In 1877, the Nez Perce war erupted, the result of growing tensions between the Native peoples of the Northwest and the settlers who coveted Native lands. In an effort to flee, the Nez Perce -- 800 ...

Updated exhibits at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Baker City and a traveling exhibit on Nez Perce ...

The battle in White Bird Canyon was the first armed conflict of the Nez Perce War. I helped bury the dead in that canyon. The next clash was the two-day battle on the north fork of the Clearwater ...

Canada's main stock index rose on Friday to round out a positive holiday-shortened week, with nine of 10 major sectors ...

the Appaloosa of the Nez Perce almost completely died out as a breed in 1876 due to the Nez Perce War. The U.S. military took control of the tribe’s herds, and only a few survived until the 1930s.

A Chinook salmon leaps through white water on May 17, 2001, in the Rapid River in Idaho as it attempts to clear a migration barrier dam. (Photo By Bill Schaefer/Getty Images) The Nez Perce Tribe is ...

NEZ PERCE COUNTY, Idaho — Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty yet again in Nez Perce County, this time against Nicholas Umphenour for the murder of an 83-year-old man. Umphenour is accused ...