Also called Nimiipuu. a member of a North American Indian people of the Sahaptin family.
Also called Nimipuutimt. the Sahaptin language of the Nez Perce.
a member of a North American Indian people of the Pacific coast, a tribe of the Sahaptin
the Sahaptin language of this people
First recorded in 1805–15; from French: literally, “pierced nose”
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The Nez Perce Tribe and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation also responded and helped by collecting and scanning transponders on the dead fish.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2024
Employees from a local hatchery, members of the Nez Perce tribe and the Union County Sheriff’s Office came to help and to clean up the fish.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
Last month, the Biden administration announced its support for an agreement between Oregon, Washington, the Nez Perce, Umatilla, Warm Springs and Yakama tribes and environmental groups.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
In an interview with the New York Times, the actor said that she has always felt like she's existed in-between because of her mixed-race heritage which is comprised of Blackfeet and Nez Perce and white.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2024
He was, however, nursed to life by a Nez Perce Indian.
From Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Street, Julian
They stand alongside the Nez Percé singer Julia Keefe — a songbird of a jazz vocalist, who also fronts a big band — and the Wabanaki bassist, composer and vocalist Mali Obomsawin.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
Army in 1877 after the U.S. government had appropriated Nez Percé land.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
In 1871, Arlee, a Nez Percé by birth, acquiesced to the U.S. government’s demands that the Bitterroot Salish relocate.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2018
From my room at the Best Western I downloaded images of the Nez Percé to show Rinpoche at dinner.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2012
Neither had ever been just there before, and yet the young Nez Percé was at home, and Sile was in a new country.
From Two Arrows A Story of Red and White by Stoddard, William Osborn
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