The Nez Perce (/ˌnɛz ˈpɜːrs, ˌnɛs -/ ; autonym in Nez Perce language: nimíipuu, meaning 'we, the people') are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who still...

Sahaptian language related to the several dialects of Sahaptin (note the spellings -ian vs. -in). Nez Perce comes from the French phrase nez percé, "pierced...

Joseph the Younger, was a leader of the wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce, a Native American tribe of the interior Pacific Northwest region of the...

107–112. Aoki, Haruo (1966). Nez Percé vowel harmony and proto-Sahaptian vowels. Language, 42, 759-767. Aoki, Haruo (1970). Nez Percé grammar. University of...

He–Mene Mox Mox (born c. 1855, died August 1935) was a Nez Perce warrior who fought in the Nez Perce War of 1877. In his old age, he decided to give the...

Native American language. She developed a written version of the language and printed Bible story lessons and hymns in the Nez Perce language. Her hymnal...

the Nez Perce, sħáptənəxʷ. Cognates appear in other Interior Salishan languages, such as Okanagan sʕaptnx 'Nez Perce' or Spokane saʕáptni 'Nez Perce', indictating...

their language Nez Perce War, an 1877 war between the Nez Perce tribe and U.S. Government Nez Perce Traditional Site, Wallowa Lake, a Nez Perce cemetery...

United States, the buttercup is called "Coyote's eyes"—ʔiceyéeyenm sílu in Nez Perce and spilyaynmí áčaš in Sahaptin. In the legend, Coyote was tossing his...

Monster (in the Nez Perce language timʼnépe) is a geological monument near Kamiah, Idaho that is central to an origin story told by the Nez Perce people. The...

Bowen Smith the Nez Perce language, from which Smith developed a grammar and dictionary entitled Grammar of the Language of the Nez Perces Indians. Two missionary...

role in the culture and diet of indigenous peoples. The Shoshone and Nez Perce were the largest of several tribes that lived along the river by the turn...

or glottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages, produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or, more precisely...

its northwest corner. The name was derived from two words in the Nez Perce language to evoke the sense of "the place of pine trees and sestle." The tribe...

Clearwater flows northwest, passing the Heart of the Monster site of the Nez Perce National Historical Park. U.S. Route 12 follows the river to Kamiah, where...

tribe has been closely associated with the neighboring Nez Percé and Walla Walla. The Cayuse language is an isolate, independent of the neighboring Sahaptin-speaking...

of Lenore, Idaho on the Nez Perce Reservation. He currently lives in Fukuoka, Japan. Michael Wasson grew up on the Nez Perce reservation in Idaho, and...

book Grammar of the Language of the Nez Perces Indians Formerly of Oregon, U.S.. He conducted the first census of the Nez Perce. After eight years as...

called x̣áwš in the Sahaptin language, and qáamsit (when fresh) and qáaws (when peeled and dried) in the Nez Perce language. It is called shappelell by...

dialect of the Nez Perce language as used by the Cayuse people of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Today six language teachers are...

first condor brought to the Yurok site was called Paaytoqin from the Nez Perce language meaning 'Come back'; he is also known as 'Mentor' or #736. He was...

city formally named itself in 1880 for Chief Joseph (1840–1904) of the Nez Perce people. The population was 1,081 at the 2010 census. Joseph was platted...

universities. Same-sex marriage is not recognized on the reservation of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho. Its Tribal Code states that "'marriage' means the civil...

the Nez Perce moved off up Cow Creek. Two civilians and one Nez Perce warrior were wounded. On September 22, 1877, before the arrival of the Nez Perce, a...

closely related to the Molala language. Even before relocation onto reservations, many Cayuse had adopted the Nez Perce language. Traditional Plateau cuisine...

the heart of Nez Perce country. Gradually, the name evolved into Appaloosa. The Nez Perce lost most of their horses after the Nez Perce War in 1877, and...

Prairie in Idaho. The trail, known as naptnišaqs, or "Nez Perce Trail" in Salish, was used by Nez Perce in the 18th century, and by the Lewis and Clark Expedition...

imatalamłáma. The Nez Perce refer to the Umatilla people as hiyówatalampoo. See Aoki (1994:171). As of 2013, there are about 50 first language speakers of Umatilla...

Tribes, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Nez Perce Tribe. The people are one of the Sahaptin-speaking groups of Native Americans...

cubic feet per second (570 m3/s). Latah Creek receives its name from a Nez Perce word likely meaning "fish". In 1854, the creek received another name,...