Nez Perce

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Indigenous people of North America Native American people Nez Perce leader United States National Historical Park

The Nez Perce are a Native American people of the Pacific Northwest, historically known for their horse culture, skilled horsemanship, and the 1877 flight led by Chief Joseph.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Chief Joseph 0
Nez Perce National Historical Park 0
Nez Perce Reservation 0

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
Nez Perce leader ⓘ
United States National Historical Park ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt ⓘ
Nez Perce ⓘ
surface form: Nez Perces

Nez Perce ⓘ
surface form: Nez Percé
associatedRiver Clearwater River ⓘ
Salmon River ⓘ
Snake River ⓘ
attemptedDestination Canada ⓘ
culturalRegion Plateau culture area ⓘ
economy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
horse breeding ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
federalGovernmentBody Nez Perce self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee
hasCulturalInstitution Nez Perce Reservation ⓘ
surface form: Nez Perce National Historical Park
historicalEvent Battle of Bear Paw ⓘ
Battle of White Bird Canyon ⓘ
Battle of the Big Hole ⓘ
historicalPopulationCenter Clearwater River ⓘ
surface form: Clearwater River region

Snake River ⓘ
surface form: Snake River region
knownFor Nez Perce War ⓘ
surface form: Nez Perce War of 1877

flight of 1877 ⓘ
horse culture ⓘ
skilled horsemanship ⓘ
language Nez Perce language ⓘ
languageFamily Penutian languages ⓘ
surface form: Plateau Penutian languages

Wintuan languages ⓘ
surface form: Sahaptian languages
leaderDuring1877War Chief Joseph ⓘ
locatedIn Idaho ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
mainReservation Nez Perce Reservation ⓘ
nativeName Nimiipuu ⓘ
pursuedBy United States Army ⓘ
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Nez Perce spirituality ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence berry gathering ⓘ
game hunting ⓘ
root digging ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Idaho ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
treaty Treaty of 1855 ⓘ
Treaty of 1863 ⓘ
uses tipis ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nez Perce War → aftermath → Nez Perce ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nez Perce sent to reservations far from homeland
Nez Perce → alsoKnownAs → Nez Perce ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nez Percé
Nez Perce → alsoKnownAs → Nez Perce ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nez Perces
Nez Perce War → belligerent → Nez Perce ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nez Perce people
Nez Perce → federalGovernmentBody → Nez Perce self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee
Native Americans → hasSubgroup → Nez Perce ⓘ