Camas: Sacred Food of the Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) | Documentary Film

Listen to the heart beat of the Nimiipuu people as tribal interpreters explain their intimate relationship with the land and the significant place Camas has in their culture. “Camas: Sacred Food of the Nez Perce” explores the resilience of Nimiipuu gatherers as they face disturbing human and environmental barriers in their quest for gathering “sacred foods”. “Indigenous populations carry humanity’s ability to have a sensitive relationship with the landscape. If humanity is going to survive it’s going to be because they have a sensitive relationship with the landscape,” Josiah Pinkham Nez Perce ethnographer.