Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland
@nezpercewallowah.bsky.social
Who We Are
The Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland (NPWH) is a place-based nonprofit (501c3)led by tribal & non-tribal people w a common commitment to upholding, perpetuating & celebrating the people & practices native to wal’áwa (Wallowa), our shared home.
The Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland (NPWH) is a place-based nonprofit (501c3)led by tribal & non-tribal people w a common commitment to upholding, perpetuating & celebrating the people & practices native to wal’áwa (Wallowa), our shared home.
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Our 2024 Year in Review & 2025 a Year to Look Forward to is ready for your perusal. If you don't want to miss a newsletter please email us : info@wallowanezperce.org
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#Oregon Oregonians have the ability to speak up!
Oregon law prohibits building nuclear reactors unless 2 criteria are met: a statewide vote of the people AND a national waste repository.
Neither of these criteria have been met and this bill is one of 11 currently in Salem designed to undercut these democratic & safety protections.
Neither of these criteria have been met and this bill is one of 11 currently in Salem designed to undercut these democratic & safety protections.
February 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
#Oregon Oregonians have the ability to speak up!
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Oregon law prohibits building nuclear reactors unless 2 criteria are met: a statewide vote of the people AND a national waste repository.
Neither of these criteria have been met and this bill is one of 11 currently in Salem designed to undercut these democratic & safety protections.
Neither of these criteria have been met and this bill is one of 11 currently in Salem designed to undercut these democratic & safety protections.
February 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Oregon law prohibits building nuclear reactors unless 2 criteria are met: a statewide vote of the people AND a national waste repository.
Neither of these criteria have been met and this bill is one of 11 currently in Salem designed to undercut these democratic & safety protections.
Neither of these criteria have been met and this bill is one of 11 currently in Salem designed to undercut these democratic & safety protections.
The 50th Year Anniversary Powwow at Eastern Oregon University May 16th & May 17th 2025! We hope you can make it to support Indigenous vendors and appreciate the gathering of dancers, drummers and MCs. calendar.powwows.com/events/easte...
February 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The 50th Year Anniversary Powwow at Eastern Oregon University May 16th & May 17th 2025! We hope you can make it to support Indigenous vendors and appreciate the gathering of dancers, drummers and MCs. calendar.powwows.com/events/easte...
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#booksky #diversebooks I’ve got physical Indigenous book bingo cards! Want one? Here’s how: 1. Paid members of my Bindery will receive both cards. Please support an Indigenous publishing imprint 2. Buy something from my Pango shop and get a card with your order! boozhoo.binderybooks.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
#booksky #diversebooks I’ve got physical Indigenous book bingo cards! Want one? Here’s how: 1. Paid members of my Bindery will receive both cards. Please support an Indigenous publishing imprint 2. Buy something from my Pango shop and get a card with your order! boozhoo.binderybooks.com
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After suppression of Indigenous cultural burning, the state agrees Northern California's Karuk Tribe may practice the burns more freely than it has in over 175 years.
California tribe enters first-of-its-kind agreement with the state to practice cultural burns
After suppression of Indigenous cultural burning, the state agrees Northern California's Karuk Tribe may practice the burns more freely than it has in over 175 years.
www.latimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
After suppression of Indigenous cultural burning, the state agrees Northern California's Karuk Tribe may practice the burns more freely than it has in over 175 years.
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If you haven't heard about how bad things have gotten with nitrate pollution of people's well water in the Lower Umatilla Basin, listen to this episode of The Evergreen we did last year unpacking it all with Monica Samayoa & @antoniosierra.bsky.social, who've been covering this story for years:
January 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
If you haven't heard about how bad things have gotten with nitrate pollution of people's well water in the Lower Umatilla Basin, listen to this episode of The Evergreen we did last year unpacking it all with Monica Samayoa & @antoniosierra.bsky.social, who've been covering this story for years:
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“Without the proper workforce, you can and should expect that national forests will NOT be able to provide you the goods and services the American public deserves and have a right to from OUR public lands.”
Please continue to engage Congress.
🗣️ Tell a friend:
🔎 www.congress.gov/members/find...
Please continue to engage Congress.
🗣️ Tell a friend:
🔎 www.congress.gov/members/find...
February 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
“Without the proper workforce, you can and should expect that national forests will NOT be able to provide you the goods and services the American public deserves and have a right to from OUR public lands.”
Please continue to engage Congress.
🗣️ Tell a friend:
🔎 www.congress.gov/members/find...
Please continue to engage Congress.
🗣️ Tell a friend:
🔎 www.congress.gov/members/find...
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Next Thursday, the Oregon House Committee on Climate, Energy, and Enviro is having a hearing on a bill that would allow a certificate permitting a small modular nuclear reactor project to take place in Umatilla County.
