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Traditional Place Name & Camas in Bloom Commemoration
June 25, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

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