Youth are our future and we are working hard to keep them engaged with the Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland this summer, even with our regular programming on pause. We’ve created two take-home activities which you can download and try out.

 

Download and learn with our Earth Day lesson about tama•lwit, the spiritual connection to the land which guides Nez Perce life ways.

   Try out our storytelling activity, promoting stories as a way of teaching and learning about the world.

 
 

Children have long loved their dolls, tucked them into miniature cradleboards and dressed them in beaded buckskin dresses, like the one worn by this HANDMADE DOLL. 

KAYA is an AMERICAN GIRL DOLL created in 2002 by the Pleasant Company in partnership with Nez Perce elders, educators, and historians. Her story takes place in the 1700’s - a time before Nez Perce life was influenced by contact with Lewis & Clark. 

This COYOTE PELT was tanned by Irving Watters, Nez Perce. Legends of the mythological character, Coyote, have been passed along by elders for 10,000 years, tying the Nez Perce to this land since the beginning. Through these stories, elders teach spiritual and moral lessons as well as explain how things came to be the way they are. 

Contact Information:
Office phone: 541.886.3101
Office email: info@wallowanezperce.org
Mailing address: P.O. Box 15, Wallowa, OR 97885

The Homeland:
70956 Whiskey Creek Rd., Wallowa, OR 97885
Open to the public dawn to dusk, seven days a week (except during special events)

The Visitor Center:
209 E Second St., Wallowa, OR 97885
Open May 6-September 29, 2024
Hours of Operation:
10:00am-2:00pm, Monday-Thursday, or Fridays by appointment. Closed Saturday and Sunday. Call or email the office to make an appointment.