GREAT COUNCIL BULLETIN

Both the Constitution and the Code of the Nemenhah People have been ratified as presently constituted for one year in accordance with the will of the Delegates of Great Council through unanimous consensus vote.

The Nehm Tiwehkthihmpt extends his thanks to all who participated in the virtual ballot process and let their voices be heard by their elected leaders.  

We Walk in a Sacred Manner,
We Talk in a Sacred Manner;
We Are All Relations!

Welcome!

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NEMENHAH SNAPSHOT:
  • Pronunciation: "neh-MEHN-hah"
  • Founded: 2002 as the "Numi'pu Tsu-Pehli Chopunish" and later renamed to the "Nemenhah Indigenous Traditional Organization."
  • Principle Religion:  Nemenhah Religion, a.k.a. the "Sahaptan Healing Way" as provided in the Ayahtkuhyaht Nemenhah (Sacred Records of the Nemenhah People) and as expounded upon by the Pehli Council of the Nemenhah. 
  • Organization: Indigenous Traditional Organization (Church, USA) and Member State of the Federation of Royal Maya under Treaty.
  • Government Type: Unitary Constitutional Democracy.  Due to the religious nature of the restoration of the Nemenhah People, there is limited distinction in the separation of Church and State within the Nemenhah.
  • Executive Branch (Secular): Nehm Tiwehkthihmpt (Elected Principle/Medicine Chief, Governor), Dr. Jonathan M. 'Wellamotkin" Landis.
  • Executive Branch (Ecclesiastical): Tehk Tiwehkthihmpt (Presiding High Priest), Dr. Phillip R. "Cloudpiler" Landis of the Sacred Order of Lehb.
  • Membership: requires family relations with a recognized Sahaptan Bloodline through blood relation, spiritual adoption, and/or special ordination.
​We believe in miracles; such as cures, healings, prophecies, visions, Wyaykihn (personal revelations and visitations), the speaking in tongues and the interpretation of tongues, the translation of ancient languages, and so forth, and that it is the right of all people to heal and be healed without restriction from any earthly government, for Natural Medicine and Natural Modalities of Healing are gifts of the Creator... 10th Expression, Nemenhah Constitution - 2014.
Thank you for your interest in Nemenhah. Feel free to contact us anytime with questions and comments.  If you are interested in a ministry in the Sahaptan Healing Way, Contact Us to find out if our mission harmonizes with your own.

SACRED TEXTS

​SACRED RECORDS OF THE ANCIENT NEMENHAH

The First Volume: newly updated and Revised Edition
(also known as the "Mentinah Archives" in prior publications)