Editing Nez Perce (section)

===Horse breeding program ===
[[File:Nez Perce warrior on horse.jpg|thumb|120px|Nez Perce warrior<br />on horse, 1910]]

In 1994 the Nez Perce tribe began a breeding program, based on crossbreeding the [[Appaloosa]] and a Central Asian breed called [[Akhal-Teke]], to produce what they called the [[Nez Perce Horse]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nez Perce horse culture resurrected through new breed|url=http://www.buffalogirlsproductions.com/idahonatives/nez/horse.html|publisher=Idaho Natives|access-date=May 22, 2013}}</ref> They wanted to restore part of their traditional horse culture, where they had conducted selective breeding of their horses, long considered a marker of wealth and status, and trained their members in a high quality of horsemanship. Social disruption due to reservation life and assimilationist pressures by Americans and the government resulted in the destruction of their horse culture in the 19th&nbsp;century. The 20th-century breeding program was financed by the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]], the Nez Perce tribe, and the nonprofit called the [[First Nations Development Institute]]. It has promoted businesses in Native American country that reflect values and traditions of the peoples. The Nez Perce Horse breed is noted for its speed.