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unusual facts about Nez Perce



Applicative voice

In these languages applicatives are often used to bring a normally oblique argument into special focus, or as in Nez Percé, to keep humans as core arguments.

History of Oregon

By the 16th century, Oregon was home to many Native American groups, including the Bannock, Chasta, Chinook, Kalapuya, Klamath, Molalla, Nez Perce, Takelma, and Umpqua.

Jim Dutcher

The wolves, which became known as the "Sawtooth Pack", then became property of the Wolf Education and Research Center (a non-profit organization he founded) in conjunction with the Native American Nez Perce and moved to northern Idaho.

Oscar Fitzalan Long

During the campaign against Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce in the fall of 1877, Long was one of nine men who received the Medal of Honor for valor at the Battle of Bear Paw Mountain.

Oxbow Regional Park

The two-day event draws up to 10,000 visitors who can see spawning salmon; enjoy music, food, art, storytelling, and a fish maze; and encounter a variety of traditional activities and cultural exhibits at Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum village hosted by the fishing tribes of the Columbia Basin, including the Nez Perce, Umatilla, Yakama, and Warm Springs tribes.

Petroleum County, Montana

The Native Americans living in the area then were the Crow, Blackfoot, Nez Perce, and Sioux, all hunter gatherers.


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Battle of Bear Paw

Some of the Nez Perce were able to escape to Canada, but Chief Joseph was forced to surrender the majority of his followers to General Oliver O. Howard and Colonel Nelson A. Miles.

Battle of the Big Hole

As usual, Nez Perce marksmanship was excellent – although according to the warrior, Yellow Wolf, most of the Nez Perce warriors had fled without their weapons and only a few were armed.

Nez Perce War

A majority of the surviving Nez Perce represented by Chief Joseph of the Wallowa band of Nez Perce, surrendered to Brigadier Generals Oliver Otis Howard and Nelson A. Miles.

Targhee Pass

During the 1877 Nez Perce War, Chief Joseph's band of Nez Perce traversed the pass on August 22 while evading U.S. Cavalry forces under the command of General Oliver O. Howard.

Wallowa County, Oregon

This proposal drew opposition from a local group, as well as from the Nez Perce, Colville, and Umatilla tribes.