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Nez perce national historical park, established in 1965, comprises thirtyeight discontiguous sites in four states washington, oregon, idaho, and montana describing the history and culture of the nez perce neemepoo indians. Book of north americasn landscapes in new york journal of books. The writings, one by the nez perce chief joseph and the other by an oregonbased suffragist abigail scott duniway, mainly touch on three different causes. Nez perce summer, 1877 tells the story of a peoples epic struggle to survive in the face of unrelenting military force. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.