The Nez-Percés (from French "perforated noses", owe this name to their habit to bring a piece of shell of dentalio inserted in the nasal setto) they are a tribe of Indians of America, appartenenti to the group linguistic shahaptin, once appropriated in the actual states of the central Idaho, of northeastern Oregon and of southeastern Washington and migrated to the beginning of the XIX sec. in the region of the southern basin of the today's state of Columbia. They were seminomadi, fishermen of salmon, hunters and collectors. They were known for their commercial acumen, their courage, their generosity, their cleverness in him to raise the famous horses Appaloosa and the baskets woven by their women. Their residences were generally of the big houses for more families. You/they were unjustly sent away by their earth and they fought during the war 1877 Nez Perces, under the guide of the head Joseph, that admiration of the enemies was earned even for the courage and the humanity shown. You/they were defeated and the around 2.000 individuals survivors had confined of Oregon of Washington in the Indian reserves of the today's states of the Idaho.
