Nez Perce
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The Nez Perce are a Native American people of the Pacific Northwest, historically known for their horse culture, skilled horsemanship, and the 1877 flight led by Chief Joseph.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nez Perce canonical | 27 |
| Nez Perce people | 14 |
| Nez Perce Tribe | 7 |
| Nez Perce tribe | 3 |
| Nez Percé | 2 |
| Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee | 1 |
| Nez Perce culture | 1 |
| Nez Perce leaders | 1 |
| Nez Perce sent to reservations far from homeland | 1 |
| Nez Perce warriors | 1 |
| Nez Perces | 1 |
| White Bird’s band of Nez Perce | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T460870 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Nez Perce Context triple: [Native Americans, hasSubgroup, Nez Perce]
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A.
Blackfoot
The Blackfoot are a Native American people known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture, warrior traditions, and historic presence across the northern Great Plains of what is now the United States and Canada.
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B.
Kaw Nation
The Kaw Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe originally from what is now Kansas and Oklahoma, historically known as the Kanza or Kansa people.
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C.
Osage Nation
The Osage Nation is a Native American tribe originally from the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys that became known for its powerful presence in the Great Plains and later for its oil wealth and the tragic "Reign of Terror" in the early 20th century.
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D.
Comanche
The Comanche are a Native American people renowned for their skilled horsemanship, warrior culture, and dominance across the southern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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E.
Kalapuya people
The Kalapuya people are a Native American group indigenous to western Oregon, known for their distinct language and culture and for traditionally living in small, semi-sedentary communities centered on hunting, fishing, and the management of camas prairies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nez Perce Target entity description: The Nez Perce are a Native American people of the Pacific Northwest, historically known for their horse culture, skilled horsemanship, and the 1877 flight led by Chief Joseph.
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A.
Blackfoot
The Blackfoot are a Native American people known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture, warrior traditions, and historic presence across the northern Great Plains of what is now the United States and Canada.
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B.
Kaw Nation
The Kaw Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe originally from what is now Kansas and Oklahoma, historically known as the Kanza or Kansa people.
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C.
Osage Nation
The Osage Nation is a Native American tribe originally from the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys that became known for its powerful presence in the Great Plains and later for its oil wealth and the tragic "Reign of Terror" in the early 20th century.
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D.
Comanche
The Comanche are a Native American people renowned for their skilled horsemanship, warrior culture, and dominance across the southern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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E.
Kalapuya people
The Kalapuya people are a Native American group indigenous to western Oregon, known for their distinct language and culture and for traditionally living in small, semi-sedentary communities centered on hunting, fishing, and the management of camas prairies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people of North America
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Native American people ⓘ Nez Perce leader ⓘ United States National Historical Park ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt
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Nez Perce ⓘ
surface form:
Nez Perces
Nez Perce ⓘ
surface form:
Nez Percé
|
| associatedRiver |
Clearwater River
ⓘ
Salmon River ⓘ Snake River ⓘ |
| attemptedDestination | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Plateau culture area ⓘ |
| economy |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering ⓘ horse breeding ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| federalGovernmentBody |
Nez Perce
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee
|
| hasCulturalInstitution |
Nez Perce Reservation
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surface form:
Nez Perce National Historical Park
|
| historicalEvent |
Battle of Bear Paw
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Battle of White Bird Canyon ⓘ Battle of the Big Hole ⓘ |
| historicalPopulationCenter |
Clearwater River
ⓘ
surface form:
Clearwater River region
Snake River ⓘ
surface form:
Snake River region
|
| knownFor |
Nez Perce War
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surface form:
Nez Perce War of 1877
flight of 1877 ⓘ horse culture ⓘ skilled horsemanship ⓘ |
| language | Nez Perce language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Penutian languages
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surface form:
Plateau Penutian languages
Wintuan languages ⓘ
surface form:
Sahaptian languages
|
| leaderDuring1877War | Chief Joseph ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Idaho
ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| mainReservation | Nez Perce Reservation ⓘ |
| nativeName | Nimiipuu ⓘ |
| pursuedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
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traditional Nez Perce spirituality ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
berry gathering
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game hunting ⓘ root digging ⓘ salmon fishing ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Idaho
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Oregon ⓘ Washington ⓘ |
| treaty |
Treaty of 1855
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Treaty of 1863 ⓘ |
| uses | tipis ⓘ |
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Subject: Nez Perce Description of subject: The Nez Perce are a Native American people of the Pacific Northwest, historically known for their horse culture, skilled horsemanship, and the 1877 flight led by Chief Joseph.
Referenced by (60)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.