USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -For the Nez Perce in the Blue Mountains region of what is now eastern Washington and eastern Oregon, hunting and fishing and gathering were important traditional activities. Some 3, 500 years ago, the climate in this region was more moist and cool than at perhaps any other time since the Ice Age.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Nimiipuu people have always resided and subsisted on lands that included the present-day Nez Perce Reservation in north-central Idaho. Today, the Nez Perce Tribe is a federally recognized tribal nation with more than 3, 500 citizens.

Detailed explanation-3: -Learn more about the Chinook people, who traditionally lived in what are now Washington and Oregon, from the mouth of the Columbia River to The Dalles.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Northwest Coast Indian peoples, who lived in the Pacific Northwest, can be classified into four units, or “provinces.” The northern province includes speakers of Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and the Tsimshian-influenced Haisla (northernmost Heiltsuq or Kwakiutl).

Detailed explanation-5: -The Northwest Coast was densely populated when Europeans first made landfall in the 1700s. It was home to peoples speaking Athabaskan, Tshimshianic, Salishan, and other languages. Well-known tribes included the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Bella Coola, Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Coast Salish, and Chinook.