Transcript Nez Perce Indians - AES Fourth Grade

Nez Perce Indians
They got their name from the French explorers
who thought that the tribes practiced or were
supposed to practice the custom of piercing the
nose, but the people of the tribe never actually did
this. Historians are confused about why the name
stuck. The people of this tribe like to be called
Nimi'ipuu, which means the "real people"
What region is home to the Nez Perce?
Inuits
Kwakiutl
Nez Perce
The Nez Perce and other Plateau
Indians lived in the Columbia Plateau
What is a plateau?
• A high steep-sided flat area of land that is
higher than surrounding land and is often
between mountains.
• Look at the next slide to see what mountains
What mountains surround the Columbia
Plateau? (next slide)
COLUMBIA PLATEAU
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Nez Perce Historical Park
What landforms do you see?
Climate
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Hot, dry summers
Cold, dry winters
Frequent cloud cover and considerable fog
Average temperatures range from a high of
84.0 degrees to a low of 20.0 degrees.
The environment affected where the
Nez Perce lived
• The Nez Perce lived in groups of extended
families, in small villages along streams and rivers
like the Columbia, Salmon and Snake River.
ocean
What natural resources are near
rivers and streams?
The environment affected what the
Nez Perce ate
• The Nez Perce seasonally migrated throughout
their territory in order to take advantage of
natural resources. Food animals included salmon
and other fish, mountain goats and sheep, bear,
moose, elk, deer, small game, and birds
They travelled by canoe on the rivers
to fish for salmon and other fish
• The tribe also travelled by horse to hunt
buffalo in the Great Plains
Plants they ate included camas bulbs, bitterroot,
bark, pine nuts, moss, sunflower seeds, wild
carrots, wild onions, and several varieties of
berries.
What do you think the Nez Perce
traded?
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Animal furs
Fish like dried salmon
Buffalo
They owned the largest horse herd on the
continent
Dried plants
Sheep
Goat
Elk, Moose, Deer meat
They lived in mat-covered long houses. The
length varied, but could be over 100 feet
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long. These dwellings were used for ceremonial
purposes, and for winter housing by several
families.
The Nez Perce followed their food source
seasonally. They would use earthen houses and
later, teepees, as temporary houses. How did
the environment affect their housing?
The environment affected their clothes
The men wore long, fringed buckskin shirts, leggings, belts, moccasins and
a feathered bonnet. In the cold weather, men wore buffalo or bison skin
robes.
Women wore long, belted buckskin dresses, corn husk basketry hats, and
knee length moccasins. The dresses were decorated with elk teeth, beads
made of shell, bone, and later glass, porcupine quills, and vegetable and
mineral dyes.
What Nez Perce women are famous
for.
• Nez Perce women are famous for their beadwork
and the beautifully crafted...
• Baskets
• Bags
• And hats.
• They weave from…
• Hemp
• Corn husks
• And other plant fibers.