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Youth Cultural Enrichment Academy 2025: Traveling, Learning, Vlogging and a Few Surprise Lessons Along the Way

Students in the Youth Cultural Enrichment Academy (YCEA) spent over 120 hours of “class time” out in the field learning and working on Nez Perce culture projects including historical fishing techniques/knowledge, storytelling, gathering and storing traditional medicines, and learning the…

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August 11, 2025

Culture, Life, Youth

Honoring the Stories: Otis Halfmoon Shares Nez Perce Perspectives on the Events of 1877

Otis Halfmoon speaks into a microphone during his Nez Perce Perspectives presentation at Lapwai High School Auditorium.

On June 23, the Nez Perce Education Department hosted a powerful storytelling event at Lapwai High School, where Otis Halfmoon shared Nez Perce oral histories from the War of 1877. The presentation emphasized the responsibility to carry these cultural memories forward.

Angela Jackson
June 23, 2025

Culture, Youth

2024 Youth Cultural Enrichment Academy Wraps Up with Final Presentations

The Youth Cultural Enrichment Academy is a collaboration between the Nez Perce Tribe and Northwest Indian College and began 15 years ago as an alternative to the summer youth employment program. Instead of the focus being on accomplishing simple office…

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August 14, 2024

Youth Cultural Enrichment Academy 2025: Traveling, Learning, Vlogging and a Few Surprise Lessons Along the Way

Honoring the Stories: Otis Halfmoon Shares Nez Perce Perspectives on the Events of 1877

2024 Youth Cultural Enrichment Academy Wraps Up with Final Presentations

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