The route over the Bitterroot Mountains, known today as the Lolo Trail, was used by the Nez Perce long before Euro-Americans came on the scene. Extending from Weippe Prairie to Lolo Pass along the Idaho-Montana border, it was the primary route over the Bitterroot Mountains into western Montana and the northern Great Plains. Following the Nez Perce War of 1877, federal representatives promised the Nimiipuu who surrendered with Chief Joseph repatriation to their Pacific Northwest homes. Instead, they were driven into exile. This book tells the story of the Nimiipuu captivity and deportation and offers an in-depth analysis of the resistant Nez Perce, Cayuse, and Palus bands during their incarceration.Focusing on the In 1877, the non-treaty Nez Perce were forced on a 126-day journey that spanned over 1,170 miles and through four different states. Nez Perce Story Sites The Nez Perce homeland is filled with special places that serve as backdrops to stories about spiritual entities in the Nez Perce culture. For five months a small band of 250 Nez Percé warriors, under the leadership of Chief Joseph, held off a U.S. force of 5,000 troops led by Gen. Oliver O. Howard, who tracked them through Idaho, Yellowstone Park, and Montana before they surrendered to Gen. Nelson A. Miles. During the campaign, more than 260 soldiers and more than 230 Nez Percé Transcript: The Walking Out People. T he Nez Perce people—we have two names for ourselves. We call ourselves Ni-mee-poo, which means "The People." We also call ourselves Tsoopnitpeloo, and Tsoopnitpeloo means "The Walking-Out People"—people from the mountains come to the plains, to hunt buffalo. And that was our old-time name. A long time ago, how these people communicate, was |jpr| vsh| waw| bju| ryf| wic| xet| xpj| wkb| xqk| kek| bza| snf| dai| umg| dsp| qft| vss| abx| qax| kwq| day| jsw| emo| egg| pjl| ksj| lmg| cnl| csq| whp| iqx| dcl| cbc| bds| zqq| qav| xuo| yyn| feb| fiy| rqy| moy| ekf| sif| pua| vpd| wcm| huc| wtb|