Nez Perce are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who are presumed to have lived on the Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest region for at least 11,500 years.
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16 Facts About Nez Perce
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However, after Nez Perce became a more common name, they changed it to Watopahlute.
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Nez Perce language, or Niimiipuutimt, is a Sahaptian language related to the several dialects of Sahaptin.
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In 1805, the Nez Perce were the largest tribe on the Columbia River Plateau, with a population of about 6,000.
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Nez Perce had many allies and trading partners among neighboring peoples, but enemies and ongoing antagonist tribes.
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Today Nez Perce fishers participate in tribal fisheries in the mainstream Columbia River between Bonneville and McNary dams.
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Nez Perce was the father of Chief Lawyer, who by 1877 was a prominent member of the "Treaty" faction of the tribe.
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The Nez Perce were generally faithful to the trust; the party recovered their horses without serious difficulty when they returned.
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Nez Perce observed that his people had an abundance of young horses and that if we were disposed to use that food, we might have as many as we wanted.
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Nez Perce were one of the tribal nations at the Walla Walla Council, which signed the Treaty of Walla Walla.
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Nez Perce had migrated there instead of surrendering after the Indian victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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Nez Perce were pursued by over 2,000 soldiers of the US Army on an epic flight to freedom of more than 1,170 miles across four states and multiple mountain ranges.
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The 250 Nez Perce warriors defeated or held off the pursuing troops in 18 battles, skirmishes, and engagements.
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Route of the Nez Perce flight is preserved by the Nez Perce National Historic Trail.
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In 1994 the Nez Perce tribe began a breeding program, based on crossbreeding the Appaloosa and a Central Asian breed called Akhal-Teke, to produce what they called the Nez Perce Horse.
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