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THE CONGRESSIONALLY DESIGNATED TRAIL IS 1170 MILES LONG YEARSKalispell SpokaneNEZ PERCE (NEE-ME-POO) NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL THE NPNHT PASSES THROUGH OR 19862016 NEAR WILD & SCENIC RIVERS THE TRAIL IS OPEN TO HIKING AND EQUESTRIAN USE. Missoula Helena 28 TRIBAL Stevensville 2991 MILES OF PARTNERS AUTO TOUR ROUTES Lapwai Deer Lodge

VISITOR CENTERS & MUSEUMS ALONG THE ROUTE HELP TELL THE STORY OF THE NEE ME POO TRAIL. Billings Wallowa Bozeman COMMEMORATION AND TRADITIONAL CULTURAL ATTEND A BATTLE MEMORIAL Virginia City TRIBAL USE ALONG THE TRAIL Joseph POW WOWS ALONG THE NEE ME POO TRAIL Bannack City IMPORTANT TO Salmon Cooke City NEZ PERCE PEOPLE MILITARY SITES West Yellowstone

THE TRAIL TRAVELS ALONG OR NEAR TO SCENIC & HISTORIC BYWAYS THE TRAIL TRAVELS THROUGH TWO NATIONAL PARKS

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VISITOR CENTERS THE TRAIL TRAVELS THROUGH ALONG THE TRAIL TWO NATIONAL PARKS In addition interpretive signs and wayside exhibits • Nez Perce National Historical Park YEARS along the NPNHT, you will find additional • Yellowstone National Park interpretation at locations including: NEZ PERCE • Big Hole National Battlefield, Wisdom, MT THE NPNHT PASSES THROUGH OR NEAR • Blaine County Museum, Chinook, MT WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS (NEE-ME-POO) • Lolo Pass Visitor Center, MT/ID • Idaho: Clearwater River (Middle Fork), • Nez Perce National Historical Park, Spalding, ID Lochsa River, Salmon River, Snake River NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL • Ravalli County Museum, Hamilton, MT • Oregon: Grande Ronde River, Imnaha • Upper Missouri River Breaks National River, Lostine River 19862016 Monument Interpretive Center, Fort Benton, MT • Montana: Clarks Fork River, Missouri River • Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive • Wyoming: Yellowstone River (Clark’s Fork) Center, Wallowa, OR TRADITIONAL AND CULTURAL USE MILITARY SITES ALONG THE TRAIL The Nez Perce trail marks the path of the 1877 BATTLE MEMORIALS More than 2,000 soldiers, civilian volunteers, War and Flight of the Nez Perce but the trail Annual memorials are held at battle sites along the and scouts from Forts in Washington, Oregon, had been used for thousands of years. The Nez Trail. Memorials are generally held on a Saturday as Idaho, and Montana pursued the Nez Perce during Perce is a living culture that honors the past, close to the historic date of the battle as possible. All are the 1877 War and Flight. The Nez Perce fought present and future voices. Their traditions welcome to attend and experience memorials, although masterfully in some 20 battles and skirmishes are gifts that have deep roots in the past. The please be aware that a portion of the memorial may be with the U.S. Army at sites including White Bird Nez Perce people continue to use the trail for Nez Perce participants only. Check for any dates Canyon, Big Hole, Camas Meadows, Canyon in traditional and culture ways. Examples changes before you travel. Creek and Snake Creek at the base of the Bears include: hunting and fishing; picking berries • Chief Red Heart Memorial, April 22, 2017 Paw Mountains. More information related to the and gathering medicinal plants, foods, and • White Bird Memorial, June 17, 2017 military history of the NPNHT can be found at hardware plants (for weaving baskets, hats, • Big Hole Memorial, August 5, 2017 BLM and National Park Service Visitors Centers, bags, and more); cutting trees for gaff and tepee • Bear Paw Memorial, October 7, 2017 State Parks, and local museums. poles; for spiritual reasons; and for recreation including canoeing, rafting, swimming, ALONG, ADJACENT TO, OR NEAR THE NPNHT SHARES A PORTION OF camping, hiking, and horseback riding. SCENIC AND HISTORIC BYWAYS ITS ROUTE WITH: While out exploring the Nez Perce Trail, you will travel 28 TRIBAL PARTNERS on or be near to more than a dozen Scenic and Historic • Lolo Trail (National Historic Landmark) The Nez Perce National Historic Trail Byways. There are many jurisdictions for scenic and • Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail commemorates the Nez Perce War and Flight • Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail historic byways so check with local tourism specialists The Nez Perce (Nee-Me- of 1877 from the Nez Perce Homeland in • Continental Divide National Scenic Trail in the area you will be traveling for more information. Poo) National Historic Wallowa, Oregon to the Bear Paw Battlefield Trail website is a rich in northeast Montana. This trail was familiar AUTO TOUR ROUTES & GUIDES POW WOWS source of information to the Nez Perce and had been in use for Eight segments make up the Auto Tour. Brochures IMPORTANT TO NEZ PERCE PEOPLE about the Nez Perce thousands of years. The trail was used by are available for each one. You can find them There are many pow wows throughout the western US. Trail and the Nez Perce many tribes and passed through many tribal at many visitor centers and may also request Attending a pow wow is an excellent way to experience people. homelands. Today, Nez Perce Trail staff work hard copies to be sent to you. Auto tours are and learn more about Native American culture. A listing to administer the Trail and its programs. also posted on the NPNHT web site). of pow wows important to the Nez Perce people can be found on the Nez Perce National Historic Trail website. USDA Forest Service is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. R1-17-13