Nez Perce Tribe: Difference between revisions

'''Alternate Names:''' Nimi'ipuu, Chopuunish, Sahaptin<br>'''Ancestral Homelands:''' The Nez Perce ranged from northeastern Oregon and western Washington, across north-central Idaho and as far east as the headwaters of the Missouri River in Montana.  

== Tribal Headquarters  ==

'''Agency 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 [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=759736&disp=Church+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 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.  

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! scope="col" | Agency  

! scope="col" | Location of Original Records  

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FHL  

Film  

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M595 RG 75 Rolls 693  

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Film  

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| Colville Agency, 1865-1952  

| Seattle  

| -  

| -  

| Winnebago Agency, 1869-1947  

| Kansas City&nbsp;  

| -  

| -  

| Northern Idaho Agency, 1875-1952  

| Seattle  

| -  

| Rolls 11, 45, 49-56  

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| Nez Perce  

| -  

| -  

| Roll 301  

| Fort Lapwai, 1902-33  

| Washington D.C.  

| -  

| Rolls 145-48  

| 576834-837

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'''Treaties'''  

*Nez Perce [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nez_Perce Wikipedia]

== References  ==

==== Bibliography  ====

:Volume 1 -- Not yet published  

:Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301504096&referer=brief_results WorldCat 301504096]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=248632&disp=Handbook+of+North+American+Indians%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10].  

:Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/254277176&referer=brief_results WorldCat 254277176]  

:Volume 16 -- Not yet published  

:Volume 18 -- Not yet published  

:Volume 19 -- Not yet published