Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting the lower Snake River and its tributaries in western Idaho, northeast Oregon, and southeast Washington, with present-day populations in western Idaho and northeast Washington.
- noun The Sahaptian language of the Nez Perce.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To the emigrants to Oregon, the Nez Perce is a point of great interest, as being, to those who choose it, the termination of their overland journey.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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I was attempting the Grand Teton Traverse, which starts in the Lupine Meadow trailhead at 6,700 feet, climbs up to Teewinot and then follows a convoluted ridgeline to Nez Perce.
Summit Meetings Michael J. Ybarra 2011
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He was from the Umatilla tribe, but Celilo Falls was also a fishing ground for the Yakima, Nez Perce, Wasco-Wishram, and a dozen other bands.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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He was from the Umatilla tribe, but Celilo Falls was also a fishing ground for the Yakima, Nez Perce, Wasco-Wishram, and a dozen other bands.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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Quite the contrary -- in reality five tribes, Crow, Shoshone, Bannock, Blackfeet, and Nez Perce actively hunted in the Yellowstone plateau.
Subhankar Banerjee: Cancún Opens for GREEN Business, but REDD Will Destroy Indigenous Forest Cultures Subhankar Banerjee 2010
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Quite the contrary -- in reality five tribes, Crow, Shoshone, Bannock, Blackfeet, and Nez Perce actively hunted in the Yellowstone plateau.
Subhankar Banerjee: Cancún Opens for GREEN Business, but REDD Will Destroy Indigenous Forest Cultures Subhankar Banerjee 2010
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He was from the Umatilla tribe, but Celilo Falls was also a fishing ground for the Yakima, Nez Perce, Wasco-Wishram, and a dozen other bands.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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Quite the contrary -- in reality five tribes, Crow, Shoshone, Bannock, Blackfeet, and Nez Perce actively hunted in the Yellowstone plateau.
Subhankar Banerjee: Cancún Opens for GREEN Business, but REDD Will Destroy Indigenous Forest Cultures Subhankar Banerjee 2010
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My very best friend Ron Holt, Nez Perce, is suffering through the Christmas holidays because for the first time in more than 30 years, he will not have his lovely wife Muriel at his side to share the happiness.
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In such abundance, they were a natural choice to provide food, shelter, clothing and tools for generations of Arapaho, Cheyenne, Nez Perce, Shoshone and other Indian peoples.
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