Editing Nez Perce (section)

== Enemies and allies ==
The Nez Perce had many allies and trading partners among neighboring peoples, but also enemies and ongoing antagonist tribes. To the north of them lived the [[Coeur d'Alene people|Coeur d’Alene (Schitsu'umsh)]] (’Iskíicu’mix), [[Spokane people|Spokane (Sqeliz)]] (Heyéeynimuu/Heyeynimu - "Steelhead [Eating] People"), and further north the [[Pend d'Oreilles|Kalispel (Ql̓ispé)]] (Qem’éespel’uu/Q'emespelu, both meaning "Camas People" or "Camas Eaters"), [[Colville people|Colville]] (Páapspaloo/Papspelu - "Fir Tree People") and [[Ktunaxa|Kootenay / Kootenai (Ktunaxa)]] (Kuuspel’úu/Kuuspelu - "Water People", lit. "River People"), to the northwest lived the [[Palus people|Palus]] (Pelúucpuu/Peluutspu - "People of Pa-luš-sa/Palus [village]") and to the west the [[Cayuse people|Cayuse (Lik-si-yu)]] (Weyíiletpuu – "Ryegrass People"), west bound there were found the [[Umatilla people|Umatilla (Imatalamłáma)]] (Hiyówatalampoo/Hiyuwatalampo), [[Walla Walla people|Walla Walla]], [[Wasco-Wishram|Wasco]] (Wecq’úupuu) and Sk'in (Tike’éspel’uu) and northwest of the latter various [[Yakama]] bands (Lexéyuu), to the south lived the [[Snake Indians]] (various [[Northern Paiute|Northern Paiute (Numu)]] bands (Hey’ǘuxcpel’uu) in the southwest and [[Bannock people|Bannock (Nimi Pan a'kwati)]]-[[Northern Shoshone|Northern Shoshone (Newe)]] bands<ref>Paiute-speakers (i.e. Bannocks) called themselves ''Pan a'kwati/Panákwate'' – ″on the water side or on the west side″ and their Shoshone kin within the mixed Bannock-Shoshone bands as ''Wihínakwate'' – ″on the knife side or on the iron side″ (the equivalent Shoshone words are ''WihiN'naite'' and ''Bannaite'')</ref> (Tiwélqe/Tewelk'a, later Sosona') in the southeast), to the east lived the [[Lemhi Shoshone]] (Lémhaay), north of them the [[Bitterroot Salish|Bitterroot Salish / Flathead (Seliš)]] (Séelix/Se'lix), further east and northeast on the Northern Plains were the [[Crow Nation|Crow (Apsáalooke)]] (’Isúuxe/Isuuxh'e - "Crow People") and two powerful alliances – the [[Iron Confederacy|Iron Confederacy (Nehiyaw-Pwat)]] (named after the dominating [[Cree|Plains and Woods Cree (Paskwāwiyiniwak and Sakāwithiniwak)]] and [[Assiniboine|Assiniboine (Nakoda)]] (Wihnen’íipel’uu), an alliance of northern plains Native American nations based around the fur trade, and later included the [[Nakoda (Stoney)|Stoney (Nakoda)]], [[Saulteaux|Western Saulteaux / Plains Ojibwe (Bungi or Nakawē)]] (Sat'sashipunu/Sat'sashipuun - "Porcupine People" or "Porcupine Eater"), and [[Métis]]) and the [[Blackfoot Confederacy|Blackfoot Confederacy (Niitsitapi or Siksikaitsitapi)]] (’Isq’óyxnix/Issq-oykinix - "Blackfooted People") (composed of three Blackfoot speaking peoples – the [[Piegan Blackfeet|Piegan or Peigan (Piikáni)]], the [[Kainai Nation|Kainai or Bloods (Káínaa)]], and the [[Siksika Nation|Siksika or Blackfoot (Siksikáwa)]], later joined by the unrelated [[Tsuu T'ina Nation|Sarcee (Tsuu T'ina)]] and (for a time) by [[Gros Ventre|Gros Ventre or Atsina (A'aninin)]] (H'elutiin)).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nimipuutimt.org/uploads/1/4/0/6/14060280/nimipuutimt_volume_3.pdf|title=Nimipuutímt Volume 3 Names of Tribes}}</ref> The feared Blackfoot Confederacy and the various [[Lakota people|Teton Sioux (Lakota)]] (Iseq'uulkt - "Cut Throats") and their later allies, the [[Cheyenne|Cheyenne (Suhtai/Sutaio Tsitsistas)]] (T'septitimeni'n - "[People with] Painted arrows"), were the main enemies of the Plateau peoples when entering the Northwestern Plains to hunt buffalo.