Qualities Of The Fashionable Nez Perce Tribe

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The Fashionable Nez Perce Tribe “It does not require many words to speak the truth. ~Chief Joseph” The Nez Perce tribe had many unique qualities. They lived mostly in Idaho but moved around to Washington and Oregon. They did this because they would hunt buffalo and would go wherever they went. They enjoyed doing this and would look forward to when they got to move again. Moving so much helped them with developing unique qualities. Such as they developed their own design of tepees because they wanted to move around easily. Clothing The Nez Perce tribe possessed amazing fashion sense. The women dressed in beautiful deer skin dresses with baskets they weave on their head. They accessorized their outfits with colorful beads, teeth from animals …show more content…

In the Nez Perce tribe women and men had different responsibilities with food. The women took care of finding berries, seeds, fruits, vegetables and other natural things in the wild. The men hunted and killed fish for their family. They particularly like hunting deer, buffalo, foxes, salmon, and sometimes trout. They did this by shooting arrows or spears while riding on horses, if they didn’t have a horse they would do it on foot. When the men came back from a long day of hunting they would give what they caught to their wife who is incharge of all the cooking in the …show more content…

A wyakin is a guardian spirit that protects on indivizible person. The Nez Perce believed that they would get their wyakin when they were around the age of nine. How they receive their wyakin is whole different story. Their tribe would sends them out into the middle of the woods alone. They weren’t allowed to bring food or water for a whole day and night. They either came back and knew who their wyakin was and they throw you a party, or they’d come back crying from fear and exhaustion and have no idea who their wyakin is. Their wyakin was a spirit that is supposed to protect them from harm. They were supposed to pray to your wyakin to protect them especially if you were about to go into battle, but that is not all your wyakin does. In the Nez Perce tribe your wyakin determined your responsibilities with the tribe. If you have a powerful wyakin than they might have been a leader of the tribe, but if they had a normal or unpretentious wyakin than they may have had normal jobs like cooking and maybe some