The Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) people have a deep, foundational history with river travel, credited with introducing the practice to early settlers\u2014including helping the Lewis and Clark Expedition on their descent of the Snake and Columbia rivers. Yet, centuries of forced displacement and systematic disconnection have left Tribal members largely absent from their ancestral waters and the ways in which their people moved up and down the rivers of their homelands since time immemorial.<\/p>\n
In hitol\u00e1ayca<\/em> (Going Upriver)<\/em>, we follow Devin Reuben as he trains to become the first certified Nimiipuu<\/em> whitewater guide of his generation. For Devin, learning the lines of these rivers is about much more than a job\u2014it\u2019s an act of cultural reclamation.<\/p>\n