Nez Perce Country

Index

Index Area Redevelopment Administration, 159 Army Corps of Engineers. See U.S. Army Corps of Engineers artillery, 120, 127, 131 Astor, John Jacob, 34 Astoria and Astorians, 35–38 Atsina Indians, 26, 37, 38 Bannock Indians, 16; scouts, 130 Bannock Pass, 128 Battle of the Little Bighorn, 131 Baxter Springs KS, 135 Bear Flag Revolt, 56 Bear Paw Mountains, 131, 136 beaver, 34–38 Bible, 41, 49–51 Big Hole Valley, 126, 128 Billings MT, 130 birth, 16 bison. See buffalo Bitterroot Mountains, xi, 2, 37, 83 Bitterroot Valley, 29, 125 Black Eagle (Wé·ptes cımú·xcımux), 42 Blackfeet Indians, 16, 22, 24, 26, 27, 33, 65, 75; relations with fur traders, 34–39 Blue Mountains, xi boarding schools, 138 body painting, 11 Bonneville, Benjamin L. E., 43 Brave Seventeen, 118 British, 21, 26, 37 Broken Arm (Tuna-kehm-mu-toolt), 25, 30, 31 Page numbers in italic indicate illustrations®alok ’at, 101, 104, 108, 109, 112, 116, 120, 127, 129, 132®á·lya?. See The Lawyer (®á·lya?)®apáswahayqt. See Looking Glass (®apáswahayqt)®ickkum ’ kum ’ é·lıxpe. See Place of Ground Squirrels (®ickum ’ kum ’ é·lıxpe)®ıpelí·kt hılú·mkewe·t. See The Cloud Gatherer (®ıpelí·kt hılú·mkewe·t)®í·qıspa. See Miami OK Absaroka Range, 129 acculturation, 141–46, 150 Advisory Council and Business Committee of the Nez Perce Reservation, 152 Affiliated Tribes of the Northwest, 160 agents, 144. See also Bureau of Indian Affairs agriculture, 47–48, 62–64, 88, 138, 144, 147; and land allotments, 147–48 alcoholism, xiii, 86, 94, 111 Alpowa ID, 84, 90 American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 49 Ames, Kenneth, 3 ancestors, xii. See also elders Anderson, J. W., 53 Anglican missionaries, 41 Aoki, Haruo, xviii appaloosa, xvi–xvii, 23 164฀ index buffalo, xvi–xvii, 6, 94; hunting techniques , 24 Bull, John, 137–38 Bureau of Indian Affairs, 64–65, 66, 87, 91, 101, 135, 136–37, 139, 140, 150, 152, 154, 158, 161 Burke Act, 149 Cache Creek, 129 Cain, A. J., 83–84, 86 California, 15 Camas Prairie, ix, 12, 93, 108, 110, 115, 118, 139; population of, 149 Camp Meeting Association of Talmaks, 146 Canada: flight to, 131, 138; and FrenchCanadians , 40–41 Canal Gulch settlement, 84 Canyon Creek, 130 Captain John, 78, 105, 124 Carlisle Indian School, 150 Cataldo, Joseph M., 96 Catholics, 40–41, 57–58, 96, 97–98; on reservations, 141–46 Catlin, George, 42; paintings of, 43 Cayuse Indians, 2, 15, 16, 36, 54, 57, 58, 59, 64; and Council of 1855, 66–72; as refugees, 60–61; reservations and, 70–72; warfare by, 77, 78 Celilo Falls, 15, 156, 157 ceremonies: gift exchange, 19; July 4 celebration, 144–46; parade, 19, 107; water and, xiv; wedding, 19 Chapman, Arthur “Ad,” 109, 111–12, 117, 125, 133, 134, 136, 137 Cherokee Indians, 67, 70 Cheyenne Indians, 24; scouts, 131 Chief Joseph (Hınmató·wyalahtq ’ıt), 51, 97, 100, 104, 140, 147; death of, 140; and his father’s advice, 99; as “Indian Napoleon,” 116; after Nez Perce War, 136–55; peace efforts before war, 109; renegade reputation of, 113–14, 116; schools and, 97–98; speech of, 134–35; surrender of, 133–34; trip to Washington DC, 136–37, 140; war and, 108–35; wife of, 127 chiefs, 143. See also headmen; war chiefs Chikaskia River, 137 child rearing, 16–17 Chilocco Indian Boarding School, 138 Chopunnish Indians, 30 Christian missionaries, 39–58. See also missionaries claims, 156–57 Clark, William, 42 Clarke, John, 35 Clark Fork River, 34, 129, 130 Clarkston ID, 8, 154 Clear Creek, 115 Clearwater River, x, xii, 1, 3, 4, 8, 26, 28, 30, 85; Middle Fork of, 115; North Fork of, xv, 83; South Fork of, 85, 108–9, 117, 118, 119 Clearwater River Basin, xi Clearwater Valley, x Cleveland, Grover, 149 clothing, 10, 24 The Cloud Gatherer (®ıpelí·kt hılú·mkewe·t), 25 Cody WY, 129 Coeur d’Alene Indians, 2, 15, 16, 76, 80, 81, 96 Colonel Wright, 85 Columbia Basin, xiv Columbia Plateau, 2, 6 Columbia River, 15, 35 Colville Indians, 15, 139 Colville reservation, 139, 140, 141 Colville Valley, 75, 80 index฀ 165 Commission of 1876, 104–5 Commission of 1877, 106–7 Community Action programs, 159 constitutions, 152, 155, 158 Cottonwood Creek, 108, 109, 118 Cottonwood House, 116 Council of 1855, 66–72; aftermath of, 73–82; interpretation of, 67 Council of 1856...