Nez Perce

The men who were the strongest advocates of the scheme generally wanted the Indians' property, the one main cause back of all Indian wars.

From the warlike Apaches to the peaceful Nez Perce, all the tribes of the plains were hunted from place to place.

Then the government resorted to peace negotiations, but always with an army at hand to coerce.

Once disarmed and helpless, they were to be taken under military guard to the Indian territory.

Of course, those Indians who came from a mountainous and cold country suffered severely.

The moist heat and malaria decimated the exiles.

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce and Chief Standing Bear of the Poncas appealed to the people of the United States, and finally succeeded in having their bands, or the remnant of them, return to their own part of the country.

dull knife was not successful in his plea and the story of his flight is one of poignant interest he was regarded by the authorities as a dangerous man and with his depleted band was taken to the indian territory without his consent in

Senator Jim Risch spoke at the harvest ceremony, noting this year's anniversary of the country's founding.

After a blessing by Nez Perce tribal members, the spruce was felled using a large chainsaw and lifted onto a long wooden trailer.

John Word, the forest supervisor of the Nez Perce Clearwater National Forests, says the agency is getting the tree ready for its cross-country journey.

It's going to take us about three weeks.

We're focusing heavily on our local communities first here around north central Idaho, and then we're going over Lolo Pass into eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, and then down to Twin Falls.

In this first episode, host Tim Leitner with Cortland Consulting continues an important conversation started at the 2026 Leadership Symposium in Louisville, Kentucky, focusing on tribal child support and healing the divide.

He is joined by returning guests Marsha Harlan, District Court Judge and Supreme Court Justice for various tribal nations and founding partner in Penn Ridge Strategies, LLC, and Lily James, Director with Nez Perce Tribal Child Support Program, alongside fellow tribal leaders Alicia Onzawa, Director of the Kickapoo Tribal Child Support Program and April Buck, Director and Attorney with the Muscogee Creek Nation Tribal Child Support Program.

Together, these strong women share the vital work of their tribal child support programs, exploring topics from tribal sovereignty and cultural in-kind support to cross-jurisdictional cooperation.

Stay tuned as we dive into Tribal Child Support 101, to better understand these unique systems, communities, and traditions.

And I'm just real glad to be here, Tim.

Lily, how about you?

Hi, I'm Lily James, the director of the Nez Perce Tribe Child Support Program in Lapland, Idaho.

We're up north central Idaho by Washington State.

where a heavily perspiring explorer informs sovereign locals that he intends to flood their mortal enemies with firearms, assumes their total political submission, and expects them to applaud the arrangement.

To the Blackfeet, arming regional rivals like the Shoshone and Nez Perce sounded less like a trade proposal and more like a declaration of war.

The men camped together cautiously, but at dawn on July 27th, the tension shattered into violence.

A chaotic and brief struggle erupted over guns and horses.

Well, if you think about it, we're actually taking a life.

Shannon Wheeler, the Nez Perce tribal chaplain, led the welcome ceremony.

The tree was harvested from the Nez Perce-Clairwater National Forests.

We hope that the understanding of it actually being taken from its home and giving to the nation and to the world means something far greater.

After a drum circle and tribal blessing, the tree was chainsawed at the base and placed by a crane onto a long trailer.

Engineers work with communities to standardize characters through Unicode, design appropriate keyboards, and accommodate unique linguistic features.

For example, Apple's Nez Perce keyboard replaces the traditional Shift key with accented characters because the language doesn't use capital letters.

Cherokee keyboards dynamically change available characters as users type, reflecting ongoing improvements 16 years after Apple first introduced Cherokee support.

With iOS 27, Apple expanded support to additional Native American languages, including Blackfoot, Comanche, and Northern East Cree.