A place for cultural life, gathering, and connection to the Wallowa homeland.
The Wallowa Wild and Scenic River, photographed in May 2017 by the Bureau of Land Management. Community context for this record.
Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington · 2017-05-25 · Public domain · Image & source ↗The Homeland organization hosts cultural programs and the annual Tamkaliks Celebration. Its grounds and visitor center provide different ways to encounter continuing Nez Perce life.
This is an organization with its own mission, distinct from a tribal government. Its history describes work beginning in 1989.
Treaties, fisheries work, family visits, and a plan that looks a century ahead: Indigenous life changes the county’s story when it is understood as continuing authority and homecoming, as well as history.
Read the storyAt Maxville, workers could share a job while their families were separated by race. Later accounts of migration, exclusion, and welcome show why belonging in Wallowa County has never had just one meaning.
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