Nez Perce National Historic Trail Foundation

NPNHT Foundation, P.O. Box 1939 Lewiston, ID 83501
Email: Nez Perce NHT Foundation




The US Forest Service has a good web site on the NPNHT that is found at the following link:

US Forest Service, Clearwater National Forest: (http://www.fs.fed.us/npnht/)



 

We are continuing to find ways to bring you improved web site service. Until our transition is completed, please refer also to the following additional sites for the latest news and updates:

http://spiritwindsstudio.com/nezpercetrail

http://www.nezperce.com/index.html
 



ANNOUNCEMENT:  Nez Perce National Historic Trail Foundation, 2001 Annual Meeting. Nespelem, Washington,Wednesday Sept. 19 and Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001


August 2000 Newsletter and Final Announcement of the Annual Meeting and Education Sessions to be held September 11-17, 2000 in Cody and Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
Notice: We have changed our mailing address. Please use the new one listed above.
The old one at P.O. Box 20197, Missoula, Montana, 59801 will not longer be used.
October 1999 Newsletter

Final Announcement of Annual Meeting and Education Sessions
(New Information on 06/04/99)

Final Announcement in PDF Format

Final Announcement if JPG Format:

Announcing the 1999 Annual Meeting and Education Sessions
(New Information on 04/20/99)

It will be held Thursday, June 17 through Sunday, June 20, 1999.


Notice - Preliminary Announcement (02/10/99)

The Foundation's 1999 annual meeting will be held June 17-20 in Joseph, Oregon. There will be a variety of speakers and activities on the trail and on the land. Make your reservations soon. More information will be posted on this web site when it becomes available.


October 1998 Newsletter

NOTICE - PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT (05/20/98):

(Check this web page for updates)

1998 Workshop and Meeting, Lost Trail Pass, Montana/Idaho, August 6-7-8-9

The 1998 annual meeting will be held this year at Lost Trail Pass Hot Springs at the foot of Lost Trail Pass on the Montana side. We will be having talks, hikes and the meeting. On Sunday, August 9th, is the annual commemoration of the Big Hole Battle to be held at the battlefield.

For more information contact:

Nick Hudson
(435) 655-3210 (combined phone and fax)
(760) 776-7608 (Nez Perce NHT Foundation voice mail)

We will continue to update this page with lodging information and the meeting schedule. Later in the summer we may include a hot link to another site for last minute information

More Information:


Officers and Board of Directors (1997-99)

OFFICERS

President: Nick Hudson, (435) 655-3210 (combined phone and fax), (760) 776-7608 (Nez Perce NHT Foundation voice mail)

Vice-President: Charlie Moses, Jr. P.O. Box 172 Elmer City, WA 99124 (509) 633-3555

Secretary: Brian McCormack McCormack Landscape Design P.O. Box 599 Lapwai, ID 83540 (208) 798-3249 Fax (208) 798-3249

Treasurer: Paul Wapato

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Karen Ballard ID Division of Tourism P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0093 [email protected] (208) 334-2470 ext. 353 (208) 334-2631 (fax)

Chan Biggs 618 W. Water St. Lewistown, MT 59457 (406) 538-7549

Richard Broncheau Nez Perce Tribe - General Council P.O. Box 365 Lapwai, ID 83540 (208) 843-7316 Fax (208) 843-7365

Dan Gard 1421 Eaton #4 Missoula, MT 59801 (406) 329-3350 (work) Fax (406) 329-3132 [email protected]

Nick Hudson Quantum Conference Management 255 N. El Cielo Rd. #423 Palm Springs, CA 92262 (760) 328-8603 (winter): P.O. Box 2968 Park City, UT 84060 (801) 655-3210 (760) 328-8603 (voice mail)

Linwood Laughy Mountain Meadow Press P.O. Box 447 Kooskia, ID 83539 (208) 926-7875 Fax (208) 926-7579 [email protected]

