White Bird sits at the bottom of a long hill on U.S. 95. More than 2,000 feet above is Camas Prairie at Grangeville. Below waits the Salmon River, the main tributary of the Snake and the great ...

Throughout the summer and early fall of 1877, the fighting skill of the Nez Perce warriors and the military tactics of Nez Perce military leaders, such as Chief Looking Glass and Chief White Bird ...

The Nez Perce had lost 90% of their homeland to the controversial 1863 “Thief Treaty” that many bands never signed. In 1877, ...

You might not, at first, remember why you know the name "Chief Joseph." He was a well-regarded leader within the Nez Perce tribe that battled the U.S. Army in 1877. The Nez Perce had tried ...

This is the Bear Paw, where on Oct. 5, 1877, the Nez Perce tribe’s Chief Joseph surrendered after an epic four-month, ... The first conflict was at White Bird Creek. On June 17, 1877, ...

That was probably why,once the war started, the white community focused on him, despite the fact the Nez Perce did not think of him as a war leader. Looking Glass, White Bird, Poker Joe (Lean Elk ...

Hundreds of Nez Perce tribal members, leaders, academics and allies gathered at the Nez Perce National Historical Park near Spalding, Idaho, on Saturday to celebrate the collection’s renaming.

National Park Service historian Jerome Greene spent 20 months researching the Nez Perce War of 1877 and many more months writing a book on the topic.

In August 1996, a supranatural event overcame me at the site of the Battle of White Bird Canyon in Idaho. Waves of heated air rose from the five-mile-long canyon immersing my body and soul into a ...

In August 1996, a supranatural event overcame me at the site of the Battle of White Bird Canyon in Idaho. Waves of heated air rose from the five-mile-long canyon immersing my body and soul into a ...