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Schedule of 140th Commemorative Events
2017 marks the 140th year since the 1877 war and flight. The staff of the Nez Perce National Historic Trail in conjunction with a number of partners has sponsored this website to provide information about events happening during the next several months to commemorate the events of 1877.
We would encourage people to take time to learn more and reflect upon the historic events of 1877 and what they mean for all people today.
We hope that you will find time to participate in some of the following events listed below. If we become aware of other presentations or events we will add them to this page in the coming the weeks. Please check back throughout the rest of this year to learn about any new events.
| Date/Time | Event | Location | Sponsor | Key Contact(s) | Additional Information |
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| MAY | |||||
| May 20, 2017 | Opening New Museum Exhibit: The Journey of the Resilient Nez Perce | Hamilton, MT | Ravalli Co. Museum | Tamar Stanley 406-363-3338 |
The exhibit will be on display at the Ravalli County Museum until October 31, 2017. |
| May 19 – 20, 2017 | Indian Arts Festival Spring Pow Wow | LaGrande, OR | Eastern Oregon University | Native American Program Eastern Oregon University Hoke 212 La Grande, OR 97850 (541) 962-3741 mccenter@eou.edu | Indian Arts Festival and Powwow |
| JUNE | |||||
| June 3 – 24, 2017 | Exhibit: The Way They Lived: The Wal-lum-wat-kin Band of Chute-pa-lu, or Nez Perces | Joseph, OR | Josephy Center for Arts and Culture | Rich Wandschneider 541-432-0505 |
The Way They Lived: Nez Perce Art Exhibit |
| June 3 2017 | National Trails Day | American Hiking Society | |||
| June 7, 2017 | Nez Perce Traditional Foods and Roots | Lolo Pass Visitor Center (located 33.6 miles west of Lolo, MT, on U.S. Hwy 12) | Lolo Pass Visitor Center | Buffie Cerutti 208-942-3113 |
Presented by Gwen Carter, Cultural Interpreter with the Nez Perce Tribe. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. PDT. Program will be held in Packer Meadow, near Lolo Pass, if weather permits. |
| June 16 –18, 2017 | Chief Joseph and Warriors Pow Wow | Lapwai, ID | Nez Perce Tribe | ||
| June 17, 2017 – 10 a.m. PDT | White Bird Battle Memorial | White Bird, ID | Nez Perce Tribe | Wilfred Scott Nez Perce Tribe (208) 843-2253 | |
| June 21, 2017 | Flutes I have Known | Lolo Pass Visitor | Lolo Pass Visitor Center (located 33.6 miles west of Lolo, MT, on U.S. Hwy 12) | Buffie Cerutti 208-942-3113 |
Presented by Kevin Peters, retired NPS Ranger & Nez Perce Cultural Interpreter. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. PDT. |
| June 21, 2017 |
Nez Perce Traditional Foods and Roots |
Lolo Pass Visitor Center (located 33.6 miles west of Lolo, MT, on U.S. Hwy 12) | Lolo Pass Visitor Center | Buffie Cerutti 208-942-3113 |
Presented by Gwen Carter, Cultural Interpreter with the Nez Perce Tribe. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. PDT. Program will be held in Packer Meadow, near Lolo Pass, if weather permits. |
| June 24 –25, 2017 | Darrell Wheeler - Events of 1877 | Big Hole National Battlefield near Wisdom, MT | National Park Service | 406-689-3155 | |
| JULY | |||||
| June 30 and July 1– 2, 2017 | Wildhorse Pow Wow | Pendleton, OR | The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation | (541) 276-3165 | Wildhorse Pow Wow |
| July 1 – 2, 2017 | Flint Knapping - Don Safford | Big Hole National Battlefield near Wisdom, MT | National Park Service | 406-689-3155 | |
| July 7, 2017 | When History Bumps Into Itself on the Lolo Trail | Lolo Pass Visitor Center (located 33.6 miles west of Lolo, MT, on U.S. Hwy 12) | Lolo Pass Visitor Center | Buffie Cerutti 208-942-3113 |
Presented by Chuck Radon of the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Association. 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. PDT. |
| July 7 – 9, 2017 | Lapwai Days Events | Lapwai, ID | Nez Perce Tribe | ||
| July 7 – 9, 2017 | Nespelem 4th of July Pow Wow | Nespelem, WA | Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation | Confederated Tribes Of The Colville Reservation | |
| July 8 – 9, 2017 | Fry Bread - Jessica Anthony | Big Hole National Battlefield near Wisdom, MT | National Park Service | 406-689-3155 | |
| July 15 –16, 2017 | Chief Joseph Band Perspective - William Timentwa | Big Hole National Battlefield near Wisdom, MT | National Park Service | 406-689-3155 | |
