Bibliography

The search for understanding begins with these sources. The sheer volume of material written on the Nez Perce Indians allows for only a carefully selected listing. For many needs, these titles will suffice. Most works are readily available in libraries and bookstores.

Evans, Steven Ross
Voice of the Old Wolf. Lucullus Virgil McWhorter and the Nez Perce Indians. 1996. Pullman, Washington, Washington State University Press, ISBN: 0-87422-128-5.

Greene, Jerome A
Nez Perce Summer, 1877. The U.S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis. 2000. Helena, Montana, Montana Historical Society Press, ISBN: 0-917298-68-3.

Josephy, Alvin M., Jr.
The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest. 1965. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, Library of Congress 65-22326.

McWhorter, L.V
Yellow Wolf: His Own Story. 1968. Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers, ISBN: 0-870004-315-3.

McWhorter, L.V
Hear Me, My Chiefs! 1952. Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers, Library of Congress 52-5209.

Nerburn, Kent
Chief Joseph and the Flight of the Nez Perce, 2005, HarperCollins Publishers, new York, ISBN 10: 0-06-051301-2

Pearson, Diane J.
Nez Perces In The Indian Territory, 2008, Norman: University of Oklahoma
Press, ISBN 978-1-59213-870-8.

Stadius, Martin
Dreamers: On the Trail of the Nez Perce. 1999. Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers, ISBN: 0-870043-93-5.

Wilfong, Cheryl
Following the Nez Perce Trail: A guide to the Nee-Me-Poo National Historic Trail with eyewitness accounts. 1990. Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon State University Press, ISBN: 0-87071-363-9.

Trafzer, Clifford E. and Scheuerman, Richard D.
Renegade Tribe: The Palouse Indians and the Invasion of the Inland Pacific Northwest. 1986. Washington State University, ISBN-13: 978-0874220278.

*Some of these books are available thru our Trading Post. For a more complete bibliography, check the official government website for the Nez Perce National Historic Trail.