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A 7 page overview of the impacts endured by the Nez Perce at the hands of the white encroachers to their lands. Starting with the initial contact made with the Nez Perce made by the Lewis and Clark expedition, this paper ends with Chief
Joseph's surrender at the end of his and his people's 1500 mile eastward journey towards the Canadian border. Bibliography lists sources.
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name meaning "We People" that was quickly corrupted into "Nez Perce" by the French trappers they ultimately encountered) have suffered a long history of injustice. At the same time
they have made many positive contributions to American history. Perhaps the most memorable point in Nez Perce history, however, was the point when the had been taken to their
knees by the U.S. government. Led by Chief Joseph, the Nez Perce made a phenomenal 1500 mile journey across what was considered impassable terrain. Unfortunately, Chief Joseph and his
people were ultimately forced to surrender. Their fight had been long and diligent, however, and it is a fight that is still remembered to this day.
Some of the first records that we have of the Nez Perce after the establishment of the United States are those concerning the infamous Lewis and
Clark Expedition of 1804, an expedition sponsored by the U.S. government in order to procure information about the lands to the west of the Mississippi River, lands which would come
under U.S. possession even before the start of the expedition with the Louisiana Purchase. While the Lewis and Clark expedition would
prove to be of tremendous benefit to the United States, and indeed be characterized by almost exclusively peaceful interactions to the Native Americans the expedition encountered along the way, it
ultimately proved to be a dual-edged sword in terms of governmental relations with the indigenous inhabitants of the land that it traversed. The Nez Perce, unfortunately, were just one
of the future victims of a government intent on one objective, the objective of greed. The Lewis and Clark expedition, of course, had
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