• Nez Perce National Historical Park. Front Page banner photograph is of Heart of the Monster, an ancient place where the Nez Perce creation story originates. The secondary page photograph is of Nez Perce beadwork.

    Nez Perce

    National Historical Park ID,MT,OR,WA

Nez Perce National Historical Park Sites

Nez Perce National Historical Park is a non-traditional National Park site. The park tells a story about a people that is spread over a large geographic area.

The park has thirty-eight sites in four states - Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington. A park map is available through the link to the right and can be used in conjunction with this list. Comprehensive trip planning information is also available on this website.

Many of the park sites listed are hyperlinked to other pages in the website with further information. We work closely with the Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail. White Bird, Big Hole, Canyon Creek, and Bear Paw battlefields are linked by the trail.

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Did You Know?

Josiah Redwolf, the last survivor of the 1877 Nez Perce War in 1968 with the Big Hole Superintendent. NPS Photo NEPE-HI-3044.

Josiah Red Wolf was five years old when the 1877 war began. His parents were killed at the Battle of Big Hole in Montana. He returned to Big Hole at the age of 91 to help dedicate the new visitor center in 1968.