| July 17 –21, 2017 | Annual Chief Joseph Trail Ride | Assembly camp: Chief Joseph Rodeo grounds – Joseph, Oregon | Appaloosa Horse club | 2017 Chief Joseph Trail Ride | |
| July 21 –23, 2017 | Annual Nez Perce Tamkaliks Celebration | Wallowa, OR | Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center | Mary Hawkins, (541) 886-3101, | Nez Perce Tamkaliks Celebration |
| July 22 –23, 2017 | A first person presentation of Major Rawn, a participant of the 1877 conflict by Bob Brown | Big Hole National Battlefield near Wisdom, MT | National Park Service | 406-689-3155 | |
| July 25, 2017 | "Help Help! Come Running! - The Entrenchments at Lolo Canyon: 140th Anniversary of the Fort Fizzle Confrontation" | Fort Fizzle Lolo National Forest Day Use Site (located 5 miles west of Lolo, MT) | Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History (RMMMH) | Tate Jones (406) 549-5346 |
5:30 p.m. MDT – Presentation by Tate Jones from RMMMH: 1877 overview of events leading up to Fort Fizzle. 6:30 p.m. MDT - John Turner as Cpl. Loynes. 7:30 p.m. MDT - Dr. Bob as Capt. Rawn - "The Entrenchments at Lolo Canyon." |
| July 26, 2017 | Facts Behind the Artifacts: Men & Women in Traditional Nez Perce Culture | Lolo Pass Visitor Center (located 33.6 miles west of Lolo, MT, on U.S. Hwy 12 | Lolo Pass Visitor Center | Buffie Cerutti 208-942-3113 |
Presented by Lynne, Josiah & Allen Pinkham, Nez Perce Ethnographer & Cultural Historians. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. PDT. |
| July 29 –30, 2017 | Stickgame - Naomi Wood | Big Hole National Battlefield near Wisdom, MT | National Park Service | 406-689-3155 | |
| AUGUST | |||||
| August 5, 2017, 10 a.m. MDT | Big Hole Battle Memorial | Big Hole National Battlefield near Wisdom, MT | Nez Perce Tribe | Wilfred Scott Nez Perce Tribe (208) 843-2253 | |
| August 5 –6, 2017 | Mike Penney and Nez Perce Nation Drum - Drum and Song | Big Hole National Battlefield near Wisdom, MT | National Park Service | 406-689-3155 | |
| August 12 –13, 2017 | Silas Whitman - Natural Resource Uses of the Nez Perce and Leroy Seth - Tribal Dancing and Regalia | Big Hole National Battlefield near Wisdom, MT | National Park Service | 406-689-3155 | |
| August 13, 2017 | Niimiipuu Family History & Niimiipuu the Peoples | Lolo Pass Visitor Center (located 33.6 miles west of Lolo, MT, on U.S. Hwy 12 | Lolo Pass Visitor Center | Buffie Cerutti 208-942-3113 |
Presented by Angel Sobotta of the Nez Perce Language Program. 1 p.m.-1:45 p.m. & 2:15 p.m. -3 p.m. PDT. |
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August 18 – 20, 2017 |
Chief Looking Glass Days & Pow Wow | Kamiah, ID | More info | ||
| August 23, 2017 | The Appaloosa Horse | Lolo Pass Visitor Center (located 33.6 miles west of Lolo, MT, on U.S. Hwy 12 | Lolo Pass Visitor Center | Buffie Cerutti 208-942-3113 |
Presented by the Yearout Family and the Nez Perce Appaloosa Horse Club. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. PDT. |
| SEPTEMBER | |||||
| September 21, 2017 | The Creators: A Gathering of First Nation Artisans & live performances by The Nez Perce Drummers & Dancers | Lolo Pass Visitor Center (located 33.6 miles west of Lolo, MT, on U.S. Hwy 12 | Lolo Pass Visitor Center | Buffie Cerutti 208-942-3113 |
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PDT. |
| September 30, 2017 | National Public Lands Day | ||||
| OCTOBER | |||||
| October 5, 2017, 7 p.m. MDT |
Ninth Annual Hampton Lecture “The Wilderness of American Power: Understanding Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War” By Daniel Sharfstein, Professor of Law and History, Vanderbilt University |
University of Montana: Gallagher Business Building Room 106 | Sponsored by the University of Montana History Department, the U.S. Forest Service Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail, and the Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History | Jeff Wiltse | Gallagher Business Building Map |
| October 7, 2017, 10 a.m. MDT | Bear Paw Battle Memorial | Bear Paw Battlefield, 16 miles south of Chinook, MT | Nez Perce Tribe | Wilfred Scott Nez Perce Tribe 208-843-2253 |
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| NOVEMBER | |||||
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Starting Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day at Nez Perce National Historical Park in Spalding, ID, tipi raisings occur each morning at 8:30 a.m. and are taken down at 3:30 p.m. PDT, visitors are invited to help. |
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