The Nez Perce are Native American people who live in the Pacific
Northwest region of the United States. An anthropological theory says
they descended from the Old Cordilleran Culture, which moved south from
the Rocky Mountains and west in Nez Perce lands. The Nez Perce nation
currently governs and inhabits a reservation in Idaho.
Nez Perce is French for 'Pierced Nose' - a name mistakenly bestowed upon
them by French fur traders. Nose-piercing has in fact never been a part
of
Nez Perce culture, but for some reason the name stuck. The tribe refers to itself as the Nimíipuu, which means 'The People.'
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