Submit opposition testimony here: olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/T...
Submit opposition testimony here: olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/T...
Oregon Legislative Information System
olis.oregonlegislature.gov
February 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Next Thursday, the Oregon House Committee on Climate, Energy, and Enviro is having a hearing on a bill that would allow a certificate permitting a small modular nuclear reactor project to take place in Umatilla County.
Submit opposition testimony here: olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/T...
Submit opposition testimony here: olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/T...
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Eville Gorham, a famed scientist who studied the ecology of peatlands and whom I had the great fortune to meet, once wrote that #Sphagnum #mosses contain more carbon than any other genus of plants in the world. This fact spurred my early research into the origins of Sphagnum bogs in #Alaska. 🌎🌲🍁🔥🌳🧪🌐
February 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Eville Gorham, a famed scientist who studied the ecology of peatlands and whom I had the great fortune to meet, once wrote that #Sphagnum #mosses contain more carbon than any other genus of plants in the world. This fact spurred my early research into the origins of Sphagnum bogs in #Alaska. 🌎🌲🍁🔥🌳🧪🌐
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“The goal is not to grow this system (of shelters),” Kotek told the House Committee on Housing and Homelessness. “Shelter is not the goal. Rehousing is the goal.” www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Tina Kotek asks Legislature to create a statewide homeless shelter system
The proposed new statewide homeless shelter system would cost $218 million over the next two years.
www.oregonlive.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
“The goal is not to grow this system (of shelters),” Kotek told the House Committee on Housing and Homelessness. “Shelter is not the goal. Rehousing is the goal.” www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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February 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
If you want to support an amazing Indigenous jazz artist look no further than Julia Keefe and the Indigenous Big Band! We have been so grateful to have had them perform here in Wallowa county!
"The contributions of Indigenous musicians to the quintessentially American art of jazz have long been neglected or utterly ignored. Vocalist Julia Keefe, an enrolled member of the Nez Perce tribe, has set about changing the conversation, one gig at a time."
Native American singer Julia Keefe brings her Indigenous Big Band back to Bay Area
Inspired by influential big band singer Mildred Bailey, Julia Keefe is looking to enhance Native American presence in the jazz world.
www.mercurynews.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
If you want to support an amazing Indigenous jazz artist look no further than Julia Keefe and the Indigenous Big Band! We have been so grateful to have had them perform here in Wallowa county!
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Super excited that this amazing book is finally available for preorder. It was written by over 50 Indigenous Peoples from around the world and contains stories, poetry, and critical thought pieces on how TEK is used and extracted from our communities and what folks are doing to protect it.
November 13, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Super excited that this amazing book is finally available for preorder. It was written by over 50 Indigenous Peoples from around the world and contains stories, poetry, and critical thought pieces on how TEK is used and extracted from our communities and what folks are doing to protect it.
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#MMIWG 💔🪶
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
MAY 5th is National Day of Awareness of MMIWG aka
‘Red Dress Day’. 😢😢
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
MAY 5th is National Day of Awareness of MMIWG aka
‘Red Dress Day’. 😢😢
In honor of all the Native women who "vanished" without a trace, and yet no one did a thing about it. 😡
February 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
#MMIWG 💔🪶
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
MAY 5th is National Day of Awareness of MMIWG aka
‘Red Dress Day’. 😢😢
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
MAY 5th is National Day of Awareness of MMIWG aka
‘Red Dress Day’. 😢😢
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This week on Larrakia Country, the Nth Aust Savanna Fire Forum brought together over 500 attendees to discuss the future of Indigenous-led fire management.
CIEHF’s Distinguished Professor Michael Bird presented on how Indigenous fire management practices sequester carbon as charcoal in soil.
CIEHF’s Distinguished Professor Michael Bird presented on how Indigenous fire management practices sequester carbon as charcoal in soil.
February 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This week on Larrakia Country, the Nth Aust Savanna Fire Forum brought together over 500 attendees to discuss the future of Indigenous-led fire management.
CIEHF’s Distinguished Professor Michael Bird presented on how Indigenous fire management practices sequester carbon as charcoal in soil.
CIEHF’s Distinguished Professor Michael Bird presented on how Indigenous fire management practices sequester carbon as charcoal in soil.
This is a great resource for learning about what is going on and where when it comes to learning about Powwows and even ones where you might be visiting or living.
www.powwows.com/learn-explore/
www.powwows.com/learn-explore/
Learn & Explore
www.powwows.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This is a great resource for learning about what is going on and where when it comes to learning about Powwows and even ones where you might be visiting or living.
www.powwows.com/learn-explore/
www.powwows.com/learn-explore/
The Pacific Lamprey is an amazing creature. We promote this species & its recovery efforts here at NPWH. Indigenous Peoples have been relying on the lamprey for thousands of years. This fish is older than dinosaurs & trees.
