Orofino, Idaho- The Nez Perce Tribe Fisheries Department will open the fishing season at Tunnel Pond with a no-host free-fishing day on April 1, 2022. Gates will open at 8:00 a.m. Following opening day, usual regulations and operations will resume with permits being required. Tunnel Pond will be open to the public April 1-October 31, […]
After almost a century, spring Chinook will return to Lapwai and Sweetwater Creek Lapwai, Idaho- Today, March 9, 2022, the Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resources Management (DFRM) released juvenile spring Chinook salmon smolts into Sweetwater Creek for the first time. Spring Chinook have not been found in Sweetwater Creek, nor the connecting Lapwai […]
Court filings emphasize extinction crisis for Snake River spring-summer Chinook salmon, need for immediate action, and need to breach the four Lower Snake River dams (Lapwai, ID) — Today, the Nez Perce Tribe joined the State of Oregon and conservation and fishing group plaintiffs in asking the federal court for the District of Oregon to […]
Joseph, Oregon- The Nez Perce Tribe (Tribe) is pleased to announce the Return to Am’sáaxpa ride-in and land blessing event that will be held during the annual Chief Joseph Days, on Thursday, July 29, 2021. The ride-in will begin at Joseph High School at 9:00 a.m. and run along Wallowa Avenue to the Am’sáaxpa property. […]
Nez Perce Renaming Celebration takes place June 26, 2021 at the same location in which the items were originally removed over 185 years ago Lapwai, Idaho- The Nez Perce Renaming Celebration Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Return of the Spalding-Allen Collection (Collection) is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 26th, 2021 from 10 […]
Tribes call on Biden Administration to secure funding join Northwest Tribal Salmon Summit to hammer out bipartisan resolution of decades-long fight. Lapwai, Idaho— Growing Tribal unity around a proposal to remove the four Lower Snake River dams and strengthen and build Northwest communities by investing in energy, transportation, agriculture, technology, and other infrastructure projects got […]
Lapwai, Idaho — After some Northwest elected officials recently suggested that Pacific Northwest tribes could be divided around salmon recovery, Columbia Basin tribes once again affirmed that they stand united in their support of saving endangered Northwest salmon and in their belief that the true wealth of the Northwest begins with the health of its […]
Rare Congressional Opportunity, if Missed Now, Will Be Dishonor to Northwest Lapwai, ID — Following statements from Washington’s Governor and U.S Senators expressing opposition to Rep. Mike Simpson’s (R-ID) proposal to honor treaty rights and save several species of salmon and steelhead on the verge of extinction, the Nez Perce Tribe immediately expressed disappointment in […]
Pendleton, Oregon- “Creator, I ask that you make our hearts big- so we can be strong as a people.” were the opening sentiments as the Columbia Basin Tribes met today to discuss the health and survival of the Basin and salmon populations in the northwest. “That’s our wealth; the health of our environment,” noted Colville […]
Lapwai, Idaho- Beginning April 1, 2021, the Nez Perce Tribe (Tribe) will change its COVID-19 response to correspond with Stage 4 of the Idaho Rebounds guidelines. As of March 26, 2021, Nimiipuu Health (NMPH) had a 14-day average of less than one positive COVID-19 case per day and a positivity rate of 4.17%.  Given […]