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Organizations like Nimiipuu Community Development Fund in Idaho and Spruce Root in Alaska are breaking down barriers by providing Native business owners with access to capital, mentorship and financial education.—Oweesta, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 Decades before Idaho statehood, dozens of leaders of the Nimiipuu people signed a treaty in 1855 with the U.S. government.—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2025 Gladstone has both Blackfeet and Nimiipuu heritage, and grew up on a Blackfeet reservation in Montana.—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 Jan. 2024
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Nez Percé (Upriver dialect) ni⸱mí⸱pu⸱, nimí⸱pu⸱, a self-designation
Note:
In the orthography currently used on the Nez Percé reservation in Idaho it is written niimíipuu or nimíipuu, dependent on the speaker's pronunciation.
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