Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee to Hold Governmental Meeting on Traditional Homelands

Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee to Hold Governmental Meeting on Traditional Homelands

Lapwai, ID – The Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee (NPTEC) will hold a special meeting on June 23, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. on the Nez Perce Tribe’s Am’sáaxpa, Place of Boulders, property in Joseph, Oregon. The meeting is the result of an administrative action adopted by the NPTEC on June 11, 2024 that authorized a series of special meetings to be held at various locations of Nez Perce Tribal governmental operations. Local dignitaries, community leaders, and partner organizations have been invited to join Tribal leaders.

“The Nez Perce has a rich and extensive history and connection with this area that is in the heart of our traditional homeland and integral to treaty rights reserved by the Tribe in 1855,” stated Chairman Samuel N. Penney. “ The health and vitality of the area is of great importance and why we have invested in governmental offices here and prioritized communication and collaboration with state and local governments through these types of meetings,” he concluded.     

“Bringing our Qoc’wiya (Council) to our western homeland is an act of revitalizing the reach of our sovereignty,” said Vice-Chairman Ashton Picard, who sponsored the action to meet in Wallowa. “Standing together at Am’sáaxpa, we renew our duty to protect every corner of these homelands for every generation that will follow.”

Media Credentials and RSVP
Accredited media representatives must RSVP by 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time on June 19, 2026, to receive parking and check-in instructions.