The Nez Percé (nez-PURSE or nay-per-SAY) tribe's traditional territory includes the interior Pacific Northwest areas of north-central Idaho, northeastern Oregon, and southeastern Washington. The Nez Percé call themselves Nee-Me-Poo or...

NEZ PERCE (NIIMÍIPUU) RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. The Nez Perce people are one of two Sahaptian-speaking groups—the Nez Perce and the Sahaptin—to inhabit the southern Columbia Plateau region of western North America. Aboriginally, the...

The Nez Perce (IPA: /ˌnɛzˈpɝs/) are a tribe of Native Americans who live in the Pacific Northwest region (Columbia River Plateau) of the United States. It is estimated that at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition the native people had been in...

Indian Country Today (Lakota Times) 09-21-1998 Nez Perce to get day in court The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has withdrawn a previous ruling on a case between the Nez Perce Tribe and Lewis County, Idaho. Last...

Indian Country Today (Lakota Times) 12-21-1998 Nez Perce TERO suit settled By Cate Montana Today Staff Northwest Bureau KAMIAH, IDAHO -- The lawsuit filed by the Nez Perce tribe against Vandervert Construction Inc. and Cloninger's Thrift store in Kamiah for...

A landmark $193 million settlement to resolve water rights claims by the Nez Perce Tribe has been signed nearly three years after it was negotiated.Over the weekend, federal, state and tribal officials signed the complex consent degree that was issued by Idaho's Fifth District Court....

During their return trip from the Pacific Ocean, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition spent nearly a month rejuvenating themselves among the Nez Perce Tribe. That time will be commemorated starting Wednesday at the Summer of Peace, one of...