Nez Perce
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Native American tribe
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Religion
- animism
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 2700
- Image
- Nez Percemen 1906.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nez Perce
- topic's main category
- Category:Nez Perce
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- language used
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Nez Perce (/ˌnɛz ˈpɜːrs, ˌnɛs -/ ; autonym in Nez Perce: 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.
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