Nez Perce Indians Conflicts

the Rockies, Lewis and Clark ran into the Nez Perces Indians. The Indians helped Lewis and

The similarities and differences between the Chinook and Nez Perce and their use of their environment to obtain food is that the Chinook had access to certain food but the Nez Perce didn't although how they hunted were very similar. For instance on the Native American Encyclopedia in page 1154 the Chinooks ate and used a lot of seafood by using fish traps and spears, and they viewed salmon as a sacred item like a god. The Chinook would

For close to 70 years after their first initial meeting with the Lewis and Clark in the year 1805, the Nez Perce were in good terms with the white man (West). The Nez Perce were located in what is now known as Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. The

There was a raid, Pony Express versus the Paiute Clan. It started in the1860’s, traders from the Pony Express kidnapped and raped two Paiute girls. When that happened tribal members responded with absolute force to get the two girls. Therefore, the tribal members killed five whites in the process of rescuing the two girls. So, when the Americans heard what happened the Americans went

The natives didn’t get there rights they were promised,they were promised land yet they lost much,they were promised peace yet many died of war,the U.S. was unfair and unjust toward the nez perce and had forced them into signing the treatie and did not stand by it. Although the U.S, may say that they followed all the Natives rights and that they may not understand the treaties but still the natives rights weren’t followed as stated in the treatie.

Due to receiving barren land from treaties, indigenous people depended on insufficient amounts of government rations, which often composed of items like food scraps. With few tools to support themselves and minimal assistance from the government, Native Americans faced a lack of opportunities to advance financially. Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe further described this lack of governmental assistance in 1879 when he said, “I cannot understand why so many chiefs [United States government officials] are allowed to…promise so many different things…I do not understand why nothing is done for my people.” Even after adhering to treaties and changing their customs, there was little potential for indigenous people to thrive in the United States because the government failed to uphold agreements with Native

They were taking their natural resources therefore a group of Aborigines launched a series of attack on the settlers.

On September 23,1806, after being gone for more than 2 years and traveling more than 8,000 miles on rugged terrain, Lewis and Clark finally returned to St.Louis. Only one member of the corps of discovery expedition died. Sergeant Charles Floyd died from appendicitis. Lewis and Clark and the members of the expedition did not only break limits but set an example for other explorers to follow. These men could not of been more perfectly chosen to shape the path of discovering our

Have you ever wondered what it was like to live off the land? That is what the Nez Perce Indians did for many years before English settlers came.

The treatment of the Native Americans by the United States government to try to control all the land was poor. The United States Government pushed the Native Americans to the coast. At first, they gave the Native Americans the Great Plains then realized that they could use it. The United States held a meeting with the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Sioux, and Crow tribes. They signed treaties with the Native Americans saying that if they moved they would give them more land that they could keep, they broke all of these treaties which angered the Native Americans.

Due to America’s expansion in the West, it made a very negative impact on the Native Americans there. For example, numerous amount of native Americans died due to the new diseases that they were being exposed to; such as influenza and smallpox. Additionally, Settlers tooks over large amounts of the Native Americans’ hunting grounds. Due to their inhabitants of the hunting grounds, it chased the animals that they would hunt. Lastly, the Native American population decreased. Seeing all this change being brought on to their land, Native Americans began to resist. America responded by attacking the Shawnee villages on the Tippecanoe River while Tecumseh was away, looking for allies. __________________________________________________________________________________

soldiers gathered 15,000 Cherokees, and they were taken from their home and forced into prisons with unsuitable circumstances for any human being to endure. Many died due to poor conditions, while the other portion of the Cherokees were forced to move out west; where they endured harsh summers, and no resources, which also resulted in death. In the late year of 1838, the remaining of the Cherokee tribe had began arriving at their unmarked, and unknown Indian Territory. Coming from Georgia, and warmer regions, they were not used to the cold that they were about to endure. The Cherokees were very ill prepared, for the only clothing they had was what they had on their backs, and a thin blanket to get them through the cold winters. Due to poor nutrition, many became ill, and with very minimal doctors, a lot more Cherokees died. In the final track to their land, the remaining group, attempted to cross the frozen Mississippi River; while hundreds more had died. More than 4,000 Indians died during the Trail of Tears, which lasted about 1 year; which is the equivalent to 1 out of every 4 Cherokees.

Nez Perce War - A band of Nez Perce Indians, led by a man called Chief Joseph by the white settlers, had some of their reservation taken away after gold was discovered on it. After a few young men in his tribe murdered four white settlers, a worried Chief Joseph took a group of more than 800 other Indians away from their reservation. The war officially started at the Battle of White Bird Canyon, on June 17, 1877. A series of battles then ensued, with most surprisingly ending with the victory of Chief Joseph, who many eventually considered a tactical

A government surveyor drew a line separating the Wallowa Valley. The Nez Perce objected. The Nez Perce claimed, “the Indians who signed the new treaty were the leaders of other bands and had no right to give up land that was not even theirs” (Williams & Youngs, 5). This is how the Non-Treaty came about. Soon the whites and Indians fought over the land and Indians were killed, one that was best friend with Joseph, he felt like he was is brother. Burial was granted to bury the Indian in the valley by General Howard.

The US government cheated the Native Americans out of a fair treaty deal. “Stevens elevated the authority of some tribal leaders and encouraged device internal political factions within tribes to secure signatures on treaty documents.” (www.washingtonhistory.org). This means that Stevens ordered some of his Leaders to force the Nez Perce to sign the treaties.