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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.
283 Questions
Joseph the Younger or Cheif Joseph
What caused chief Joseph to flee to Canada and why were he and his people captured?
The mayor of that time opened up the Wallowa Valley to white settlement, and decided that the roaming Nez Perce band move onto reservations immediately. When 3-4 braves when out to avenge a father's death, Chief Joseph allowed it. As he prepared for war he met in discussion with Oliver O. Howard, but still the message he received was the same, move to the reservation lands. As Chief Joseph was rushed across the river with little notice, he had to leave many horses and cattle behind, and many died in the crossing of the river for it had swelled past the banks and was a bad crossing season. At the other edge of the river they stopped to rest before moving on, when confronted by troops, they fought, and then withdrew and began their flee to Canada. His people were captured for standing up against the white settlers, and for refusing to follow the unfair laws, it was also to be an example for the other Native American tribes they were moving to reservation lands.
Did the nez perce use or make any special tools?
Plateau Indian tools and weapons were made from wood, sinew, obsidian, and ... confederated tribes of the colville reservation, nez perce tribe, okanogan tribe ... Knives could be used for cutting nettles.
Name four different native American tribes that Lewis and Clark met on the expedition?
1.) Arikara Indians
2.) Assiniboine Indians
3.) Athabaska Indians
4.) Blackfeet
5.) Columbian Plateau Indians
6.) Cree Indians
7.) Crow Indians
8.) Eliatan
9.) Eneshur
10.) Flathead
11.) Grand Osage
12.) Kickapoo
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
The Nez Perce Native Americans wore Cedar bark and animal skins.
What are important animals for the Nez Perce?
Nez perce had horses such as Appaloosa and other primary animals that he hunted and used to survive on.
What kind of weapons did the nez perce indians use?
The Nez Perce were fierce warriors that used bows and arrows, knives, war spears and leather shields as their weapons. They had a type of launcher for the spears called a atlatls.
What tribe lived in rectangular cedar plank houses?
Northwest Coast lived in it. Bella Coola, Haida, Kwakiuts, Makah, Nez Perce, Nisqualli, Nootka, Quinault, Puyallup, Salish, Snohomish, Spokane, Shuswap, Swinomish, Tlingit, and Tsimshian.
In the northwest US along the Snake River in western Idaho, northeast Oregon, and southeast Washington.
Name one of the major American Indian tribes in the US?
The Northern Cheyenne.
The Sioux.
The Arapahoe.
The Nez Perce.
The Navajo.
The Mendocino.
The Commanche.
The Ponca.
The Alamadea,
The Contra Costa.
The Shawnee.
The Mohave.
The Crow.
The Salish.
The Catawba.
The Yuma.
The Huron.
The Acoma.
The Chitimacha.
The Paiute
The Aleut.
The Zuni.
The Hopi.
The Anasazi.
The Chippewa.
The Miami.
The Chicasaw.
The Potomac.
The Kern.
The Madera'
The Mariposa.
The Ute.
The Iroquois.
The Choctaw.
The Cherokee.
The Seminole.
The Inuit.
The Mohawk, and probably a thousand more.
Who was the nez perce leader who battled the government both in combat and court system?
Chief Joseph the Younger
Who said from where the sun now stands you will fight no more forever?
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe tried to lead his people to Canada for safety. They were just forty miles from the Canadian Village when they were captured by the Army. Despondent and worried about his people he made the famous surrender speech. The last line of it is actually "From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever"
What is the distance from Calais to Cap Gris-Nez?
There are about 31.6km between Calais, France and Cap Gris-Nez.
This is the route:
- Take A16 BOULOGNE, from Calais, to SORTIE (EXIT) 36 towards MARQUISE and RINXET; turn right off the exit ramp onto D191 towards CAP GRIS-NEZ.
- Take D191 to Cap Griz-Nez.
How did Isacc Stevens get his coat?
Sir Isaac Stevens most likely got his coat from the Nez Perce Indian Tribe at a council meeting.
There are two proper nouns: Chief Joseph and Nez Perce (names).
Leader, name, thunder and mountains are nouns.
The term "Native American" is a proper adjective, a compound form.
How did Lewis and Clark make it to the Pacific Ocean?
they first started out on the Missouri river the problems were mosquito's, native attacks, dead forest in the water, and when they get to the rocky mtns with Sacajawea they suffer food and water. they slumbered with the nez perce Indian's and then paddled off to the west they were now going down stream on the Colombian river. this journey was historical because they let a girl and a slave vote where to stay when they got to the pacific ocean on the west coast side of the USA. :))) enjoy
When was the Pince-Nez style of spectacles introduced?
Pince-nez spectacles are worn by placing them on the bridge of one's nose and pinching the frame to the nose. They do not have earpieces and simply rest on the nose. They were worn as early as the 15th century, however, became more popular starting in the 1840's.
