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.

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.

In descending order of surface area, the counties are Nez Perce, Lewis, Idaho, and Clearwater.

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.

National Forests and their acreage within the county are: Nez Perce National Forest 2, 224, 091 ; Clearwater National Forest 870, 807 ; Payette National Forest 804, 853 ; Bitterroot National Forest 464, 108 ; Salmon National Forest 66, 074 ; and Wallowa National Forest 1, 787.

It is reported that the remains of the entrenchments are still visible that used by the soldiers in the 1877 skirmish with the Nez Perce that is now known as the " Battle of Cow Island ".

The Nez Perce Horses are often " gaited ," with a fast and smooth running walk.

The Nez Perce people are historically known for their selective horse breeding practices, according to NPHR breeders Jon and Rosa Yearout.

The tribes are known in English as: the Colville, the Nespelem, the Sanpoil, the Lakes ( after the Arrow Lakes of British Columbia or Sinixt ), the Palus, the Wenatchi, the Chelan, the Entiat, the Methow, the southern Okanagan, the Sinkiuse-Columbia, and the Nez Perce of Chief Joseph's Band.

The Nez Perce National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park comprising 38 sites located throughout the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington which are the traditional aboriginal lands of the Nez Perce.

There are four officially designated wilderness areas within Nez Perce National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Notably the Nez Family of Hunter's Point, Arizona and Pinedale, New Mexico, who are very well known for their singing and playing of the game.

Leo Nez Sr. and his son Titus Jay Nez who come from the Nez family are very well known for their singing of Shoegame songs and attendance of Shoegames throughout the Navajo Nation.

The cliffs of Cap Gris Nez are made of sandstone, clay and chalk.

There is also the Nez Perce National Historic Trail and the Beartooth Loop National Recreation Trail, both of which are in the northern regions of the forest.

The Nez Perce, as many western Native American tribes, were migratory and would travel with the seasons, according to where the most abundant food was to be found at a given time of year.

The trail went to the Whitman Mission near Fort Nez Perces in Washington until 1847 when the Whitmans were killed by Native Americans.

This gap has been used by settlers and Native Americans for centuries, including Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce during their famous 1877 flight to Canada.

Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, Hinmatóowyalahtq ̓ it in Americanist orthography, popularly known as Chief Joseph, or Young Joseph ( March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904 ) succeeded his father Tuekakas ( Chief Joseph the Elder ) as the leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain ( Wallowa ) band of Nez Perce, a Native American tribe indigenous to the Wallowa Valley in what is today the State of Oregon in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

The ApHC rules indicate that racing competition is traditional to the Nez Perce Native American people.

The ApHC rules indicate that racing competition is traditional to the Nez Perce Native American people.

In a decision was written by Judge Ronald M. Gould, the court denies the request of the Nez Perce, Umatilla, Colville, and Yakama Indian tribes, which wanted the bones to be turned over to them for burial, holding that the remains do not fall under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and can be studied under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act.

The tensions between the whites and the Native Americans would be left for others to resolve — Stevens is often charged with responsibility for the later conflicts in eastern Washington and Idaho, especially the war fought by the United States against Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce, but these events were decades away when Isaac Stevens left Washington for good in 1857.

At the time Lewis & Clark " discovered " the Big Hole River watershed, it was a buffer zone between several rival Native American tribes including the Nez Percé, Shoshone, Coast Salish, and Blackfeet.

* Looking Glass ( Native American leader ) ( died 1877 ), Nez Perce war leader

In the early 19th century the valley of the river was inhabited by Nez Perce, Umatilla, Walla Walla, and Cayuse tribes of Native Americans.

The Nez Perce War was an armed conflict between several bands of the Nez Perce tribe of Native Americans and their allies, a small band of the Palouse tribe led by Red Echo ( Hahtalekin ) and Bald head ( Husishusis Kute ), against the United States Army.

* White Bird ( Native American leader ) ( d. 1892 ), Nez Perce leader

Native American tribes who ate camas include the Nez Perce, Cree, Coast Salish, Lummi, and Blackfoot tribes, among many others.

Native American tribes who ate camas include the Nez Perce, Cree, Coast Salish, Lummi, and Blackfoot tribes, among many others.

Named for the Blue Flowering Camas — an important food source for all Native Americans in the interior Northwest — the Camas Prairie is a traditional Nez Perce gathering place.

The Battle of the Big Hole was fought in Montana, August 9 – 10, 1877, between the U. S. Army and the Nez Perce tribe of Native Americans during the Nez Perce War.

Indigenous peoples of the Americas | Native American baby of the Nez Perce tribe, photographed by Edward S. Curtis, 1911

Adherents included the famous Chief Joseph and his Nez Perce followers as well as Native people from other tribes in the region, such as the Wanapum.

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* Rejection of names used by outsiders and not the individual Tribe or Indian people at large ( example: " Nez Perce " is a French phrase ; " Native American " was coined by the US government );