1877
Violence / forced removalBook sources
Nez Perce flight and forced surrender
Northwestern United States; Nimi’ipuu / Nez Perce people
Military pursuit prevented a group of Nez Perce from reaching refuge in Canada. Survivors were removed far from their homeland, despite their efforts to preserve community and autonomy.
Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.
Context / qualification
The ebook compresses subsequent return; not all survivors returned immediately or to the same place.
Sources
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 8