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Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail Progress Report Summer 2018 United States Department of Agriculture Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail Progress Report Summer 2018 Administrator’s Corner Summer is officially here! Who’s enjoying the summer sun?! We hope you’re getting out and exploring some terrific places and meeting new people along the Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail (NPNHT). I hope your summer is as McFarland - full of the same excitement and discovery that infuses everything we do at the NPNHT Administration Program. This summer is special as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the National Trails System Act (NTSA). It is truly “A celebration of America.” Enjoy a few examples of ways our Photo Courtesy of Broncheau of Sandra Courtesy Photo partners helped us celebrate the 50th in this edition. Stay A visitor pauses to enjoy a high mountain lake informed by visiting the NPNHT website for additional along the NPNHT in central Idaho details. We invite you to visit and enjoy our wild and scenic beauty, unique points of interest, and engaging recreational activities. Find your adventure away from the city lights and under the stars of the Trail. Enjoy the moment. The NPNHT provides access to adventures while connecting with its colorful past. Whether you are a history buff, wildflower admirer, or an explorer, you will enjoy your time. The NPNHT is ripe for discovery. The paths to exploration are exciting. We think you’ll agree. Our Auto Tour routes provide many miles of road on which to ramble and immerse yourself in history. Whether you are traveling by bus, car, bicycle, or motorcycle, the NPNHT Auto Tour invites you to come and enjoy its beauty. The road is filled with excellent reasons to visit. Our Auto Tour Brochures offer many scenic and historic wonders and offbeat attractions to warrant many more stops along the way. This is a special place with good people. You can obtain more information about the Auto Tours by visiting the NPNHT website and ordering or downloading brochures. Your story is our story. The NPNHT is a place to create new memories, tell old stories, and start the next chapter. This is our invitation for you to share your stories. Grab your camera and get outside. Want more inspiration? Check out the photos on our Flickr site. Thank you for making us extraordinary, and be safe as you experience our 50th Anniversary opportunities. Sandra Broncheau-McFarland, Administrator, NPNHT Forest Nez Perce August Service National Historic Trail 2018 Progress Report - Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail - Summer 2018 1 th 28 Annual Tamkaliks Celebration Lilóoynin’ ‘éetx páaycix - Glad You’re Here The Tamkaliks Celebration is a celebration and recognition of the continuing Nez Perce presence in the Wallowa Valley. The event is held on the 320 acre Tamkaliks Pow Wow Ground on Whiskey Creek Road in Wallowa, OR. From July 20-22, 2018, the Homeland became a place of reunion for descendants of the original inhabitants of Wal’waama, the Wallowa Country. Year after year, participants enjoy three days of dancing and drumming, culminating in a traditional McFarland McFarland - Nez Perce Walasit service and Friendship feast. Descendants, locals, and visitors attend together. The Tamkaliks Celebration continues as their biggest annual event. It is seen by outsiders as entertainment due to the singing, dancing, and colorful regalia. Tamkaliks is a time for families to be together with other family members and friends. It is a time to honor the past and celebrate the future. Families travel S. Forest Service photo, Sandra Broncheau Sandra photo, S.Service Forest hundreds of miles to attend. The renewal of traditions and reinforcement of U. heritage is an important thing. Friday evening set the stage for social dancing with lots of food vendors and arts and crafts. The emcees for the gathering were Thomas Morningowl and Fred Hill. Saturday began with the horse parade followed by the special presentation involving the Nez Perce McFarland McFarland Trail Foundation (NPTF) that works throughout the year gathering - items for bags that are given to the women descendants of the Nez Perce War. These women introduced themselves and talked about their heritage and connection to that event. An honor song is done for the women and their family and friends to join. This year a special puppet show was performed by Cece Whitewolf and created by Cece and Angel Sobotta depicting Coyote Legends. The NPTF also announced the selection of three Nez Perce students that will receive a Broncheau Sandra photo, Service Forest U.S. $500 scholarship to continue their college educations. The NPTF has annually contributed the funds with the hope that their cause will promote cultural understanding, appreciation, pride, education, scholarly advancement, and success. The Sunday friendship feast in Wallowa enjoyed a record number of visitors this year. There is no charge for the event, so visitor count was