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    • Horsehair hat band

    • Clothing and dress; Hats; Weaving; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • A hat band is usually make of some kind of fabric, leather, or ribbon and is worn as part of a hat, surrounding the hat just about the brim. This specific hat band is made from black/dark brown horsehair and has three silver pieces attached,...
    • First Prize

    • Joe, Minnie; Nez Perce
    • Sitting Nez Perce woman and child; Mrs. Minnie Joe and baby, wal'wáama/qemúynuu (Wallowa/Joseph band) Nez Perce. This baby won the first prize, a silver cup, over twenty nine other Native American babies, in a contest under the auspices of the...
    • Horsehair neckpiece/collar or watch chain

    • Clothing and dress; Neckwear; Collars; Weaving; Braid; Clocks and watches; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This item is possibly a neckpiece/collar or watch chain. As a neckpiece or collar, the item is separate from a sám’x (shirt) and would have been worn around the neck outside of the sám’x (shirt) as an additional adornment. As a watch chain, this...
    • White Feather

    • White Feather; Nez Perce
    • Sitting Nez Perce woman; This Nez Perce Girl represents the tragic side of war as well as the tradition to have different successive names within the Nez Perce tribe. She lost her family during the ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Battle of the Big Hole) in...
    • lamáta (White Bird Battlefield)

    • Battlefields--Washington (State)--White Bird Battlefield; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (State)--Cottonwood; Landscape photography; Military retreats; Passes--Mountain passes; Valleys--Canyons; War--War casualties; Nez Perce
    • In the spring of 1877, General O.O. Howard gave an ultimatum to the Nimiipuu, giving them the choice to either relocate to the Nez Perce reservation peacefully or by force. With heavy hearts and little time to gather their horses, cattle, and...
    • Basanite arrowhead

    • Arrowheads; Arrows; Bow and arrow; Bow and arrow making; Projectile points; Subsistence hunting; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This arrowhead was one of five found at the site of ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass') camp near the himeq'isníme (Clearwater River) in present-day léewikees (Kooskia, Idaho). ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass) was a Nimíipuu (Nez...
    • Argillite arrowhead

    • Arrowheads; Arrows; Bow and arrow; Bow and arrow making; Projectile points; Subsistence hunting; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This arrowhead was one of five found at the site of ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass') camp near the himeq'isníme (Clearwater River) in present-day léewikees (Kooskia, Idaho). ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass) was a Nimíipuu (Nez...
    • Site where ’álok’at (Alokat) Fell

    • Landscape; Nez Perce
    • Site where ’álok’at (Alokat) fell at the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Battle Bear Paw Mountain), at Snake Creek on October 4, 1877. Nez Perce Chief ’álok’at (Alokat), son of Tiwi-teqis (Old Chief Joseph), was the war chief of the wal'wáama/qemúynuu...
    • Chief Crow Blanket

    • Costume & clothes; Nez Perce--Wars, 1877; Winchester firearms; Rifles; Belts (Clothing); Fur; Talismans; Tribal chiefs; Chief Crow Blanket; Studio portrait; Nez Perce
    • Chief Crow Blanket, who was a member of the wal'wáama/qemúynuu (Wallowa/Joseph band), rests his tim’úuni (rifle) on one of three rocks placed by his feet. He also has a fur talisman tied to his right arm.
    • Chalcedony arrowhead

    • Arrowheads; Arrows; Bow and arrow; Bow and arrow making; Projectile points; Subsistence hunting; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This arrowhead was one of five found at the site of ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass') camp near the himeq'isníme (Clearwater River) in present-day léewikees (Kooskia, Idaho). ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass) was a Nimíipuu (Nez...
    • Opal arrowhead

    • Arrowheads; Arrows; Bow and arrow; Bow and arrow making; Projectile points; Subsistence hunting; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This arrowhead was one of five found at the site of ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass') camp near the himeq'isníme (Clearwater River) in present-day léewikees (Kooskia, Idaho). ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass) was a Nimíipuu (Nez...
    • Studio Portrait of First-Red-Feather-of-the-Wing or Ha-waw-no-ilp-ilp

    • Warriors; Costume & adornment; Nez Perce--Wars, 1877; First Red Fearther of the Wing; Ha-waw-no-ilip-ilp; Chief Joseph; Nez Perce
    • A full length studio portrait of "First-Red-Feather-of-the-Wing" sitting on a rock, holding an early model Henry tim’úuni (rifle), his is wearing a yarn belt that is draped over the back of the rock. He was a young warrior during the Nez Perce War...
    • Jasper arrowhead

    • Arrowheads; Arrows; Bow and arrow; Bow and arrow making; Projectile points; Subsistence hunting; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This arrowhead was one of five found at the site of ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass') camp near the himeq'isníme (Clearwater River) in present-day léewikees (Kooskia, Idaho). ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass) was a Nimíipuu (Nez...
    • Bannock brown slate pipe

    • Pipe smoking; Tobacco pipes
    • This pipe is made from brown colored slate with a metal band around the bottom of the pipe. There isn't an associated pipe stem with this pipe. Though the exact time period the pipe was created or who created it is unknown, it was most likely...

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