FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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cherries
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fish and nuts
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salmon
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fish, especially salmon, formed a major part of the Nimiipuu diet, as well as the Pacific lamprey eel and crayfish. Fish were caught with scoop nets, seines, hook and line, harpoons or spears, shot with arrows, and trapped in weirs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Traditional Ways They moved throughout this region and parts of what are now Montana and Wyoming to fish, hunt, and trade. The Nez Perce Tribe’s government included a leader for many aspects of their traditional lifeways, such as fishing, hunting, warfare, and religion.
Detailed explanation-3: -The main enemies of the Nez Percé were the Great Basin groups to the south, including the Shoshone, Northern Paiute, and Bannock. Raids motivated by revenge regularly occurred back and forth between the Nez Percé and these groups.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Nez Perce call themselves Nimiipuu which means “The People.” The name nez percé (“pierced nose”) came from French Canadian fur traders in the 18th century, an erroneous identification as nose piercing was never practiced by the tribe.