based on the number of people fed (plates), which featured the usual spread of buffalo, elk and salmon and dozens of homemade side dishes and desserts. There were 600 plates allotted for the feast, and organizers ran out of plates! This year a couple from Norway held their wedding at the site on Sunday. The weather was perfect for folks to take the challenge of the rigorous 4-mile loop trail which summits Tick Hill, with an optional detour to an overlook and gazebo (photo left). From here one can soak up the view of the entire Wallowa Valley all the way to the moraine at Wallowa Lake, including the site of the confluence of the Wallowa & Lostine Rivers. It is worth the effort to experience the reason for the Nez Perce place name, Photo Courtesy of the Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center Center Interpretive Trail Perce Band Nez of the Wallowa Courtesy Photo “Tamkaliks” meaning “From where you can see the mountains.” On the hike one will pass several interpretive markers as well as an ancestral cemetery. Sandra Broncheau-McFarland, Administrator, NPNHT Progress Report - Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail - Summer 2018 2 Revitalization for the Community and Tie to the Wallowa Homeland A formal dedication was held on Friday, July 20, 2018, at the opening of the Annual Tamkaliks Celebration. The dedication was to officially recognize and open the pedestrian footbridge that connects the Wallowa Homeland to the community of Wallowa (photo left). People gathered on a sunny afternoon as Armand Minthorn, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, gave opening remarks and a traditional blessing, and to hear comments from a number of partners committed to the project. Mary Hawkins, Office Manager Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Photo Courtesy of Shannon Bowley Shannon Bowley of Courtesy Photo Center, (WBNPTIC) introduced the partners and volunteers in attendance. Charlie Moses, Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland Board secretary and long-time member, spoke on the origins and intent of the Homeland project. Bud Phillips spoke about his involvement. He was a Wallowa City Councilor when the first bridges were donated. He owned the two lots south west of the river and has donated first the easement and then the lots themselves for the footbridge. Ralph Swinehart, Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland Board member and engineer, spoke about the history of the structures and the process of relocating them. Ken Patterson, Howard Postovit, and John Linder, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), spoke about the bridge as a testament to the value of public input to State projects. Sandra Broncheau-McFarland, Administrator of the Nez Perce (Nee- Me-Poo) National Historic Trail, spoke about the importance of providing this th opportunity to engage more people to get outdoors, especially in light of the 50 Shannon Bowley of Courtesy Photo Anniversary of the National Trails System Act. A historic steel-truss bridge now spans the Wallowa River to connect the Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland to the town of Wallowa. The footbridge is open to the public and will now carry pedestrians above the flood plain providing an easy shortcut to the town of Wallowa from the Wallowa Homeland. Truly this creates a permanent link between communities. In Oregon, all historic bridges are preserved if at all possible for their historical attributes. ODOT paid for removal and relocation of the Deer Creek Bridge. They moved the green bridge to its current place in 2017 (photo above). The WBNPTIC applied and received a challenge cost share agreement with the Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail Administration Program and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to do the two approaches to the bridge. Giving residents and visitors alike a gift of awareness of the natural and cultural to Courtesy of Shannon Bowley Shannon Bowley of Courtesy to features, the bridge is adorned with 7 interpretive signs that Pho were mounted and unveiled at the dedication (photo left). Immediately the rustic, well-fortified bridge was abuzz with pedestrians of all ages, strollers, and cyclists. Sandra Broncheau-McFarland, Administrator, NPNHT Progress Report - Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail - Summer 2018 3 Doug Hyde Chosen for Joseph Main Street Art Project Artist Doug Hyde was born in Hermiston, OR, and traces Nez Perce, Assiniboine, and Chippewa tribal ancestry. He attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and the San Francisco Art Institute in the 1960s. While recuperating from serious injury after a second tour in Vietnam, Doug learned to use power tools to cut and shape stone. Sculpting in stone and bronze became the passion and focus of his life. Plateau Indian Art on Main Street is a project of the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture, funded by a generous grant from the Oregon Community Foundation (OCF).
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