The Nez Perce Chief Who Refused To Surrender 40 Miles From Canada — Then Slipped Past The Army And Escaped
It manages natural resources, maintains cultural programs, operates enterprises, and advocates for treaty rights that remain legally binding.
The language programs maintained by the tribe work to preserve and revitalize the nimíipuu language, which was dramatically reduced in speakers during the twentieth century.
Language carries cultural memory in ways that written historical accounts cannot, and the revival of a language is a specific kind of resistance against the forces that sought to eliminate everything that made the nimíipuu a distinct people.
The tribe’s relationship to the 1877 sites — White Bird Battlefield, Big Hole, Bear Paw — is both historical and present.
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