Editing Nez Perce (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Archie Phinney]] (1904–1949), scholar and administrator who studied under [[Franz Boas]] at [[Columbia University]] and produced ''Nez Perce Texts'', a published collection of Nez Perce myths and legends from the oral tradition<ref name="arph90">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q3ZfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fy8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4335%2C850275|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|location=Idaho|last=Rigby|first=Barry|title=Archie Phinney was a champion of Indian rights |date=July 3, 1990|page=4-Centennial}}</ref>
* [[Chief Joseph]] (''hinmatóoyalahtq'it'' – "Thunder traveling to higher areas") (1840–1904), also known as Young Joseph, the best-known leader of the Nez Perce, who led his people in their struggle to retain their identity, with about 60 warriors, he commanded the greatest following of the non-treaty chiefs.
* Chief Lawyer ([[Hallalhotsoot]], ''Halalhot'suut'') (c. 1796–1876), son of a Salish-speaking Flathead woman and Twisted Hair, the Nez Perce who welcomed and befriended the exhausted [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] in the September 1805. His father's positive experiences with the whites greatly influenced him, leader of the treaty faction of the Nez Percé, <!--* Chief Lawyer "Hal-hal-hoot-soot" (c. 1801–76) was the son of Twisted Hair and was designated as Head Chief of the Nez Perce for--> and signed the 1855 Walla Walla Treaty and controversial 1863 treaty.<ref name="llnp">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-PxHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7PgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6746%2C1846829 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |last=Ruark |first=Janice |title=Lawyer led Nez Perce in peace before war |date=February 23, 1977 |page=3}}</ref> He was called the Lawyer by fur trappers because of his oratory and ability to speak several languages. He defended the actions of the 1863 Treaty which cost the Nez Perce nearly 90% of their lands after gold was discovered because he knew it was futile to resist the US government and its military power. He tried to negotiate the best outcome which still allowed the majority of Nez Perce to live in their usual village locations. He died, frustrated that the U.S. government failed to follow through on the promises made in both treaties, even making a trip to Washington, D.C. to express his frustration.<ref name=llnp/><!--{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}--> He is buried at the Nikesa Cemetery at the Presbyterian church in [[Kamiah, Idaho|Kamiah]].<ref name=llnp/>
* [[Claudia Kauffman]], a politician in [[Washington (state)|Washington]] state
* Eagle from the Light,<ref>{{cite book|last=McCoy|first=Robert R.|title=Chief Joseph, Yellow Wolf and the Creation of Nez Perce History in the Pacific Northwest|series=Indigenous Peoples and Politics|publisher=Routledge|location=New York |year=2004|pages=103–109|isbn=0-415-94889-4}}</ref> (''Tipiyelehne Ka Awpo'') chief of the non-treaty Lam'tama band, that traveled east over the [[Bitterroot Mountains]] along with Looking Glass' band to hunt buffalo, was present at the Walla Walla Council in 1855 and supported the non-treaty faction at the Lapwai Council, refused to sign the Treaty of 1855 and 1866, left his territory on Salmon River (two miles south of Corvallis) in 1875 with part of his band, and did settle down in Weiser County (Montana), joined with Shoshone Chief's Eagle's Eye. The leadership of the other Lam'tama that rested on the Salmon River was taken by old chief White Bird. Eagle From the Light didn't participate in the War of 1877 because he was too far away.
* [[Elaine Miles]], actress best known from her role in television's ''[[Northern Exposure]]''
* [[Ellis (Nez Perce)|Ellis]] (c. 1810–1848) was the first united leader of the Nez Perce. He was the grandson of the leader Hohots Ilppilp (also known as Red Grizzly Bear), who met with Lewis and Clark.
* Five Wounds (''Pahkatos Owyeen''), wounded in right hand at the [[Battle of the Clearwater]] and killed in the [[Battle of the Big Hole]]
* [[Jack Hoxie|Jack]] and Al Hoxie, silent film actors; mother was Nez Perce
* [[Jackson Sundown]], war veteran and rodeo champion
* [[Lily Gladstone]], actress; her mother is white and her father is [[Blackfeet Nation|Blackfeet]] and Nez Perce<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a43978462/who-is-lily-gladsone/ | title=Lily Gladstone is the Breakout Star of Killers of the Flower Moon | date=October 20, 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Looking Glass (Native American leader)|Looking Glass (younger)]] or ’Eelelimyeteqenin’ (also: ''Allalimya Takanin'' – "Wrapped in the wind") (c. 1832–1877), leader of the non-treaty Alpowai band and war leader, who was killed during the tribe's final battle with the US Army; his following was third and did not exceed 40 men.
