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==== Brief History ==== | ==== Brief History ==== | ||
The first reported contact with non-Indians occured in 1805 when the Lewis and Clark Expedition explored the area | The first reported contact with non-Indians occured in 1805 when the Lewis and Clark Expedition explored the area | ||
Interaction with missionaries began in 1836 when a Presbyterian mission was extablish by Henry Harmon and Eliza Spalding, a Father Joseph Cataldo was the first Catholic missionary, the St. Joseph Catholic mission was established in 1874. | Interaction with missionaries began in 1836 when a Presbyterian mission was extablish by Henry Harmon and Eliza Spalding, a Father Joseph Cataldo was the first Catholic missionary, the St. Joseph Catholic mission was established in 1874. | ||
March 6, 1856 the Nez Perce tribe furnished horses to the Oregon | March 6, 1856 the Nez Perce tribe furnished horses to the Oregon Mounted Volunteers, the tribe was later reimbursed in a treaty signed June 9, 1863. | ||
Nez Perce War in 1877 led by Chief Joseph, concluded in October, only after months and a 1,700 mile flight, while fighting, later in November, the tribe was sent to Fort Leavenworth, in Kansas | Nez Perce War in 1877 led by Chief Joseph, concluded in October, only after months and a 1,700 mile flight, while fighting, later in November, the tribe was sent to Fort Leavenworth, in Kansas | ||