About this recording
The story around the film.
Devin Reuben trains to become the first certified Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) whitewater guide of his generation. The film, by Anna Lueck with producer Clark Shimeall of the Pandion Institute in Joseph, follows his training and his return to rivers the Nez Perce people travelled long before guiding was a trade. Cultural advising by Josiah Blackeagle, Tiyana Blackeagle and Louis Reuben.
Context & dates
Published on the NRS channel on June 5, 2026, and presented by the Pandion Institute, a Joseph nonprofit that runs river and land programs for Nez Perce descendants and other Native youth, on its own site. Shown here as a published work with no partnership implied; the institute can ask for it to be presented differently or removed.
