Nez Perce Tribe By: Lexi Knipp

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HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY•The French found them and called them nay per-say.

•The Europeans introduced horses to them and America.

•Nez Perce had a war against the U.S. government, because they wanted the Nez Perce land.

•The Nez Perce had 750 soldiers and 300 of them died.

•Were they lived they found gold.

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HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY•The Nez Perce lived in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.•They had very rich farming lands. •In their area they had many trees.

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HOMESThe Nez Perce house were called a

Earth houses.They dug under ground rooms, built

wooden frames over it, and it was called a long house . Dozens of families lived in it.

Their long house could be as long as 150 feet.

A different house was a round house for one family.

Their most common house was called a walimina- t, it was oval shaped.

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DRESSMen wore breechcloths and

leggings.Woman wore dresses made

from deer skin.Woman also wore feather

headdresses.They started to make clothes

from fabric they got from trading with the Europeans.

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FOODThe Nez Perce hunted elk, deer,

and buffalos for food. They picked berries and gathered

nuts for food.They dug camas roots, and ate

the stalks.They ate wild lilies, and ate blubs

from flowers.They ate salmon.

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CUSTOMS & RELIGION• The Nez Perce were Christians.

• They followed the teachings of Jesus Christ.

• They had a ceremony for all of the animals they killed.

• The earth was their mother.

• They thought their mother filled the lakes, streams, and ponds.

• They thought their mother gave them all of their food.

• Their bothers were animals, trees, rocks, and shells.

• The Nez Perce had a sprit- Helper call Wyakin.

• Their helper might take any form.

• A special man or woman was called a Shaman.

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INTERESTING FACTS• The French had named them

Nez Perce it meant pierced nose, they were named that because some people put sea shells in their noses.

• The woman in the relationship made all of the tools for hunting and things that were needed.

• They had their own camp called Winter Waters, it had a trading base and lots of activates

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CREDITSHowes, Kathi. The Nez Perce. Vero

Beach,Florda: Rourke Publications Inc., 1990. Print.

Lassieur, Alison. The Nez Perce. Manato,Minnesota: Capstone Press, 2000. Print.

“Nez Perce.” bigorrin.org. Native Languages of the Americas, 2009. Web. 12 Sept. 2010. <http://www.bigorrin.org.nez-kidshtm>.

Osinski, Alice. The Nez Perce. Chicago: Childerns Press, 1988. Print.

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