Description
Design by Joan Gilbert
The nimiipuu (Nez Perce) people hold their landscape in reverence, understanding it as a living being that provides spiritual sustenance as well as nourishment and resources. The art, photographs and stories in this exhibit convey these important connections.
Indigenous stories are far more than “myths.” These stories, names, and understandings convey the history of landscape features also important to scientific understanding of the Northwest’s geology. We call this dual Indigenous and scientific understanding of the landscape Ethnogeology.
Heads and Hearts: The Landscape Through Nez Perce Eyes shows how nimiipuu stories and art record real past events and enhance our understanding and appreciation of the Northwest’s landscape. It is a way of “Two-Eyed Seeing”— experiencing a landscape from two cultural perspectives. You’ll never see this place the same again after experiencing this eye-opening exhibit.
Exhibit Coordinators: Ellen Morris Bishop and Roger Amerman.
