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Chief Joseph Trail Ride
The Chief Joseph Trail Ride is an annual horse trail ride that follows the route the Nez Perce, Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) took during the Nez Perce War in 1877. The trail in its entirety is 1,300 miles long, separated into thirteen separate rides, which take place sequentially. The ride is on a 13-year cycle. The trail ride was started in 1965 by the Appaloosa Horse Club. The Original Ride The trail ride follows where Chief Joseph led the Nimiipuu while fighting the U.S. Cavalry to prevent being put on a reservation. The trail goes through Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Canada. The trail begins in Wallowa Valley, Washington and ends in Bears Paw Mountains, Bear Paw Mountains, Montana. The trip lasted from June to October, 1877. The Nimiipuu were trying to reach the Canadian border. The Nimiipuu were eventually overwhelmed by the U.S. Cavalry in Bear Paw Mountains. The original ride consisted of Native American men, women, and children. The first ride took place in 1965. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nez Perce
The Nez Perce (; autonym in Nez Perce language: , meaning 'we, the people') are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who still live on a fraction of the lands on the southeastern Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest. This region has been occupied for at least 11,500 years.Ames, Kenneth and Alan Marshall. 1980. "Villages, Demography and Subsistence Intensification on the Southern Columbia Plateau". ''North American Archaeologist'', 2(1): 25–52." Members of the Sahaptin language group, the Nimíipuu were the dominant people of the Columbia Plateau for much of that time, especially after acquiring the horses that led them to breed the Appaloosa horse in the 18th century. Prior to first contact with European colonial people the Nimíipuu were economically and culturally influential in trade and war, interacting with other indigenous nations in a vast network from the western shores of Oregon and Washington, the high plains of Montana, and the northern Great Bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
