The Nez Perce Their Name Nez Perce mean
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The Nez Perce
Their Name �Nez Perce mean those with pierced noses. �The French gave them this name. �They mistook them for another tribe that lived farther south and practiced piercing in their religious ceremonies. �Their real tribal name is Nimipu (Nee-Me-Poo).
Where are they located? ? ? The Nez Perce are locate d in the Pacific Northwest. The Nez Perce Indians lived in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington state. Most Nez Perce people live in Idaho today.
The Landforms The Nez Perce lived in the Great River Basin. They lived near the Rocky Mountains They lived near the Snake River, Colombia River, and Rio Grande River.
What did they eat? How did they find it? Men and boys hunted : deer, elk, mountain sheep, rabbits, bears, wolves, and salmon from the river in Women and girls picked : wild onions, carrots, lily bulbs, bitterroot and Lots of berries.
The Nez Perce also hunted buffalo.
What was their shelter like? The Nez Perce lived in many types of houses. Girls practiced building play teepees because women were responsible for constructing the teepees for the family. Longhouses: Bark was used to cover the sides and roof of the longhouses. The poles were tied to trees and bent to make a longhouse Pit houses were made of wood and grass mats. The circular pit houses were flat and had earthen roofs. They used buffalo skin to cover the mats of the pit houses.
What did they wear? ~The Nez Perce usually made their clothing out of animal skins. Women wore dresses with a belt and fringes made of porcupine quills. They wore boots on their legs and hats on their heads for warmth Men wore fringed shirts, gloves, leggings, moccasins and breechcloths. They wore leggings, fringed shirts and moccasins to helped to keep them warm. They wore gloves so their hands won’t hurt. .
What tools did they use? �The men and boys used bow and arrows, spears, rifle covers, nets, axes, pipe, transportation gear, horses, and rope to get through every day life.
They made necklaces from bear claws. The Nez Perce kept horses called Appaloosas. The Nez Perce believed in Guardian Spirits. There is a ceremony named Waiyatsit. It is where Nez Perce’s who have seen their guardian spirit - while fasting- will sing and dance to tell about their guardian spirit.
