.

Nez Perce: The Nez Perce Tribe, A Navajo, and a Cultural Renaissance - Janet Kern, a white Scottish woman, sat among a circle of 300 tribe members at one of the Nez Perce reservations in Spokane, Wash. The Nez Perce community is primarily located in Lapwai, Idaho, of the Pacific Northwest. They have been recognized for centuries as one of America’s greatest horse tribes. Kern is a documentary journalist who is on the brink of completing her film on the Nez Perce, called "Horse Tribe." Due to struggles with funding and constant story development, the film has been 10 years in the making. "It's a 21st century story about an ancient culture," she said.

Nez Perce: Northern Idaho couple sues Nez Perce Tribe and federal government over land survey - A northern Idaho couple claims the Nez Perce Tribe is wrong in attempting to reclaim property that has been in their family's possession for more than a century, according to a federal lawsuit. LeRoy and Katherine Howell filed the complaint lawsuit Tuesday against the tribe and the head of the U.S. Department of Interior. According to the lawsuit, the couple alleges the federal government conducted a land survey in 2005 that usurped five tracts of property the Howells have claimed since 1895. They want a federal judge to declare the survey invalid and grant them a title to the land.

Nez Perce: Northern Idaho couple sues Tribe and federal government over land survey - A northern Idaho couple claims the Nez Perce Tribe is wrong in attempting to reclaim property that has been in their family's possession for more than a century. The property line runs through land where the couple owns and operates a quarrying operation, wrecking yard and heavy equipment service. An official with the Nez Perce Tribe said the land is held in trust for the tribe by the U.S. government.

Nez Perce: The value of truth about wolves - Fish and Game in collaboration with the Nez Perce Tribe conducts year-end wolf counts and releases an annual estimate. According to their findings, the wolf population in Idaho peaked in 2008 at 846 wolves. It has been in decline since.

Nez Perce: A Year In Books: Telling Me Something I Didn't Know - My interest in Western history brought me to Elliott West's The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story which offered up heartbreaking detail about another grim chapter in the history of our nation's treatment of the American Indian.

Nez Perce: Let’s stop defending failure in the Columbia Basin - In the Northwest, salmon mean business; this is more than a conservation issue. The federal government has failed to meet its own wild salmon protection and recovery goals again and again, despite spending billions of dollars along the way. Clearly it’s time for a different approach.

Nez Perce: 3 tribal officers remain on leave as probe into shooting death of N. Idaho man continues - 46-year-old Jeffery Allen Flinn of Lewiston died following a 50-mile car chase that ended in gunfire on Nov. 12. Tribe attorney Darren Williams confirmed that three officers involved in the shooting remain on administrative leave.

Nez Perce: Hatchery strategy pays big dividends for Snake River fall chinook, raises big questions for Northwest - The Nez Perce see potential for Snake River fall chinook to be the first of the 13 runs protected under the Endangered Species Act in the Columbia Basin to actually make it off the list.

Nez Perce and Salish-Kootenai: Hundreds of bison marked for death this winter - 700 Yellowstone bison to be slaughtered or moved.

Coeur d'Alene-Nez Perce: Public TV series tells little-known history of American Indians

Nez Perce: Diverse Group Makes Bison Management Recommendations

Nez Perce: ‘Super pack’ not in Idaho, officials say: Wolf pack photo taken in Canadian national park

Nez Perce: Plateau Center faculty member wins with short story

Nez Perce: Exhibit Traces Horse's Impact on Tribal Life

Nez Perce: Federal judge Redden taking himself off the salmon case

Nez Perce: Idaho Tribal Employee Abuses Credit Card Priviledges

Nez Perce: Jury convicts former tribal employee of stealing from federal government

Nez Perce: Salmon advocates want judge’s help

Nez Perce: Salmon groups ask Redden to push settlement talks

Nez Perce: Learning lessons through heritage

Nez Perce, Salish and Kootenai, Shoshone Bannock and Umatilla: Montana's 3-month bison season under way; hunting allowed in Gardiner Basin for first time

Nez Perce: One dead after chase in northern Idaho ends in gunfire

Nez Perce: Nez Perce Co. Deputies chase suspected car thief to county lines

Nez Perce: Non-Yakama parents say tribal ruling denies them custody, visitation rights

Nez Perce: Basketball organizer is taking a novel approach

Nez Perce: A history of American wolves, Part I

Nez Perce: Regional forester to leave Missoula for D.C. appointment

Nez Perce: Tribe shares views with Forest Service officials

Nez Perce: Song written in rehab wins recognition for teen

Nez Perce: FS Lauds New Idaho Bridge's Environmental Benefits

Nez Perce: TEAM-WORKS Academy Builds Mind, Body and Character

Nez Perce: Housing Authority Receives $240K HUD Grant

Nez Perce: Dying of a broken heart

Nez Perce: Vaccine for bighorn sheep still 10 years away