NEZ PERCE Administrative History

I. Manuscript Collections

Boise State University.

Frank Church Papers.
Les Jordan Papers.
Larry LaRocco Papers.

Columbia-Cascade Cluster System Support Office.

DSC Microfiche Reports.
Kent Bush Files.

Federal Records Center, Seattle.

Record Group 79, Records of the National Park Service.

National Archives, Pacific Northwest Region.

Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Nez Perce National Historical Park.

Additions Study Files.
Administrative Files.
Administrative History.
Chronological Files.
Library Vertical Files.
Resource Management Files.
Richard Halfmoon Papers.

Washington State University.

Ted Little Papers.

Winchester, Idaho.

Robert Burns Papers.

II. Congressional Documents

U.S. Congress. House. Amending the National Trails System Act by Designating the Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) Trails [sic] as a component of the national trails system: report (to accompany S. 1542)(including the cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). 99th Cong., 2d sess., House report 99-873, 1986.

________. Designating the Nez Perce National Historical Park in the State of Idaho: Report to Accompany H.R. 2032 (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). 102nd Cong., 1st sess., House report 102-258, 1991.

________. Nez Perce National Historical Park, Idaho. 89th Cong., 1st sess., House report 238, 1965.

________. Providing for Increases in Appropriation Ceilings and Boundary Changes in Certain Units of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 94th Cong., 2d sess., House report 94-1162, 1976.

________. Tribal Self-governance Act of 1994. 103rd Cong., 2d sess., House report 103-653, 1994.

U.S. Congress. Senate. Amending the Act of May 15, 1965, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to designate the Nez Perce National Historical Park in the state of Idaho, and for other purposes: report (to accompany S.550). 102nd Cong., 1st sess., Senate report 102-130, 1991.

________. Designating the Nez Perce (Mee-Ne-Poo) Trail as a component of the National Trails System: Report (to accompany S. 1542). 99th Cong., 2d sess., Senate report 99-382, 1986.

________. Establishing Self-governance, and for other purposes: report (to accompany S.1618). 103rd Cong., 1st sess., Senate report 103-205, 1993.

________. Implementation of the Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project: Hearing before the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate. 103rd Cong., 2d sess., Senate hearing 103-441, 1993.

________. Miscellaneous New Mexico public lands bills and Nez Perce National Historical Park addition: hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 101st Cong., 2d sess., Senate hearing 101-1068.

________. Nez Perce National Historical Park: report (to accompany S.2804). 101st Cong., 2d sess., Senate report 101-494, 1990.

________. Providing for Increases in Appropriation Ceilings and Boundary Changes in Certain Units of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 94th Cong., 2d sess., Senate report 94-1158, 1976.

________. Providing for the Nez Perce National Historical Park in the State of Idaho. 89th Cong., 1st sess., Senate report 63, 1965.

III. Reports by the National Park Service

Barrington, Mack, and R. Gerald Wright. An Inventory of Plant Communities and Methods to Monitor Vegetation Changes at White Bird Battlefield, Nez Perce NHS [sic]. Cooperative Park Studies Unit, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, July 1989.

Gilbert, Cathy A., Gretchen A. Luxenberg, and Marsha R. Tolon. Historic Landscape Report: Spalding Unit, Nez Perce National Historical Park, Idaho. National Park Service, 1990.

Henderson, David G. Historic Structure Report: Architectural Data, Spalding Area, Nez Perce National Historical Park, Idaho. Denver Service Center, National Park Service, January 1974.

________. Historic Structure Report: St. Joseph's Mission Church Architectural Data, Nez Perce National Historical Park, Slickpoo, Idaho. Denver Service Center, National Park Service, February 1974.

McDermott, John Dishon. Forlorn Hope: A Study of the Battle of White Bird Canyon Idaho and the Beginning of the Nez Perce Indian War. Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, National Park Service, 1968.

National Park Service. Big Hole National Battlefield Statement for Management. National Park Service, November 1992.

________. Draft Environmental Statement, Proposed Oregon Additions, Nez Perce National Historical Park. National Park Service, 1972.

________. Environmental Assessment: Development Alternatives, Nez Perce National Historical Park, Idaho. National Park Service, July 1976.

________. Final Development Concept Plan, Nez Perce National Historical Park, Idaho. National Park Service, August 1976.

________. Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, Comprehensive Management Plan Status Report. National Park Service, March 1981.

________. A Master Plan for Nez Perce National Historical Park, Idaho. National Park Service, June 1968.

________. Nez Perce National Historical Park: Five-year Program Sheet and Overview-needs Update. National Park Service, April 1984.

________. Nez Perce Alternative Study Report, Oregon and Washington. National Park Service, 1970.

________. Nez Perce Country: A Handbook for Nez Perce National Historical Park, Idaho. Division of Publications, National Park Service, 1983.

________. Nez Perce National Historical Park Collection Management Plan. National Park Service, 1994.

________. Nez Perce National Historical Park Final Interpretive Prospectus. National Park Service, 1970.

Nez Perce National Historical Park. Land Protection Plan for Nez Perce National Historical Park. National Park Service, 1984.

________. Nez Perce National Historical Park Resources Management Plan and Environmental Assessment. National Park Service, 1981.

