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

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

Governmental Meeting on Traditional Homelands

Lapwai, ID – The Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee (NPTEC) will hold a special meeting on June 24, 2025, 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.

“It is important that the NPTEC regularly conduct sovereign governance throughout our territory,” said Chairman Shannon F. Wheeler. “Sound stewardship and management of Treaty-reserved resources through collaboration with our governmental partners is of primary importance to the Nez Perce.”

“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 18, 2025, to receive parking and check-in instructions.