We have yet another book on a Native American tribe featuring them wearing regalia, as if it is what they still wear in everyday modern life. Not true. Do not get me wrong, the regalia is wonderful, but these modern photos mislead our youth into thinking Native Americans still wear this style of clothing daily.

This book gives very general information about the Nez Perce tribe of the 1700-1800s before white settlers came. The page headings include: Nez Perce Territory, Home Life, What They Ate, Daily Life, Made by Hand, Spirit Life, Storytellers, Fighting for Land,  Back in Time ( a timeline), and The Nez Perce Today ( again a photo of a Nez Perce in regalia).

I shared this book with my Native American- Nez Perce colleague from a Native American school.  He was only disagreed with one point, on page 16, ” The Nez Perce were named for shell bead decorations in their noses.” According to my friend, this was not the Nez Perce but a totally different tribe altogether. He was disappointed that this inaccurate information is still being taught.