Storytelling with Harry Slickpoo

Listen to traditional Nez Perce Storytelling from Harry Slickpoo Jr., followed by conversation exploring purpose, art, history, and science embedded in traditional stories and their ability to hold and perpetuate culture. This is a recording of a live event on February 17, 2023.

Harry Slickpoo Jr.  is an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe. A Language Instructor for Northwest Indian College and Lewiston High School teaching nimiipuutimt (Nez Perce language), Harry is also the Collections Specialist for the Nez Perce Tribe’s hitéemenwees Research Library.He is a Cultural consultant to Nez Perce Tourism, a Nimiipuu owned company enriching Nimiipuu cultural identity and providing a bridge for non-Native people to think more deeply about our connection to the Land.