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=== Church Records  ===
=== Church Records  ===


Two churches were particularly active among the Nez Perce. The earliest missionary effort among the tribe was established in 1836 by the Presbyterian Church by Henry Harmon Spalding and his wife, Eliza. Records of this effort are included in the holdings of the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia. A later effort was made by the Catholic Church by Father Joseph Cataldo and was known at the [http://www.idahohistory.net/Reference%20Series/0847.pdf St. Joseph's] or Slickpoo Mission. The St. Joseph's Mission records are a part of the holdings of [http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv10958 Washington State University] in Pullman and of the Pacific Northwest Tribes Mission Collection of the Oregon Province Archives of The Society of Jesus, 1853-1960, housed at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Some of the {{FHL|759736|title-id|disp=registers}} are also on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Many of the converts to Catholicism are buried in the [http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/id/nezperce/cemeteries/stjomiss.txt Slickpoo Cemetery] near St. Joseph's.  
Two churches were particularly active among the Nez Perce. The earliest missionary effort among the tribe was established in 1836 by the Presbyterian Church by Henry Harmon Spalding and his wife, Eliza. Records of this effort are included in the holdings of the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia. A later effort was made by the Catholic Church by Father Joseph Cataldo and was known at the [http://www.idahohistory.net/Reference%20Series/0847.pdf St. Joseph's] or Slickpoo Mission. The St. Joseph's Mission records are a part of the holdings of [http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv10958 Washington State University] in Pullman and of the Pacific Northwest Tribes Mission Collection of the Oregon Province Archives of The Society of Jesus, 1853-1960, housed at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Some of the {{FHL|759736|title-id|disp=registers}} are also on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Many of the converts to Catholicism are buried in the [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2334795/slickpoo-cemetery Slickpoo Cemetery] near St. Joseph's.  


==== Correspondence Records  ====
==== Correspondence Records  ====
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*Darlene Gadley's [http://www.gadley.com/nez_perce.html Nez Perce Genealogy Page]  
*Darlene Gadley's [http://www.gadley.com/nez_perce.html Nez Perce Genealogy Page]  
*Idaho County, Idaho -- [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ididaho/ Indian Misc]. records  
*Idaho County, Idaho -- [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ididaho/ Indian Misc]. records  
*[http://www.nezperce.org/Main.html Nez Perce Tribal] Web Site  
*[http://www.nezperce.org/Main.html Nez Perce Tribal] Web Site  
*[http://www.narf.org/nill/Constitutions/NezPerceConst/tableofcontents.htm 1999 Revised Constitution and Bylaws of the Nez Perce Tribe]  
*[http://www.narf.org/nill/Constitutions/NezPerceConst/tableofcontents.htm 1999 Revised Constitution and Bylaws of the Nez Perce Tribe]  
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