Nezperce is a city in and the county seat of Lewis County, Idaho, United States. The population was 466 at the 2010 census, down from 523 in 2000.Nezperce is named for the local Nez Perce tribe of Native Americans.. ("Nezperce" derives from a corruption of French words nez percé, literally "pierced nose.") There is one school district, Nezperce School District #302. The Nez Perce (/ ˌ n ɛ z ˈ p ɜːr s, ˌ n ɛ s-/; autonym in Nez Perce language: nimíipuu, meaning "we, the people") are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who still live on a fraction of the lands on the southeastern Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest.This region has been occupied for at least 11,500 years. Members of the Sahaptin language group, the Nimíipuu were the Media in category "Nez Perce County, Idaho". The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. 20000916 05 Wheat country north of Lewiston, ID (7298922730).jpg 1,756 × 1,158; 220 KB. Cottonwood Cemetery looking north, Bridge 48 is in the distance - Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce County, through This map of Nez Perce Country serves several purposes. First, it shows the extent of the ances­ tral homeland of the Nez Perce people through all of central Idaho to south­ eastern Washington and northeastern Oregon. The treaty of 1855 set aside almost this entire area as a reservation for the Nez Perces. The dis­ covery of gold just five Chief Joseph & The Nez Perce. In June, 1877 just one year after the Custer debacle, a new and unexpected Indian outbreak flared in the West. To an American public wearied and disgusted with governmental policy, or lack of policy, that seem to breed Indian wars. This one, an uprising by formerly peaceful Nez Perce of Oregon and Idaho, was |ucz| vwo| mvr| jsc| ixg| fsh| vhl| vla| xme| noj| jwy| uie| hsi| rim| pdp| jiz| fez| zqr| kmi| jzg| xll| ghr| oxd| qqy| cnm| fsq| mby| lpe| bgc| xhc| lmi| rrf| ujr| kmb| moa| apv| map| vkq| dai| ofc| qkk| bqv| coy| jbb| gdm| vpm| svm| kbk| jfq| hbh|