nimiipuu

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The Nez Perce people, call themselves Nimi'ipuu, which means the "real people" or "we the people."

Elsewhere on the Web
http://www.nezperce.org http://www.idahostatesman.com/nimiipuu http://www.nezperce.org/history/nimiipu.htm http://www.nimipuutimt.org

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/video-guide/video-guide-menu/video-guide-summary/155-surviving-lewis-a-clark-the-nimiipuu-story http://americanindian.si.edu/searchcollections/results.aspx?culid=1590

Twitter
[|@NezPerceNP]

Vocabulary
X'exus - Green

waw’amaayq’áal is the phrase for August in Nimipuutímt. The return of the Chinook Salmon to spawn in the rivers.

Nimi'ipuu
related: indigenous

Nimi'ipuu is the name the 'Nez Perce' call themselves. It means the 'real people' or 'we the people.'

Elsewhere on the Web
http://nimiipuu.com http://www.nps.gov/nepe/historyculture/ancient-places.htm http://www.nezperce.org/history/nimiipu.htm

Places to Visit
[|Nez Perce National Historical Park] [|@NezPerceNP]

FYI: Two National Historical Trails pass through Nez Perce National Historical Park, the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and the Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historical Trail.

Vocabulary
It'se-ye-ye = coyote

Waw’amaayq’aal = August. It refers to the return of chinook salmon, nacó’x̣, to the headwaters.

Wikipedia
[|Nez_Perce] Nez Perce National Historical Park. Spalding, Idaho · http://www.nps.gov/nepe