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Nez Perce County is part of the Lewiston, ID-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes the entire county and all of Asotin County, Washington.
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Nez and Perce
During the 20th century the Plateau tribes, such as the Nez Perce perfected contour-style beadwork, in which the lines of beads are stitch to emphasize the pictorial imagery.
Nez Perce has a three-way nominal case system with both ergative (- nim ) and accusative (- ne ) plus an absolute ( unmarked ) case for intransitive subjects: hipáayna qíiwn ‘ the old man arrived ’; hipáayna wewúkiye ‘ the elk arrived ’; wewúkiyene péexne qíiwnim ‘ the old man saw an elk ’.
* 1877 – American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon – the Nez Perce defeat the U. S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
* 1960 – The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $ 4 million for of land undervalued at 4 cents / acre in the 1863 treaty.
The Nez Perce () ( autonym: Niimíipu ) are Native American people who live in the Pacific Northwest region ( Columbia River Plateau ) of the United States.
An anthropological theory says they descended from the Old Cordilleran Culture, which moved south from the Rocky Mountains and west in Nez Perce lands.
The Nez Perce nation currently governs and inhabits a reservation in Idaho.
They speak the Nez Perce language or Niimiipuutímt, a Sahaptian language related to the several dialects of Sahaptin.
Nez Perce baby, 1911.
The most common self-designation used today by the Nez Perce is Niimíipu.
" Nez Perce " is also used by the tribe itself, the United States Government, and contemporary historians.
This term is an adaptation of the term cú · pʼnitpeľu ( the Nez Perce people ) which is formed from cú · pʼnit ( piercing with a pointed object ) and peľu ( people ).
When analyzed through the Nez Perce Language Dictionary, the term cúpnitpelu contains no reference to " Piercing with a pointed object " as described by D. E.
Put all three parts of the Nez Perce word together now to get cú-+-piní + pelú = cúpnitpelu, or the People Walking Single File Out of the Forest.
Nez Perce oral tradition indicates the name " Cuupn ' itpel ' uu " meant " we walked out of the woods or walked out of the mountains " and referred to the time before the Nez Perce had horses.
Nez Perce is a misnomer given by the interpreter of the Lewis and Clark Expedition at the time they first encountered the Nez Perce in 1805.
The Chinook relied heavily upon salmon as did the Nez Perce and shared fishing and trading sites but were much more hierarchical in their social arrangements.
A traditional Nez Perce beaded shirt.
Nez Perce encampment, Lapwai, Idaho, ca.
Nez and County
Lewiston is a city in and also the county seat of Nez Perce County in the state of Idaho.
Lewiston is the principal city of the Lewiston, ID-Clarkston, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Nez Perce County and Asotin County, Washington.
* Nez Perce County Historical Society
Category: Populated places in Nez Perce County, Idaho
Nez Perce County pron.
Nez Perce County was originally organized in 1861, when the area was part of Washington Territory.
Isolated from its county seat of Wallace in the Silver Valley, the southern portion of Shoshone County was annexed by Nez Perce County in 1904, then became Clearwater County in 1911.
Lewis County was also formed from Nez Perce County in 1911.
Nez Perce County has two rivers, the Clearwater and the Snake, which meet in Lewiston and then flow west.
The lowest point in the state of Idaho is located on the Snake River in Lewiston in Nez Perce County, where it flows out of Idaho and into Washington.
Category: Buildings and structures in Nez Perce County, Idaho
Category: Education in Nez Perce County, Idaho
Category: Visitor attractions in Nez Perce County, Idaho
* Nez Perce County, Idaho-southeast
It is part of the Lewiston, ID-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of both Nez Perce County, Idaho, and Asotin County.
* Nez Perce County, Idaho east
The County commissioners gave conditional approval for the developers to complete a final plat of the land on February 13, 2004, but the attorney for the Nez Perce said the tribe would appeal the decision to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals.
* Nez Perce County, Idaho-( northeast )
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The Nez Perce's name for themselves is Nimíipuu ( pronounced ), meaning, " The People.
Nez Percé is an exonym given by French Canadian fur traders who visited the area regularly in the late 18th century, meaning literally ' pierced nose '.
It is available for on-site use in the study and interpretation of Nez Perce history and culture.
The route of the Nez Perce flight is preserved by the Nez Perce National Historic Trail.
This is a program to re-establish the horse culture of the Nez Perce, a proud tradition of selective breeding and horsemanship that was destroyed in the 19th century.
Fishing is an important ceremonial, subsistence, and commercial activity for the Nez Perce tribe.
At South Foreland, the nearest point to the continent, Cap Gris Nez near Calais is away, across the Strait of Dover.
The county is named for the Nez Percé tribe.
Domesticated horses with leopard spotting patterns exists from Ancient Greece through the Early modern period ; the Nez Perce people of what today is the United States Pacific Northwest developed the original American breed.
It is known for its scenic cliffs such as Cape Blanc Nez and Cape Gris Nez and for its wide area of dunes.
According to Oregon Geographic Names, the origins of the county's name are uncertain, with the most likely explanation being that it is derived from the Nez Perce term for a structure of stakes ( a weir ) used in fishing.
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