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Nez Perce
The Nez Perce people live primarily in Idaho, and have a population of about 3,500. They were a horse people, and led a successful breeding program. The program did so well, that it became financed by the US government. They are also known as successful fishermen, and this has been historically their main food source.
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What are some Beliefs and traditions of the Nez Perce?
The Nez Perce Indians are mainly located in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The Nez Perce Indians have a few different religions. One religion is Christianity and another is Seven Drum.
What languages are spoken by Nez Perce Indians?
Most Nez Perce people speak English today. Some of them, especially older people, also speak their native Nez Perce language. Nez Perce is a very difficult language for English speakers, because of its long words and consonant sounds that don't exist in English. But if you'd like to know an easy Nez Perce word, "hóó" (pronounced similar to "hoh") is a friendly greeting.
Nez Perce they also have hand sign too
What are the influences of physical features of the Nez Perce tribe?
The Pacific Northwest region (Columbia River Plateau) of the United States is where they originally enjoyed their peaceful way of life. This area covered parts of the states of Washington, Oregon, Montana, and Idaho that surround the Snake, Salmon, and Clearwater rivers. Their lands extended from the Bitterroot Mountains in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, between latitudes 45 degrees North and 47 degrees North.
Today, they govern a reservation in Idaho.
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What did the Nez Perce Indians do for fun?
The Nez Perce Indians often played games for fun. They had dolls and played games including the "pinecone game" that was similar to free throw games in basketball today.
Where did Oregons settlers come from?
Originally, five nations: Britain, France, Russia, Spain, and the United States, had shown interest in Oregon. In the early 1800's, France and Spain gave up their claims, while Russia fixed the southern border o Alaska at 54*40`. That left Britain and the United States to resolve their claims. Both nations were represented mostly by fur traders, who sold guns, tools, and liquor to the Nez Perce`, Walla Walla, Yakima, and other Indian tribes in the area. In the 1830's some Methodist ministers made their way into the Oregon country and set up a number of mission schools. Their letters east poke glowingly of the fertile soil and abundant rainfall. Soon hundreds of Americans were off on the Oregon Trail. The route led from Idepedence, Missouri, to Portland, Oregon, and was similar to the one followed by Lewis and Clark.
The Nez Perce Indians, would live mostly on a diet of salmon, roots, and berries.
The Nez Perce Indians lived mostly on Salmon, root's and bulbs, berries, nuts, deer, bear, and buffalo.
What are Native American words for bear?
Some Native American words for "bear" are:
Oneida - ohkwa·lí
Cherokee - ya'na
Choctaw - ni'ta
Ojibwa - mukwa (grizzly bear = misabe mukwa)
Shawnee - m'kwah
Potawatomi - mko
Cheyenne - nahqui
Arapaho - whoth
Arikara - kuunux
Pawnee - kuuruks
Mandan - mato
Omaha - mon'chu
Dakota - mato
Zuni - iee shai
Hidatsa - nohpitsi
Crow - daxpitse
Nez Perce - yahka'
Blackfoot - kiaiu or kaiyi (it means "one who is lost")
Shoshone - weda'
Comanche - wasahpe
What housing did the nez perce have?
Originally, the Nez Perce lived in underground houses, called earth houses. They made these homes by digging an underground room, then building a wooden frame over it and covering the frame with earth, cedar bark, and tule mats. Later, when they began to follow the buffalo, they lived in teepees.
Who did Lewis and Clark meet during their expedition?
1.) Arikara Indians
2.) Assiniboine Indians
3.) Athabaska Indians
4.) Blackfeet
5.) Colombian Plateau Indians
6.) Cree Indians
7.) Crow Indians
8.) Eliatan
9.) Eneshur
10.) Flathead
11.) Grand Osage
12.) Hidatsa Indians
13.) Mandan Indians
14.) Minitari
15.) Nez Perce
16.) Omaha
17.) Oto
18.) Pawnee
19.) Shoshone
20.) Sioux
21.) Skillute
22.) Teton Sioux
23.) Yakima
24.) Yankton Sioux
What natural resources did nez perce use?
The Nez Perce were a hunting and gathering people. They used the natural resources from the land to make bows, arrows, and spears. Homes were made of earth, cedar bark, and poles they made from local timber. Clothing was made from deerskin, and decorated with beadwork, shells, and painted designs. They made dug-out canoes by hollowing out tree trunks.
They lived in Tipis and Longhouses.Sorry for id's idiot answer 8-/
What did the Nez Perce Tribe eat on?
The Nez Perce are a group of Native Americans that are from the Pacific Northwest. Fish were an important source of food for this group, as well as berries, nuts, and fruits.
To which Native American culture group did Chief Joseph belong?
Chief Joseph belonged the Nez Perce Tribe of the American Northwest.
Can someone change the name of a dead person?
Since dead people can't do business, there's no reason to make a "legal" name change. Of course, people can be called all sorts of things, and after death, they can't object. Sometimes what a person is called during his life isn't his official name and sometimes after he's dead, people revert to the "real" name, and sometimes they don't.
Ulysses Grant wasn't Grant's name; it was Hiram, but he didn't like the initials HUG. Charlemagne's name was Karl; his son Louis's name was Ludwig. Nicholas Copernicus's name was Mikolaj Kupernik. Saladin's name wasn't Saladin; it was Yusef ibn Ayyub. Chief Joseph's name was "Thunder rolling over the mountains" (in Nez Perce). Geronimo's name was Gothalay ("One who yawns"). Gerald Ford's name was Leslie King.
How did the apaloosa get its name?
The horses were located in the Palouse region of the North West. According to the Appaloosa Museum, they were often called "a palouse horse and, eventually, the a became part of the name.
Apalousey was the first form of the name which later became Appaloosa.
What happened to chief Joseph and his people?
Chief Joseph led his people in an effect to hold on the the Nez Perce homeland and to avoid war with the United States.
What was the climate like where the nez perce lived?
Some 3,500 years ago, the climate in this region was more moist and cool than at ... Because of this, more Indians than at any other time lived in the Blue Mountains.
What happened to the Nez Perce after they surrenderd?
the government broke the treaty protecting there land when gold was found on there land
Who developed the Appaloosa breed?
Well they were first breed by the Nez Perce Indians of Northwest America. But they are descended from horses that imported to America by the Spanish conquistador's in the 16th century.By the mid-1700s the Nez Perce Indians had established the breed.
