nez perce indians

Examines the history of the Nez Perce people, originally from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, discussing their communities and daily lives, and looking at how things changed for the tribe with the arrival of white settlers. Includes information about modern-day Nez Perce.

Dramatizes the story of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce tribe, who in 1877, after being ordered to move from Oregon to a reservation in Idaho, outmaneuvered the U.S. Army for months, fighting four battles and several skirmishes before finally surrendering.

A photo-illustrated overview of the Nez Perce tribe of the American Northwest, describing their history, daily life, and customs, and providing a glossary and further-reading list.

In 1764, when Kaya and her family reunite with other Nez Perce Indians to fish for the red salmon, she learns that bragging, even about her swift horse, can lead to trouble.

In 1764, Kaya greatly admires a courageous and kind young woman in her Nez Perce village and wants to be worthy of her respect.

In the fall of 1764, after Kaya and her sister are kidnapped from their Nez Perce village by enemy horse raiders, she tries to find a way to escape back home.

When Kaya and her family join with other Nez Perce and Salish Indians to fish for the red salmon, she and her older sister hope to be reunited with their younger sister, who had been kidnapped some time before.

In the late nineteenth century, a young Nez Perc? girl relates how her people were driven off their land by the U.S. Army and forced to retreat north until their eventual surrender.

Explores the early history and traditional life of the Nez Perc?, their contacts with white explorers and settlers, the loss of their land, and their eventual surrender to reservation life with maps and photographic illustrations.