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AUGUST 18�25, 2021
BEHIND THE SCENES
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‘Nimiipuu Experience’ coming to Baker City
Programs slated for
Aug. 21-22, Aug. 28-29
www.nezpercetraditions.com
By Lisa Britton
Go! Magazine
B
AKER CITY — Nez Perce
Tourism just got started
when the pandemic hit, and this
year is ramping back up with
history-laden jet boat tours and
white water rafting trips from
its headquarters in Lewiston,
Idaho.
And now the organization is
bringing its program to Baker
City’s National Historic Oregon
Trail Interpretive Center.
“Nimiipuu Experience” can be
seen during two weekends: Aug.
21-22 and Aug. 28-29.
The program is interactive
with singing, drumming and
dancing, said Stacia Morfi n,
CEO of Nez Perce Tourism.
“It’s heavily history and en-
tertainment,” she said.
Each of the four days will
include three performances
on the center’s porch. Times
are 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and
2:30 p.m.
They will move to Baker City
on two Saturdays — Aug. 21
and Aug. 28 — for an additional
presentation at 5 p.m. in Geiser-
Pollman Park.
Admission is free to all perfor-
mances.
Nimiipuu, which means “The
People,” is the tribe’s preferred
name, Morfi n said. The ances-
tral homelands include portions
of Idaho, Washington, Oregon,
Montana and Wyoming.
“‘Nez Perce’ was the name
given to us by French fur trad-
ers,” Morfi n said.
She said all people involved
in the organization are “enrolled
or descendants of Nimiipuu na-
tion.”
Nez Perce Tourism off ers “the
only tours created to connect
you to Nimiipuu culture through
interactive storytelling, song,
drum, and dance,” the organiza-
tion’s website states.
“Our guides are so knowl-
edgeable,” Morfi n said. “This is
their way of life.”
To learn more, visit the web-
site, www.nezpercetraditions.
com.
NIMIIPUU
EXPERIENCE
Aug. 21-22, 28-29:
10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m.,
2:30 p.m. at National Historic
Oregon Trail Interpretive
Center
Aug. 21 and Aug. 28: 5 p.m.
at Geiser-Pollman Park
Baker City
Free
First Friday at Crossroads
R eflection s
Featuring
Amy VanGaasbeck and
Slade Elbert
2020 Auburn Avenue
Baker City, Oregon
541.523.5369
www.crossroads-arts.org
Exhibition on display Friday, August 6
through Saturday, August 28
Crossroads is open Monday through Saturday
from 10:00am to 5:00pm