Land and Nature
The land where a group of people comes from----ones country or region of origin
Homeland
The name the Nez Perce people use for themselves
Nimiipuu
This word describes a community that is doing amazing----they are completely healthy, successful, happy, and growing strong
Thriving
A person who moves to a new place to live
Settler
Deep internal rules or ideas about what is right and wrong that guide how the Nimiipuu treat each other in the Earth.
Values
Useful things that come from the earth
Natural resources
A group's way of life, including its stories, traditions, beliefs, and customs
Culture
To support or help something continue, keep it going
Sustain
An argument or fight between two opposing sides
Conflict
This is the name given to the Nimiipuu by French traders because they mistook them for a different tribe that wore shells in their noses
Nez Perce
A large open grassland
Prairie
Ideas about what is important and how to live in a way that is good and right
Values
Doing well or being successful
Thriving
A person who searches for valuable materials such as gold
Miner
The famous peaceful Nimiipuu chief who gave a legendary speech to protect his people's freedom and homeland
Chief Joseph
A large flat area on top of a hill or mountain
Plateau
Usual or accepted practices of a social group
Customs
To affect directly
Impact
A person who raises animals such as cattle and sheep
Rancher
The first thing we do when we open our Wit & Wisdom books to look at a new picture or map is write down what we...?
Notice and Wonder
This is a word for a group's deeply loved home area, where their families and ancestors lived for hundreds of years.
A Homeland
These are special, traditional ways a group of people celebrate, dress or eat that have been passed down for a very long time
Customs
The land where many Native American tribes had lived for a very long time. After the Lewis and Clark expedition, more Americans began moving west. As more Americans moved west, life changed for Native Americans
Indian Country
A massive change or footprint left on a place or group of people when something major happens to them
Impact
The act of growing bigger and taking up more space, like when the United States moved west into Native American (Indian) lands
Expansion