Gabriel Bohnee

Gabriel Bonhee is a Nez Perce tribal member and an environmental specialist at the Nez Perce Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Office. Bonhee became involved with the effort to clean up the Hanford site after learning about the site as an intern in 1993. Bonhee discusses his tribe’s connection with the land surrounding the Hanford site and the importance of the Columbia River and its resources for the Native Americans indigenous to the area. Bonhee also explains the importance of cleaning up the Hanford area so that future generations of Nez Perce can use the land and resources , like they had in the past.