Story Of The Nez Perce, A Native American Tribe

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Native Americans Now I’m gonna talk about the Nez Perce, a Native American tribe. The Nez Perce lived in parts of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington.The settlers were farming in their land, and the government wanted to trade some land with them.They didn’t want to move,they ran,war started,and eventually they surrendered.That’s the sad story of the Nez Perce.
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Now I’m going to tell you about the Chinese Immigrants.So,in 1851,news of gold in California reached China.Immigrants flooded into America.The Chinese had it rough in China,and they wanted to bring some gold back to their families.Most of the gold was gone.Lots of the Immigrants helped build the first transcontinental railroad.They were paid less than the American

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