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First Indian Presbyterian Church

First Indian Presbyterian Church
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4335, Church Canyon Road
Kamiah Idaho 83536

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Services are held every Sunday and hymns are still sung in the Nez Perce language. The church is not open to the public during other hours.
208-935-0211
lat: 46.2042845 long: -116.0065999

The First Indian Presbyterian Church is the oldest active church in Idaho. This historic church and cemetery are located on land allotted to the family of Chief Lawyer of the Nez Perce Tribe. Chief Lawyer was the son of Twisted Hair who, as a boy, had seen Lewis and Clark at the Weippe Prairie in 1805.

The church was started by missionary Henry Spaulding, and later continued by missionaries Kate and Sue McBeth. Chief Lawyer became the first elder of the church and helped Henry Spaulding translate the Bible into the Nez Perce language.

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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Rivers Edge Trail

lat: 47.517582 long: -111.2649299
Explorers at Portage

lat: 47.4925734 long: -111.3073279
Upper Hauser Lake

lat: 46.6822743 long: -111.8215701
Lemhi Pass Road

lat: 44.9579032 long: -113.3652553
Judith Landing to Woodhawk Wilderness

lat: 47.7400888 long: -109.6276312
Hauser Hiking Trail

A trail starting at Hauser Dam and overlooking the Missouri River.

lat: 46.765794328365 long: -111.88708305359
Black Sandy Lake Access

lat: 46.7455285 long: -111.8866754
South Shore Trail

lat: 47.534344 long: -111.2047707
Imnamatoon Road

lat: 46.59337 long: -114.61484
Clearwater to Dunnigan Gulch

lat: 46.9502198 long: -113.3787584
Old Buffalo Trail 3

lat: 46.9547545 long: -113.5255417
Antelope Wilderness to James Kipp Landing

lat: 47.6274434 long: -108.6934195
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