16 U.S.C. § 281a — Designation

To carry out the subchapter's purpose, the Secretary of the Interior can name various sites — whether federally or non-federally owned — as parts of the Nez Perce National Historical Park. These sites can relate to early Nez Perce culture, the Lewis and Clark Expedition through the area, the fur trade, missionaries, gold mining and logging, the 1877 Nez Perce War, and any other site the Secretary finds shows the Nez Perce country's role in the nation's westward expansion. The sites that must be included are: (1) Tolo Lake, Idaho; (2) Looking Glass' 1877 Campsite, Idaho; (3) Buffalo Eddy, Washington and Idaho; (4) the traditional crossing near Doug Bar, Oregon and Idaho; (5) the Camas Meadows Battle Sites, Idaho; (6) Joseph Canyon Viewpoint, Oregon; (7) the traditional campsite at the fork of the Lostine and Wallowa Rivers, Oregon; (8) the burial site of Chief Joseph the Younger, Washington; (9) Nez Perce campsites in Washington; (10) Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana; (11) Bear's Paw Battleground, Montana; (12) Canyon Creek, Montana; and (13) Hasotino Village, Idaho — each described in the National Park Service's 1990 "Nez Perce National Historical Park Additions Study" — plus Old Chief Joseph's Gravesite and Cemetery, Oregon, shown on the 1991 map called "Nez Perce Additions," numbered 429–20–018. Land added to the Big Hole National Battlefield under item (10) becomes part of that battlefield and falls under its administration, though it can still be explained to the public under this subchapter's purposes.