The Nez Perce
By: Anne Meinke

The Nez Perce have been known by many different names since they have been a tribe. A tribe elder said that before they had horses they were called "Cuupn'itpel'uu" which means " we walked out of the woods". Next, they were called "Nimi''ipuu" which means "real people" or " we the people". Then, Lewis and Clark gave them their well known name Nez Perce, which means "pierced nose" in French. That was a strange name for the tribe since the Nimi''ipuu didn't practice the art of piercing. They found out later that they were mistaken for a tribe that lived farther south and did practice piercing. This tribe doesn't even call themselves Nez Perce, they go by Nimi''ipuu.
Like most tribes, the women gathered the small foods like roots and berries, and the men hunted for the meat( also called big game and small game, depending on how big the animal was). Some different roots the women collected include camas bulb, bitterroot, khouse, wild carrot, and wild......

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