Today, the Nez Perce is a federally recognized tribe that has about 3,500 members and governs the Nez Perce Reservation that is located in north-central Idaho. In 1965, Nez Perce National Historical ...

When he drew his fifth deep breath and pulled the trigger Feb. 4, the 17-year-old became the first Nez Perce Indian in 140 years to shoot a buffalo in one of the tribe's ancestral hunting areas.

Idaho Power plans to construct a 5,400-square-foot building that will house boats its scientists use to monitor fish on the ...

Minnesota is the first state to sign compacts with tribes for cannabis operations. The White Earth Nation just opened that ...

While the plan didn’t call for the removal of four Washington dams on the lower Snake River, it did create a pathway toward ...

Ports and ag groups support decision to rescind action on four Snake River dams that will help with grain exports and ...

The action came at a meeting where the commission also passed the port’s $14.3 million budget for the 2026 fiscal year that starts July 1, with $400,000 in Nez Perce County property tax revenue.

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Deb Haaland’s (Laguna Pueblo) political star rose fast, from heading her state party to congresswoman to U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Each step of the way she blazed a trail for Native women. As ...

Global growth is forecast at 3.0 percent for 2019, its lowest level since 2008–09 and a 0.3 percentage point downgrade from the April 2019 World Economic Outlook. Growth is projected to pick up to 3.4 ...

Understanding Autarky . Autarky can be thought of as an extreme form of economic nationalism and protectionism.The motivation behind a policy of autarky is usually a combination of securing the ...

Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...