From NPTPD: Fentanyl Pills Found at Bus Stop in Lapwai
NEZ PERCE TRIBE POLICE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Friday, September 30, 2022 — Recently, two Fentanyl pills were found at the bus stop area near the Pi-Nee-Waus in Lapwai, Idaho. […]
Tonia Garcia Selected to Fill Vacant Seat on Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee
Lapwai, Idaho- The Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee (NPTEC) has appointed Tonia Garcia to fill the vacancy on the committee created by the recent resignation of NPTEC member Casey Mitchell. […]
Nez Perce Tribe Calls for National Leadership from the Administration and Congress: Murray-Inslee Report on Replacing the Service of the Lower Snake River Dams
Lapwai, ID – The Nez Perce Tribe called for national leadership from the Administration and Congress to prevent salmon extinction today in anticipation of the report commissioned by Senator Murray […]
Nez Perce Tribe to Reveal Plans for Virtual Power Plant at RES2022
Lapwai, Idaho- The Nez Perce Tribe is anticipating an exciting reveal at the 2022 Reservation Economic Summit (RES) May 23-26, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Executive Director, Jesse Leighton will […]
Tunnel Pond in Orofino to Open on April 1, 2022
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 […]
Nez Perce Tribe Releases Spring Chinook into Sweetwater Creek for the First Time
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 […]
Nez Perce Tribe joins State of Oregon and Conservation Groups Requesting Court to Spill Water over Federal Dams on the Snake and Columbia Rivers and Drawdown Reservoirs to Aid Imperiled Salmon and Steelhead
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’s Return to Am’sáaxpa Ride-In and Land Blessing to Occur July 29
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, […]
Nez Perce Tribe to Host Event to Rename Historic Collection of Artifacts
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 […]
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Pass United Resolution Supporting Removal of Four Lower Snake River Dams
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 […]