Traditional Place Name & Camas in Bloom Commemoration

wispin’íitpe

as one travels out of the timber | upon coming over the divide 

Packer Meadows atLolo Pass Visitor Center

1.25 MILES FROM LPVC FS ROAD 373 | BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR

Master of Ceremony: Nakia Williamson

Event Itinerary

1PM – 1:30PM | Opening Song by Waapqaqán (young golden eagle) Drum

• Nez Perce Color Guard
• Flag Song by Waapqaqán (young golden eagle) Drum
• Horse Parade Starts on the east side of Packer Meadows, come into the ceremony area and loop 3 times around the circle

1:45 PM |  Welcoming Statements

• NPTEC Welcome by Samuel Penney, NPT Chairman
• FS Welcome by Cheryl Probert, Acting Deputy Regional Forester, Northern Region (wrap up by introducing Toby)

2:00 PM | Project Statements

• Toby Bloom, WO, RHVR, and is the Travel, Tourism and Interpretation National Program Manager USDA FS NATIVE Act
• Sandra Broncheau-McFarland, Nez Perce National Historic Trail, Administrator

2:15 PM | Welcome Dance by Nez Perce Appaloosa Horse Club Dancers

• Camas in Bloom representative, Emmit Taylor, Angel Sobotta and Rosa Yearout
• Camas in Bloom and it’s meaning to Nimiipuu, history on Nimiipuu, and Flight of 1877

2:30 PM | VIP Invite Thank You with Stacia Morfin

2:45 PM | Nakia Williamson, NPT Cultural Resource Director Place Name Introduction

3:00 PM | Ceremony Renaming

• Formal Renaming Ceremony by Nakia
• Song Wapkan (Nez Perce) Drum
• Packer Meadows Name Revealing
• Circle of Elders will there to listen to Nez Perce Name
• People to some up and say the name audience participation
• Inclosing-Circle Dance and Rabbit Dance audience participation
• Retire Colors

4:00 – 5:00 PM | Visit Lolo Visitor Center

For more information please contact Samantha Berglund:  [email protected] | (208) 942-3113