Wednesday Sept. 19 and Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001
A
Remembrance of the Nez Perce War of 1877, those who participated, and their
descendants; with Educational Reports by the Nez Perce National Historic Trail
Foundation to all Nez Perce People, and to everyone sharing an interest in Nez
Perce history and culture.
Featuring: * Two full days of Educational
and Interpretive Speakers, Authors, Researchers, Historians, Nez Perce
Speakers, reports from Forest Service and Park Service. Meeting at the Nespelem
Catholic Longhouse.
* Tipi, tent, RV camping, at the Colville Reservation
Pow Wow Grounds, Nespelem, with Wednesday evening campfire talks. Restrooms and showers available at the camp
area. Trading Post market nearby.
For motels in nearby towns of Grand Coulee and
Coulee Dam, go to www.grandcoulee.com
For Meeting details go to the websites listed below.
* $55 registration fee. No registration fee for Nez Perce
descendants.
Registration
includes: Two days Educational Sessions, Continental breakfast, coffee, punch,
picnic lunch each day, Thursday evening dinner, camping, RV parking.
In
1885 the U.S. Government relocated Chief Joseph, and many of the Nez Perce
taken as prisoners after the 1877 surrender at Bear Paw, from the Oklahoma
Indian Territory to Nespelem, Washington, on the Colville Indian Reservation,
ending an eight-year exile. Although
promised that he would be returned to his homeland near Wallowa, Chief Joseph
was never allowed to live at his former homeland, and he died at his tipi at
Nespelem, September 21, 1904 at the age of 60.
Now,
97 years later, The Nez Perce National Historic Trail Foundation will hold the
Annual Educational Meeting at Nespelem WA, near Coulee Dam, on Sept. 19 and
20. We will discuss the exile years at
Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, Quapah and Tonkawa, Oklahoma, as well as the following
relocation to Nespelem.
The
Nez Perce National Historic Trail Foundation is dedicated to promoting
education, sharing of research, telling the story of the Nez Perce, and
establishing friendships among those with common interests. The Foundation publishes a newsletter,
maintains a website, hosts educational talks and meetings, and acts as a
sounding board and liaison among various government, tribal, and private
organizations.
Websites:
http://spiritwindsstudio.com (click on
Nez Perce National Historic Trail Foundation)
http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/clearwater/nezpercenht/nezperce.htm,
US Forest Service Nez Perce Trail site (note that in the above address, after
fed.us/it is r1….r and the number 1, not an L)
www.nezperce.com (click on Nez Perce
National Historic Trail Foundation)
www.public.iastate.edu/~sfr/npnhtf/npnhtf.html
Area
info, motels, camping etc: www.grandcoulee.com
For
more information, contact Nick Hudson (President, NPNHTF), phone: (435)
655-3210,
e-mail:
nezpercetrail@aol.com, mailing
address: P.O. Box 1939, Lewiston, ID 83501
Nespelem, Washington; Wednesday Sept. 19 and Thursday,
Sept. 20, 2001
Program:
(at
Longhouse 1 mile North of Nespelem Chevron station)
TUESDAY,
Sept. 18:
Evening Campfire: Tipi Camp area, Nespelem Pow Wow Grounds
8 - 9 AM: Continental
Breakfast/Registration, Catholic Longhouse, Nespelem
9 AM: NPNHTF President’s Welcome/Introductions, Nick
Hudson
9:20 - 10AM: Joseph Band Nez Perce Historical
Summary, Frank Andrews, Joseph Band
10 - 10:30 AM: Tawiakenwes: The Nespelem
Cultural Center Plan, Charlie Moses
10:40 - 11 AM: Research Report: Names of Indians with
the Bands in the 1877 War
11 AM - 12 Noon: Yellowstone National Park: New
Interpretive plans, Rosemary Sucec (Yellowstone Center for Resources,
Yellowstone National Park, Mammoth Hot Springs, WY)
Noon - 1 PM: Lunch:Research Resources: Dennis
Baird, Univ.of Idaho Library, Moscow
1 - 1:30 PM: U.S. Forest Service Report on Nez
Perce National Historic Trail, Keith Thurlkill (USFS, Nez Perce NHT
Coordinator); Dan Gard (NPNHT Project Mgr.)
1:30 - 2PM: U.S. Forest Service: Lolo Trail:
Update and Lewis & Clark planning
2 - 2:30 PM: U.S.
Forest Service: Wallowa-Whitman, Hells Gate, Eagle Cap, Kendall Clark
(Forest Supervisor, Wallowa-Whitman N.F.)
2:30 - 3 PM: U.S.
Forest Service: Clearwater, Shoshone, other Forests
3 - 4 PM: Inter-Tribal
Discussion: Nez Perce Tribe (Lapwai, Idaho), Chief Joseph Band (Nespelem,
Washington), Umatilla Tribe (Mission, Oregon)
4 - 4:30 PM: Wallowa Coalition: Homeland Project,
and “Tamkaliks”
6 PM: Dinner
on your own/Evening Campfire talks: Tipi Camp area, Nespelem Pow Wow Grounds
8 - 9 AM: Continental
Breakfast/Registration, Catholic Longhouse, Nespelem
9 - 9:15 AM: NPNHTF President’s
Welcome/Introductions, Nick Hudson
9:15 - 10:15 AM: Nez Perce
Women: Discussion Group, Ruth Wapato and others
10:15 - 11:30 AM: “Eekish
Pah: The Hot Country - The Nez Perce Exile in Kansas & Oklahoma”, newly
found documentation, Larry O’Neill (Researcher, Baxter Springs, KS)
11:30 - 1:30 PM: Picnic
Lunch/Guest Speakers (provided by the NPNHT Foundation): Early Nespelem History
and tour to see Chief Joseph’s camp area, old Longhouse.
1:30 - 3 PM: Early Nespelem-Nez
Perce Anecdotal Stories and History/The impact of the Dawes (Allotment) Act, Chief
Joseph Band Speakers
3 - 4 PM: Nez Perce
National Historical Park: “What’s New”, Doug Eury (NPNHP Superintendent),
U.S. Dept. of the Interior and NPS staff (Big Hole Battlefield, Bear Paw
Battlefield, Oregon & Washington Unit)
4 - 5 PM: NPNHT Foundation Annual Business
Meeting and Election of Officers
6 PM: Evening
Dinner: Nespelem/Coulee Dam area.
The
story of the Nez Perce is an important story to be told, and for us to know;
Because of what occurred in their lives, because of what they endured, because
they survived; when we know these things, we can be moved and inspired to find
in ourselves more dignity, more strength.
When we know their story…we know that we
can do more in our own lives.