Nez Perce

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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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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

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Treaty of 1863 associatedWithPeople Nez Perce
this entity surface form: Nez Perce leaders
Treaty of Walla Walla (1855) signatory Nez Perce
this entity surface form: Nez Perce people
Treaty of Walla Walla (1855) appliesToEthnicGroup Nez Perce
this entity surface form: Nez Perce people
The Dying Grass mainTopic Nez Perce
this entity surface form: Nez Perce people
Alice Cunningham Fletcher ethnicGroupStudied Nez Perce
this entity surface form: Nez Perce people
Celilo Falls culturallySignificantTo Nez Perce
this entity surface form: Nez Perce people
Celilo Falls site associatedPeople Nez Perce
this entity surface form: Nez Perce people
Walla Walla people relatedEthnicGroup Nez Perce
this entity surface form: Nez Perce people
Plateau of western North America traditionalInhabitants Nez Perce
this entity surface form: Nez Perce people
Umatilla people relatedEthnicGroup Nez Perce
this entity surface form: Nez Perce people