Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center, Inc.

This project supports a traditional meat harvesting and processing camp where Nez Perce families hunt on ancestral lands and learn hide tanning, meat cutting, and preservation. The camp strengthens food sovereignty by sharing traditional food knowledge across generations.

Project Purpose This camp fosters cultural pride and help revitalize Nez Perce language and culture among youth from three different reservations. Through immersive experiences in their ancestral homeland, Native students from three regional reservations will gain a deeper sense of identity and develop friendships and knowledge that will help connect a divided people. Students will become leaders of Nez Perce language and culture preservation in their communities.