Recent Examples on the WebGladstone has both Blackfeet and Nimiipuu heritage, and grew up on a Blackfeet reservation in Montana.—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 Jan. 2024
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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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