Ann McCormack NE 1225 Stadium Way Pullman, WA 99163 (509) 332-4039

Sandi McFarland Rt. 1, Box 77A Culdesac, ID 83542 (208) 843-2353

Antone Minthorn C.T.U.I.R. P.O. Box 638 Pendleton, OR 97801 (541) 276-3165 Fax (541) 276-3095

Charlie Moses, Jr. P.O. Box 172 Elmer City, WA 99124 (509) 633-3555

Merle Wells 200 N. 3rd #701 Boise, ID 83702 (208) 345-6915 Fax (208) 334-2775

Congressman Pat Williams (Ret.) University of Montana Senior Fellow-Ctr. for the Rocky Mtn. West Missoula, MT 59812 (406) 243-7700 Fax (406) 549-4977 [email protected]

PAST PRESIDENTS

1995-1997 Steve Russell 26393 520th Ave. Ames, IA 50014-9554 (515) 294-1273 (office) Fax (515) 294-8432 [email protected]

1991-1995 Harry Fritz 1817 Daniel Dr. Missoula, MT 59802 (406) 549-6712


Message from the Foundation President, Carla Higheagle, November 6, 1997

Summary from the Foundation Workshop, Missoula, Montana, August 7-8-9, 1997
by Dan Gard, Past Treasurer

120th Anniversary Comemoration of Battle at Bear Paw

1997 Workshop and Meeting, Missoula Montana, August 7-8-9

Newsletter, April 1997

Newsletter, January 1997

Newsletter, March 1996

Copyright (c) 1996 by Steve F. Russell
Revised: Tue, Mar 30, 1999
Created: Sun, Dec 3, 1995

The Trail

In the summer of 1877, several bands of the Nez Perce Tribe (Nee-Me-Poo) defended themselves in a protracted military campaign with the United States government. This campaign lasted for four months, beginning in Oregon and Idaho, and culminating with the surrender of many Nez Perce at the Bear's Paw Battlefield in Northern Montana. The route that the Nez Perce followed from Oregon to Montana was designated as the Nez Perce National Historic Trail (Public Law 99-445) by the U.S. Congress on October 6, 1986 and joined a growing list of National Historic Trails. The USDA Forest Service was assigned primary administration responsibility for the trail. As provided for by congress, the Nez Perce National Historic Trail Foundation was created on July 19, 1991 to act as a partner, and volunteer group for the Forest Service. Other partners are; the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, State Agencies, local governments, the Chief Joseph Band, Colville Reservation, Nespelem Washington, and the Nez Perce Tribe in Lapwai, Idaho.

In its 1,170-mile quest toward Canada, from Wallowa Lake, Oregon to the Bear Paws Mountains in northern Montana, the NPNHT passes through the states of Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana and crosses tribal, private, county, State, and Federal lands.
 

Foundation Information

Trail Map (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming) (18KB) 

Membership Invitation 

Foundation Calendar 

Information and Services 

Mission Statement, Board of Directors, Bylaws, Foundation History 

Trail Map (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming) (18KB) 

1877 Nez Perce NHT History 

Other Nez Perce Information

Nez Perce Tribe (Nee Me Poo) Home Page, University of Idaho

Map of the Nez Perce National Historic Trail (University of Idaho) 

Nez Perce National Historical Park (National Park Service)

Nez Perce Genealogy

GORP - Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
National Historic Trails 

Nez Perce Literature

Chief Joseph, Nez Perce (Nimiputimt) (Nee-Mee-Poo/hinmatowyalßhtqit) 

"Historical Archive Collection of Nez Perce People"

Spalding-Allen Collection: A unique collection of Nee-Me-Poo artifacts, the oldest and most extraordinary historic representatives of Plateau Indian culture in existence. 

Tsceminicum River Adventure (Clearwater River, Idaho) 

Wilfong, Cheryl: Following the Nez Perce Trail A Guide to the Nee-Me-Poo National Historic Trail with Eyewitness Accounts 

Nee-Me-Poo National Recreation Trail 

Native Web 

Other Trail Web Links

The National Trails System 

Partnership for the National Trails System 

National Park Service, National Trails System Map and Guide