#pacificlamprey #firstfoods #indigisky
therevelator.org/bringing-bac...
#pacificlamprey #firstfoods #indigisky
therevelator.org/bringing-bac...
Bringing Back the Pacific Lamprey • The Revelator
The 450-million-year-old fish is crucial for the Yakama Nation’s health and culture — and the region’s ecology.
therevelator.org
February 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The Pacific Lamprey is an amazing creature. We promote this species & its recovery efforts here at NPWH. Indigenous Peoples have been relying on the lamprey for thousands of years. This fish is older than dinosaurs & trees.
#pacificlamprey #firstfoods #indigisky
therevelator.org/bringing-bac...
#pacificlamprey #firstfoods #indigisky
therevelator.org/bringing-bac...
We invite you to come enjoy Josephy Fest at the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture in Joseph, Oregon the Indigenous homelands of the Wallowa Band of the Nez Perce. If you think you would like to support more of this happening but cannot attend consider a donation to the Josephy Center : josephy.org
February 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We invite you to come enjoy Josephy Fest at the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture in Joseph, Oregon the Indigenous homelands of the Wallowa Band of the Nez Perce. If you think you would like to support more of this happening but cannot attend consider a donation to the Josephy Center : josephy.org
Mikailah Thompson does beautiful work! We have so much respect for all that she does here. She even did some designs for us for some of our merchandise.
#BlackHistoryMonth #NezPerce
#BlackHistoryMonth #NezPerce
"This beader is mixing two sides of her cultural identity to create one signature style"
Mikailah Thompson (Nez Perce/Black) mixes Nimîipuu designs with Nigerian patterns
www.cbc.ca/radio/unrese...
#NativeArt #IndigenousArt #AfroIndigenous #NativeSky #BlackSky #Beadwork #Nimiipuu #NativeBeadwork
Mikailah Thompson (Nez Perce/Black) mixes Nimîipuu designs with Nigerian patterns
www.cbc.ca/radio/unrese...
#NativeArt #IndigenousArt #AfroIndigenous #NativeSky #BlackSky #Beadwork #Nimiipuu #NativeBeadwork
beader mixing cultural identity | CBC Radio
African American Indigenous artist Mikailah Thompson mixes traditional Nimîipuu designs with Nigerian patterns in her beadwork to reflect her own mixed identity.
www.cbc.ca
February 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Mikailah Thompson does beautiful work! We have so much respect for all that she does here. She even did some designs for us for some of our merchandise.
#BlackHistoryMonth #NezPerce
#BlackHistoryMonth #NezPerce
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Nez Perce men, including (on left) George Tenawit, next to him Whirlwind Shaplish (Towayalil).ca. 1890. Photo by Wheeler.
February 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Nez Perce men, including (on left) George Tenawit, next to him Whirlwind Shaplish (Towayalil).ca. 1890. Photo by Wheeler.
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Grand Prism at #yellowstonenationalpark 📍Indigenous land of the Kiowa, Blackfeet, Cayuse, Coeur d'Alene, Shoshone, Nez Perce peoples. #nps
February 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Grand Prism at #yellowstonenationalpark 📍Indigenous land of the Kiowa, Blackfeet, Cayuse, Coeur d'Alene, Shoshone, Nez Perce peoples. #nps
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Don't miss this storytelling event with us online on Feb. 26
Winter is the perfect time for storytelling, and we’re excited to celebrate Indigenous Storytelling Month with Sharon Meyer. www.otc.ca/attend_an_ev...
Winter is the perfect time for storytelling, and we’re excited to celebrate Indigenous Storytelling Month with Sharon Meyer. www.otc.ca/attend_an_ev...
Indigenous Storytelling Month Event with Sharon Meyer
This event is for everyone who loves hearing amazing stories and learning something new
www.otc.ca
February 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Don't miss this storytelling event with us online on Feb. 26
Winter is the perfect time for storytelling, and we’re excited to celebrate Indigenous Storytelling Month with Sharon Meyer. www.otc.ca/attend_an_ev...
Winter is the perfect time for storytelling, and we’re excited to celebrate Indigenous Storytelling Month with Sharon Meyer. www.otc.ca/attend_an_ev...
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A journalism course is being offered to Indigenous students in Kanehsatà:ke Mohawk Territory.
Journalism course in Kahnesatake offers understanding of colonialism
A journalism course being offered to Indigenous students in Kanehsatake Mohawk Territory is not only teaching skills to be a reporter – but is offering an understanding of how colonialism affects Indi...
www.aptnnews.ca
February 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A journalism course is being offered to Indigenous students in Kanehsatà:ke Mohawk Territory.