NEZ PERCE AUTHOR, PHOTOGRAPHER, HISTORIAN & EDUCATOR
BEGAN RESEARCHING NEZ PERCE HISTORY IN 1971. BECAME A SERIOUS STUDENT OF NEZ PERCE (NiMiiPuu) HISTORY FROM THE MOMENT FIRST BOOK ON NiMiiPuu HISTORY WAS READ. “HEAR ME MY CHIEFS” BY L. V. MC WHORTER PRESENTED A SIDE OF NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY NOT PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED BY MYSELF. MR. MCWHORTER’S BOOK CREATED A DESIRE TO LEARN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ABOUT NiMiiPuu HISTORY. RESEARCH EFFORTS BEGAN WITH TRIPS TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. THESE TRIPS WERE QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY VISITS TO HISTORICAL SOCIETIES IN MONTANA, IDAHO, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON AS WELL AS THE NEZ PERCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ARCHIVES. FIELD RESEARCH IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK INCLUDED A NUMBER OF BACK PACK TRIPS AND COUNTLESS PACK TRIPS FOLLOWED WHERE INTERPRETIVE GUIDE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED. DAY HORSEBACK RIDES AUGMENTED FIELD RESEARCH EFFORTS WITH RIDES THROUGH THE BACKCOUNTRY OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, CRANDALL CREEK AND SUNLIGHT BASIN, WYOMING.
PUBLISHED THE FIRST WEBSITE IN THE U.S. DEDICATED TO NEZ PERCE HISTORY AND CULTURE ON MARCH 31, 1995 (WWW.NEZPERCE.COM). THIS HAS BEEN A VERY ACTIVE SITE THROUGH THE YEARS AND IS A REFERENCE RESOURCE FOR STUDENTS AND OTHERS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
PHOTOGRAPHY HAS BEEN SOLD THROUGHOUT YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK THROUGH THE YELLOWSTONE ASSOCIATION, AND IMAGES HAVE APPEARED ON COVER OF NATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED BOOK BY NEZ PERCE AUTHOR, HORACE AXTELL. HAVE SPOKEN FREQUENTLY ON NIMIPUU HISTORY BEFORE VARIOUS GROUPS.
HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO BE AN HONORED GUEST AT MANY NEZ PERCE FUNCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND CANADA, CD TEXTBOOK “NIMIPUU TRAVERSE THE YELLOWSTONE PLATEAU” HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY MANY NEZ PERCE LEADERS FROM THE COLVILLE, UMATILLA, AND NEZ PERCE RESERVATIONS WITH FOREWARDS WRITTEN BY SEVERAL OF TODAYS IMPORTANT NIMIIPUU LEADERS.
PUBLICATIONS:
“NEZ PERCE PHOTO ESSAY” - PUBLISHED IN 1997 (SELF). BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY INCLUDES IMAGES OF MAJOR SITES ALONG THE NEZ PERCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL TRAIL (OUT OF PRINT).
WEBSITE ESSAYS - NUMEROUS ESSAYS PUBLISHED ON WEBSITE (WWW.NEZPERCE.COM) FOR STUDENT REFERENCE.
MAPS:
“NEZ PERCE CROSS ABSAROKA DIVIDE” - PEN & INK MAP OF THE NEZ PERCE ROUTES FROM PELICAN VALLEY THROUGH HOODOO BASIN, YELLOWSTONE,
NATIONAL PARK DURING NEZ PERCE WAR OF 1877.
“NEZ PERCE TRIUMPH AT CLARKS FORK” - PEN & INK MAP OF THE NEZ PERCE ROUTES FROM
CRANDALL CREEK THROUGH THE CLARKS FORK CANYON DURING THE NEZ PERCE WAR OF 1877.
“NiMiiPuu TRAVERSE YELLOWSTONE PLATEAU" - COLOR MAP OF NiMiiPuu ROUTES TAKEN FROM PELICAN THROUGH CLARKS FORK CANYON
“NiMiiPuu CROSS ABSAROKA DIVIDE" - COLOR MAP OF NiMiiPuu ROUTES TAKEN FROM PELICAN VALLEY THROUGH HOODOO BASIN
"NiMiiPuu TRIUMPH AT CLARKS FORK CANYON" - COLOR MAP OF NiMiiPuu ROUTES FROM CRANDALL CREEK THROUGH CLARKS FORK CANYON DURING NEZ PERCE WAR OF 1877.
“NIMIIPUU TRAVERSE YELLOWSTONE" - CD TEXT BOOK, LIBRARY REFERENCE AND ARCHIVE RESOURCE
MANUSCRIPTS:
“NIMIIPUU TRAVERSE YELLOWSTONE PLATEAU” - (BOOK MANUSCRIPT WILL SUBMIT FOR PUBLICATION FALL OF ‘07”
“NIMIIPUU CROSS ABSAROKA DIVIDE” - (SUBMITTED TO WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR PUBLICATION)
“NIMIIPUU COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 8TH AT TOP OF DEAD INDIAN HILL” - (WILL BE PUBLISHED BY MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY).
“NIMIIPUU TRIUMPH AT CLARKS FORK CANYON” - (WILL BE PUBLISHED BY MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY).
EDUCATOR:
PROVIDED INTEPRETIVE PROGRAMS AND TRAIL RIDES THROUGH CRANDALL CREEK & SUNLIGHT BASIN, CONTRACTED FOR FACILITIES AT HUNTER PEAK RANCH, CRANDALL CREEK, WYOMING (1997- 2002)
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS AND GUIDE SERVICES FOR 7 DAY PACK TRIPS THROUGH BACK COUNTRY OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK WITH 7D RANCH, SUNLIGHT BASIN, WYOMING. (1998 – CURRENT)
ELDERHOSTEL STAFF, ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGE (1995-2001)
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, NORTHWEST COLLEGE WYOMING (2007 - )
