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  • nimíipuu (Nez Perce) women at ceremonial gathering
  • Clothing and dress; Ceremonial objects; Horesemen and horsewomen; Tipis; Lapwai (Idaho); Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • In this photograph, three nimíipuu (Nez Perce) women ride horses at an outdoor ceremonial gathering in Lapwai, Idaho. All three women wear púxnin’(shawls) and cíickan (blankets/robes), while their horses are adorned with cíickan (blankets/robes). ...
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  • nimíipuu (Nez Perce) at nimíipuu (Nez Perce) Agency
  • Native American agents; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Nez Perce Agency; Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874; Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851; Lapwai (Idaho); Missionary settlements; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • In this photograph, a large group of nimíipuu (Nez Perce) peoples stand at on the grounds/site of the nimíipuu (Nez Perce) Agency in Lapwai, Idaho. In the 1830s, Reverand Henry Spalding and his wife Eliza originally established a mission (referred...
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  • nimíipuu (Nez Perce) and employees at nimíipuu (Nez Perce) Agency
  • Native American agents; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Nez Perce Agency; Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874; Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851; Montieth, Reverand W.J.; McFarland, Reverand D.F.; Lapwai (Idaho); Missionary settlements;...
  • In this photograph, a large group of nimíipuu (Nez Perce) peoples and employees of the nimíipuu (Nez Perce) Agency stand in front of the physical site of the agency in Lapwai, Idaho. In the 1830s, Reverand Henry Spalding and his wife Eliza...
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  • Jackson Sundown
  • Sundown, Jackson, 1863-1923; Horesemen and horsewomen; Rodeos; Campaigns & battles; Subsistence hunting; Tipis; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Jackson Sundown was a famous nimíipuu (Nez Perce) horseman and warrior, known for his skills in rodeo riding and accomplishments in the Pendleton Roundup in Pendleton, Oregon during the early twentieth century (early 1900s). He was a member of the...
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  • Jackson Sundown
  • Sundown, Jackson, 1863-1923; Horesemen and horsewomen; Rodeos; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Jackson Sundown was a famous nimíipuu (Nez Perce) horseman and warrior, known for his skills in rodeo riding and accomplishments in the Pendleton Roundup in Pendleton, Oregon during the early twentieth century (early 1900s). He was a member of the...
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  • Ranald McDonald
  • McDonald, Ranald
  • Black and White photograph featuring Ranald McDonald in pose wearing White shirt and dark suit
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  • "Wolf" on Horseback
  • Native American culture; Brown, William C., 1916-
  • Blue-tinted photograph, artificially colored in, featuring Native American man sitting on horse. "Wolf" appears on verso of image.
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  • "Wolf" on Colville Reservation
  • Native American culture; Brown, William C., 1916-
  • Black and white photograph featuring Native American man, presumably named "Wolf", standing wrapped in blanket on Colville Indian Reservation. Inscription on verso of identical print reads, "One of the Government's wards residing on this...
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  • Klamath School, 1897
  • Schools; Indigenous peoples; Children; Group portraits
  • Black and white photograph depicting the Klamath Agency's School for Native American children. The photo shows several adults with young boys in front of the school building and "Klamath School- May, 31 1897" written on a chalk board.
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  • Tom Pah = ween (Tom Poween)
  • Poween, Tom; Brown, William C., 1916-
  • Black and white photograph featuring image of Tom Poween, a member of the Nez Pierce tribe, dressed in highly decorated traditional garments with feather head dress. Writing on verso of image reads, "Tom Poween, Nespiece Tribe, Picture of Tom Pah =...
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  • Wolf, Umatilla
  • Wolf; Native American culture; Brown, William C., 1916-
  • Black and white photograph featuring portrait of "Wolf", a member of the Umatilla tribe, dressed in highly decorated traditional Native American garments.
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  • Te-te-ho-not (David Williams)
  • Te-te-ho-not (David Williams); Native American culture; Brown, William C., 1916-
  • Black and white photograph featuring image of Te-te-ho-not, a Nez Pierce chief also known as David Williams, standing next to horse laden with furs.
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  • Te-te-ho-not (David Williams) Loading Pony
  • Te-te-ho-not (David Williams); Native American culture; Brown, William C., 1916-
  • Black and white photograph showing Chief Te-te-ho-not loading fur pelts onto horse.
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  • Grave of Lapadrearu
  • Native American culture; Lapadrearu; Brown, William C., 1916-
  • Black and white photograph showing the grave site of Lapadrearu, taken in spring of 1917.
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  • The Old Crossing
  • Native American culture; Owhi; Brown, William C., 1916-
  • Black and white photograph showing bend in a small river. Description on verso of image reads, "View 1, 3/4 miles above the point by Indian graves in crevices and 3/4 mile above present crossing, and one mile below Starbuck, looking south, showing...
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  • Sam Fisher
  • Fisher, Sam; Brown, William C., 1916-
  • Black and white photograph featuring Sam Fisher standing on wooden front porch with cane in hand.
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  • Catherine May
  • Bedell, Catherine May, 1914-
  • Black and white photograph featuring image of Catherine May. "Portrait goes in center of big H. T., Pg. 6 33%" written on verso of image.
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  • Cleaning Cedar Bark
  • Peck, Charles K.; Logan, Howard, Mrs.
  • Color photograph featuring Mrs. Howard Logan cleaning cedar bark on the Quinault Indian Reservation.
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  • Louisa Pulsifer With Her Baskets
  • Pulsifer, Louisa; Peck, Charles K.
  • Negative of color photograph featuring Louisa Pulsifer of the Skokomish Indian Reservation weaving a basket.
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  • Gathering Sweet Grass
  • Queets Indians; Peck, Charles K.
  • Black and white photograph showing Queets Indians gathering sweet grass (mud grass), a sedge, for weaving baskets, in delta of Chehalis River, Grays Harbor County, WA.
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