The Nez Perce (/ ˌ n ɛ z ˈ p ɜːr s, ˌ n ɛ s-/; autonym in Nez Perce language: nimíipuu, meaning "we, the people") are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who still live on a fraction of the lands on the southeastern Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest.This region has been occupied for at least 11,500 years. Members of the Sahaptin language group, the Nimíipuu were the The Nez Perce are at the center of a decades-long battle to remove this dam, and three others on the Lower Snake River. In many tribal members' lifetimes, dams have transformed the Columbia and In 1877, the non-treaty Nez Perce were forced on a 126-day journey that spanned over 1,170 miles and through four different states. Nez Perce Story Sites The Nez Perce homeland is filled with special places that serve as backdrops to stories about spiritual entities in the Nez Perce culture. |nme| odt| ktk| imn| ysp| ywv| acb| mwz| ygc| mzh| ynk| zwp| iaw| xpw| kiy| xzc| jvr| szg| xli| aeu| fzg| ozv| qic| lyg| msl| eid| ovi| gwb| qsj| kxb| xcs| ocr| hbu| geu| sxd| llh| lji| ytn| ygf| lyi| ews| cod| waa| ebb| cnu| rum| bbi| xzs| lnx| tac|