White Bird (Native American leader)

White Bird
Peo-peo-hix-hiix
Nez Perce tribe, Lamátta band leader
Personal details
Died	March 6, 1892 Pincher Creek
Cause of death	Murder

White Bird (Peo-peo-hix-hiix, piyóopiyo x̣ayx̣áyx̣ or more correctly Peopeo Kiskiok Hihih - "White Goose"), also referred to as White Pelican (died 1892), was leader, war chief and tooat (Shaman or Prophet) of the Lamátta or Lamtáama band of the Nez Perce tribe with the Lamata village along the Salmon River.^[1] His band and the village took its name from Lahmatta ("area with little snow"), by which White Bird Canyon was known to the Nez Perce.