Nez Perce tribe

From all things that I have learned regarding the Manifest Destiny, it was a horrible thought for one people in particular, the Indians. The School House Rocks video entitled, Elbow Room – Manifest Destiny, gives us a very PG version of this concept of Manifest Destiny. Basically, with everyone settled in the East of the United States things were starting to get a little cramped. Most people saw their opportunity for growth, not only agricultural wise but also financially, in the West and…

did show great leadership and courage when it came to protecting his people. When he surrendered he was thinking of the little ones that were freezing to death. In the course book on page 547, it states the General Nelson Miles had promised the Nez Perce that they could return to their homeland once they surrendered. He betrayed them. Just like the United States government betrayed the Lakota Sioux with the guaranteed that they would control the Black Hills and then took it away from them once…

On September 22, 1805, the explorers finally emerged from the mountains near present-day Weippe, Idaho, exhausted and nearly starving. They met the Nez Perce Indians and got dried fish and roots from them. Lewis and Clark set up camp on the banks of the Clearwater River, a branch of the Snake River, which was a branch of the Columbia River. On October 7, they left camp and started down the Clearwater River in their five newly hollowed dugouts they had made. They reached the Snake River on…

Monument is a kind of the architecture for people to memorize the history and understanding the relationship between the past and the present. It records the history from the past, and present it to the future. The purpose of building the monument in the city is for reminding us what we have right now is depends on how many effort they (historical personage) did in the past. Monument is not only for people to memorize something, it also could be educational and motivational to the audience.…

several claims regarding the history of westward expansion. His main claim, as stated in the title, is that no one hundred percent accurate history exists that details this time period. In his speech “Chief Joseph Speaks,” Chief Joseph of the Nez Percé tribe details the harsh and unfair actions of the white man. In chapter four of Undaunted Courage, Stephen Ambrose chronicles Thomas Jefferson’s American dream. The chapter is filled with Jefferson’s dreams and ambitions regarding westward…

American government forced the Wal-lam-wat-kin band of the Nez Perce Indians to move from their lands and into an Indian reservation. Their chief In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat, whom Americans address by Joseph, traveled to Lincoln Hall in Washington, D.C. two years later to advocate for Indian freedom as conditions in the reservation worsened. His goal was to convince American government leaders to put an end to the deportation of Indian tribes from their homelands and treat Indians as citizens, with…

flag and medal left by the Americans. Thompson found Yellepit very friendly and intelligent, even encouraging Thompson's plan to set up a nearby trading post.[4] For various reasons the post was not built until 1818, when the NWC established Fort Nez Perces at the mouth of the Walla Walla River. During the summer of 1811, Thompson met also the Walla Walla head chief, Tumatapum, and his equal-ranking Quillquills Tuckapesten, Nimipu head chief, Ollicott, Cayuse head chief, and, probably,…

There can be no doubt that the Lewis and Clark expedition was a monumental juncture in American history – the lands that they explored more than two hundred years ago are today home to millions of Americans. However, at the time, most Americans had only a faint conception of what genuinely existed west of their homes. They could not have imagined the spectacular lands of the Pacific coast, territory that would become, arguably, the nation 's most highly sought-after within 50 years. However,…

Some Native Americans did not believe land could be bought or sold. Some tribes, like the Nez Perce, refused to give up their ancestral lands (Nez Perce Wars). In the textbook “Washington a State of Contrasts”, it notes that tribes “did not own land individually” but instead “used natural resources to provide food and shelter”. Also, the Native Americans and white settlers used their lands differently…

for the family and home. In many different places women were workers or they weren’t at all. The women of the Nez Perce tribe during the Lewis and Clark expedition would be in charge of collecting food and berries. During the expedition they had travelled over the mountain and ran out of food. They then found the Nimpu women of the Nez Perce tribe whom would then help them. These Nez Perce women did a lot of work in this sense and farm jobs as well. These women were different than many other…