________. Nez Perce National Historical Park Resources Management Plan and Environmental Assessment. National Park Service, 1987.

________. Statement for Management, Nez Perce National Historical Park. National Park Service, 1977, 1983, 1989.

Thompson, Erwin N. Historic Resource Study: Fort Lapwai, Nez Perce National Historical Park, Idaho. Denver Service Center, National Park Service, July 1973.

________. Historic Structure Report: St. Joseph's Mission Historical Data Section. Denver Service Center, National Park Service, May 1973.

IV. Reports by Other Agencies

Fraser, Joseph H. A Survey of the Recreation and Tourism Resources in the Nez Perce Country. Vol.1. Prepared by Armour Research Foundation for Bureau of Indian Affairs, June 14, 1963.

Thompson, Erwin. A Survey of the Recreation and Tourism Resources in the Nez Perce Country. Vol.2. Prepared by Armour Research Foundation for Bureau of Indian Affairs, September 1963.

USDA Forest Service, USDI National Park Service, and USDI Bureau of Land Management. The Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail: Comprehensive Plan. USDA Forest Service, 1990.

USDA Forest Service. Northern Region News (Missoula, Montana). No.28, July 12, 1963.

V. Books and Articles

Anonymous. "Nez Perce National Historical Park." Incredible Idaho, vol.1, no.1 (July 1969), pp.20-22.

Beal, Merrill D. "I Will Fight No More Forever," Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War. Seattle: University of Washington, 1963.

Brown, Mark H. The Flight of the Nez Perce. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1967.

Burt, Larry. "Western Tribes and Balance Sheets: Business Development Programs in the 1960s and 1970s." Western Historical Quarterly, vol.23, no.4 (November 1992).

Chance, David A., and Jennifer V. Chance. Archaeology at Spalding, 1978-1979. University of Idaho Anthropology Research Manuscript Series, No.? Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 1984.

________. Exploratory Excavations at Spalding Mission, 1973. Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, 1974.

Chance, David H., and Jennifer V. Chance, with Elmer Paul. A Review of the Archaeology of the Nez Perce Country. Prepared for the National Park Service, Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Idaho, November 1987.

French, Larry. "Tourism and Indian Exploitation: A Social Indictment." The Indian Historian, vol.10, no.4 (Fall 1977), pp.19-27.

Gurcke, Karl, Caroline D. Carley, et al. Nez Perce National Historical Park Archaeological Excavations, 1979-1980. Part I. University of Idaho Anthropological Research Manuscript Series, No. 70. Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Idaho, Moscow, 1981.

Haines, Francis. The Nez Perces: Tribesman of the Columbia Plateau. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1955.

Iverson, Thomas M. A Preliminary Report of Archaeological Investigations of the Agency Cabin, Nez Perce National Historical Park. Moscow: Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Idaho, 1975.

Josephy, Alvin M. The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965.

Prucha, Francis Paul. The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians. Vol. II. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1984.

Ruby, Robert H., and John A. Brown. A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest. Revised ed. Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1992.

Scott, Douglas D. A Sharp Little Affair: The Archeology of the Big Hole Battlefield. Reprints in Anthropology, vol.45. Lincoln, Nebraska: J&L Reprint Company, 1994.

Slickpoo, Allen P., compiler. Nu mee poom tit wah tit (Nez Perce Legends). Lapwai, Idaho: Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho, 1972.

Stevens, Mark. "Chief Joseph's Revenge." The New Yorker, August 8, 1994.

Sweet, Jill D. "Let 'em Loose: Pueblo Indian Management of Tourism." American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol.15, no.4 (1991), pp.59-74.

Tilden, Freeman. Interpreting Our Heritage: Principles and Practices for Visitor Services in Parks, Museums, and Historic Places. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1957.

Walker, Deward E. Conflict and Schism in Nez Perce Acculturation: A Study of Religion and Politics. Washington State University Press, 1968.

Whalen, Sue. "The Nez Perces' Relationship to Their Land." Indian Historian, vol.4, no.3 (1971).

Woods, Wilma M. "The Role of Federal Dollars and the Economics of Recreation in the Development of Idaho's State Parks, 1908-1965." Idaho Yesterdays, vol.34, no.4 (Winter 1991), pp.15-21.

VI. Newspapers (from clippings files)

Idaho County Free Press.

Lewiston Morning Tribune.

Spokesman Review (Spokane).

Missoulian (Missoula).

Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

VII. Oral history interviews

Buchel, Sue. October 23, 1995.
Burns, Robert. July 22, 1995.
Bush, Kent. August 24, 1995.
Chance, David. October 2, 1995.
Ellenwood, Richard. October 3, 1995.
Gamet, Carol. July 26, 1995.
Halfmoon, Richard. July 27, 1995.
Hathaway, Art. July 26, 1995.
Horstman, Mary. October 23, 1995.
Morris, Robert. August 30, 1995.
Slickpoo, Allen P., Jr. July 21, 1995.
Toothman, Stephanie. August 24, 1995.
Walker, Franklin C. July 21, 1995.
Weaver, Roy C. October 4, 1995.
Whitaker, Fahy. September 27, 1995.
Williams, Jack. September 28, 1995.