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Nez Perce National Historical Park Teacher's Guide

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Is'aaptekay Lesson Plan

"Is'aaptekay" is the Nez Perce word for a flat folded rawhide container, similar to a suitcase. The is'aaptekay, often referred to as a parfleche bag, is well designed for easier travel on horseback and was used extensively to protect items for travel and storage in the home. Enclosed are a number of lessons and background material to build lessons around Nez Perce material culture. The lesson plan is available as a 3.27 MB Adobe pdf file.

Virtual Museum

The park has a virtual museum that showcases several hundred objects from the park's museum collection. The website, which features historic photographs, scans of historic documents and several lesson plans can be found by clicking here.

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Canoe Camp. At the end of September, 1805, the expedition built canoes here for the last leg of their journey to the Pacific.

Did You Know?
Nez Perce National Historical Park has three sites used by the Lewis and Clark expedition - the Weippe Prairie (1805), Canoe Camp (1805), and Long Camp (1806). The Lolo Trail, the ancient travel route used by the expedition in 1805 and 06 is also included as a park site.
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Last Updated: August 10, 2011 at 09:18 MST