Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) Perspectives Speaker Series: Meeting One

March 4, 3:30-5 p.m., via ZOOM

WSU Pullman is located on the homelands of the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) Tribe and Palus people. The Nimíipuu maintain legal rights and moral responsibilities to engage and protect this land.

Please join us for the first of three meetings, featuring respected members of the Nez Perce Tribe, sharing their perspectives on topics relating to their homeland, history, traditional practices, and treaty rights. It is especially important that we hear such perspectives, as a Land Grant University that has benefitted from the appropriation of Indigenous lands (see the High County News articles on “Land Grab Universities”)

At this first meeting we will hear from Jeanie Wheeler Strong and Otis Halfmoon, Jr. Mrs. Strong will relate her experiences fighting for the Tribe’s right to protect and fish for salmon during the “Rapid River Conflict.” This seminal struggle led to profound changes in fisheries management and to a greater recognition of treaty rights. This is a timely topic, as salmon continue to struggle for survival, and the call for action is reaching new levels. Mr. Halfmoon will complement Mrs. Strong’s talk by addressing the historical basis for the Tribe’s subsistence and related practices, as well as some of the activism that has ensured the continuity of these practices.

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