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 * -Nez Perce Tribe- **

-The tribe, Nez Perce, were peaceful people. They never wanted to fight, only trade and worship thier gods. Even though, they still fought against other Native Amercian tribe when needed to be. Their name, Nez Perce, means "our people." In French, it means "periced nose", but they didn't pierced thier noses.They spoke Sahaptian dialect of the Penution language family. Nez Perce tribe were the most powerful in the Plateau Culture area.
 * Introduction **

- Nez Perce tribe lived before and after the English People came in groups traveling seasonally in the canyons made by the Snake, Clearwater, and Salmon rivers. They traveled across Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. The homeland of the Nez Perce tribe was North Central Idhao, but they moved to different places when the seasons changed. The picture right below here has the Nez Perce tribe's location in a light gray. The dark gray is the Nez Perce county. - One of many other important and famous people of the Nez Perce tribe was a man named Waaya-Tonah-Toeists-Kahn(Jackson Sundown). Jackson learned to breed and ride the horses (that came when the English men came) when he was a little boy. He got famous for being the all-around cowboy, horseman, and a brilliant rider and breeder of horses. In 1877, when Nez Perce were in war, he would help with the horses. Jackson Sundown did many more things that he was known for, click to see what he did. []
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**Culture ** - To the Nez Perce tribe, music is like prayers. Music is an activity that happens morning to night. They would put the music with dances, and do them together or alone. Their songs have meanings to them like songs to Mother Nature. Besides singing and dancing, the tribe fishes, hunts, and gathers food to eat in the winter. Nez Perce women made beads, clothing, and pottery. They traded with other tribes around them for food, or other supplies that were needed.

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- Their reilgion was based on the earth and nature. Everyone had a personal link to a guardian spirit, or //wyakin.// A waykin is a guardian spirit that keeps a person alive to them. The people will even pray or sing to them when there's a war going to happen to protect them from dying. - The tribe's diet is whatevr they could find out where they lived. The main meat that they usually ate was deer. After that, they used the fur on the deer for clothing for the winter. - The clothes that they wore were made out a animal skins and beads. For when the people of Nez Perce danced and sang on days that were important, they would were beautiful clothing. The clothing had beads and bright colors on them. - The people of Nez Perce lived tepees. They were covered with animal skins and grassmats. These homes were made for the cold winters, but were also cool for summer. The dwellings were also made that they could have many families live in the house.
 * Housing Style **

-** The Nez Perce tribe lives in Nez Perce County in North Central Idaho. When the whites came to the Nez Perce, but they stayed in thier normal area like Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The tribe is just in that one county of Idaho. They do things just like we do and blend in. The tribe still believe in their gods, and they still do thier pow wows. The Nez Perce people are just like you and me, but expect for some of thier culture that they kept. [] []
 * Where Are They Now??
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