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- Population: 2,700
- Region: Idaho
- Language(s): English and Nez Perce
- Related Tribes/Groups: Penutian people
- Fought in: 13 battles over a 1,300 mile range against 2,000 Army soldiers
- They were horse breeders, and developed the Appaloosa breed
- Supplied members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with food
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The Nez Perce, named after the French term for pierced noses, are a tribe of Indians, traditionally of the Pacific Northwest, who currently inhabit and govern a reservation in Idaho.
They were instrumental in developing the Appaloosa horse breed. In addition, they developed a new breed of horses in 1995, called the Nez Perce Horse. It is a cross between the Appaloosa and the Asian horse, Akhal-Teke.
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Notable Descendants
Elaine Miles: Actress who starred in Northern ExposureArchie Phinney: A scholar who penned Nez Perce Texts, a collection of Nez Perce myths and legens
Jack and Al Hoxie: Silent film actors
Jackson Sundown: A rodeo champion
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Nez Perce Timeline
- 1775: Smallpox reaches plateau reducing indigenous people by 50%
- 1805: Nez Perce meet Lewis and Clark Expedition
- 1825: Hudson Bay Company establishes Ft. Colville
- 1830: Congress passes the Indian Removal Act
- 1836: Mission established at Lapwai Creek Idaho by the Spauldings
- 1850: Land Donation Act opens land in Oregon to white settlers
- 1860: Gold discovered on Nez Perce reservation
- 1863: The Thief Treaty, or Lapwai Treaty deprived the Non-Treaty Bands of their lands
- 1866: Indian lands appropriated for trans continental railroad
- 1871: Old chief Joseph dies
- 1872: Colville Reservation established
- 1873: Ulysses S. Grant reserves land in Wallowa Valley for Nez Perce
- 1875: Grant takes back the land and opens it to white settlers
- 1877: Flight of the Nez Perce, June 17- Oct 5
- 1885: Move to Colville Reservation
- 1887: Dawes Act, or General Allotment Act enacted
- 1890: Idaho admitted to the Union
- 1904: Chief Joseph dies
- 1924: Citizenship granted to Native Americans
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"It does not require many words to speak the truth." Chief Joseph, Nez Perce Tribe
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rt @NeonSaturn "The earth and myself are of one mind." ~Chief Seattle, Nez Perce~
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"The earth and myself are of one mind." ~Chief Seattle, Nez Perce~
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White men have too many chiefs. - Nez Perce
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@nubianwriter I forgot the true name of that nation. "Nez Perce" is a French descriptor.
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