* [[Michael Wasson]], poet
* [[Old Chief Joseph]] (''Tuekakas''), (also: tiwíiteq'is) (c. 1785–1871), was leader of the Wallowa Band and one of the first Nez Percé converts to Christianity and vigorous advocate of the tribe's early peace with whites, father of Chief Joseph (also known as Young Joseph).
* [[Ollokot]], (''’álok'at'', also known as Ollikut) (1840s–1877), younger brother of Chief Joseph, war chief of the Wallowa band, was killed while fighting at the final battle on Snake Creek, near the Bear Paw Mountains on October&nbsp;4, 1877.
* Peo Peo Tholekt (''piyopyóot’alikt'' – "Bird Alighting"), a Nez Perce warrior who fought with distinction in every battle of the Nez Perce War, wounded in the [[Battle of Camas Creek]].
* [[Poker Joe]], warrior and subchief; chosen trail boss and guide of the Nez Percé people following the Battle of the Big Hole, killed in the [[Battle of Bear Paw]]; half [[French Canadian]] and Nez Perce descent
* Rainbow (''Wahchumyus''), war leader of a non-treaty band, killed in the [[Battle of the Big Hole]]
* Red Owl (''Koolkool Snehee''), war leader of a non-treaty band
* Timothy (''Tamootsin'', 1808–1891), leader of the treaty faction of the Alpowai (or Alpowa) band of the Nez Percé, was the first Christian convert among the Nez Percé, was married to Tamer, a sister of [[Old Chief Joseph]], who was baptized on the same day as Timothy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stories.washingtonhistory.org/treatytrail/context/biographies.htm|title=The Treaty Trail: U.S.-Indian Treaty Councils in the Northwest|publisher=Washington State Historical Society|access-date=April 14, 2012|archive-date=May 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524061652/http://stories.washingtonhistory.org/treatytrail/context/biographies.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Toohoolhoolzote]], was leader and ''tooat'' ([[Medicine man|medicine man (or shaman)]] or [[prophet]]) of the non-treaty Pikunan band; fought in the Nez Perce War after first advocating peace; died at the [[Battle of Bear Paw]]
* [[White Bird (Native American leader)|White Bird]] or ''Piyóopiyo x̣ayx̣áyx̣'' (also: ''Peo-peo-hix-hiix'' or ''Peo peo Hih Hih''; more correctly ''Peopeo Kiskiok Hihih'' – "White Goose") (d.1892), also referred to as ''White Pelican'' was war leader and ''tooat'' ([[medicine man]] or [[prophet]]) of the non-treaty Lamátta or Lamtáama band, belonging to ''Lahmatta'' ("area with little snow"), by which White Bird Canyon was known to the Nez Perce, his following was second in size to Joseph's, and did not exceed 50 men
* Wrapped in the Wind (''’elelímyeté'qenin’/ háatyata'qanin'')
* Yellow Bull or ''Cúuɫim maqsmáqs'' (also: ''Chuslum Moxmox''), war leader of a non-treaty band
* [[Yellow Wolf (Nez Perce)|Yellow Wolf]] or ''Hiímiin maqs maqs / Himíin maqsmáqs'' (also: ''He–Mene Mox Mox'' or ''Hemene Moxmox'', wished to be called ''Heinmot Hihhih'' or ''In-mat-hia''-hia – "White Lightning", c. 1855, died August 1935) was a Nez Perce warrior of the non-treaty Wallowa band who fought in the Nez Perce War of 1877, gunshot wound, left arm near wrist; under left eye in the Battle of the Clearwater

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File:Chief.Lawyer.1861.jpg|[[Chief Lawyer]], c. 1861
File:Peo Peo Tholekt-Nez Perce warrior.jpg|''Peo Peo Tholekt'' (Bird Alighting), a Nez Perce warrior who helped capture the [[Howitzer|mountain howitzer]] at the Battle of the Big Hole
File:Yellow Wolf at LOC.jpg|[[Yellow Wolf (Nez Perce)|Yellow Wolf]], December&nbsp;30, 1909
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