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  • Rocks of c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain)
  • Battle; Nez Perce
  • Point of Rocks at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountains), c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Battlefield). "Within three days of reaching the Canadian border, the Nez Perces were camped on this creek in the Bear Paw Mountains when they were...
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  • Metis xe’xépil (half-leggings)
  • Clothing & dress; Bead embroidery; Leather garments; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • The term "Metis half-leggings" originated in the mid-1800s when indigenous employees of fur trading companies wore xe’xépil (leggings) below the knee to protect expensive cloth trousers from wear. The Metis are an indigenous Canadian people,...
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  • Nez Perce tim’úuni (Rifle) Pits and Marker at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain)
  • Battlefields--Montana--Bear Paw Battlefield; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (state)--Bear Paw; Land--Mountains; Land--Rock formations; Landscape photographs; Military retreats; Monuments & memorials; Mountains (Montana); Passes--Mountain...
  • On the back of the photo: "Looking across the battlefield of Bear Paw Mountains with the Nez Perce rifle pit at the left and Indian marker nearby, while other markers and scar between them appear in the distant center. Photo Nov 24th 1932 by Emil...
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  • Looking Across the Battlefield at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain)
  • Battlefields--Montana--Bear Paw Battlefield; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (state)--Bear Paw; Land--Mountains; Land--Rock formations; Landscape photographs; Military retreats; Mountains (Montana); Passes--Mountain passes; Peace; Peace...
  • Landscape view across the battlefield at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain) where the Nez Perce dug shelter pits for the noncombatants. With freezing weather and limited food supplies, suffering was very great among the Nez Perce. Though...
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  • Place Where Tah-tah-koh-lih-kin was Wounded
  • Battlefields--Montana--Bear Paw Battlefield; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (state)--Bear Paw; Land--Mountains; Land--Rock formations; Landscape photographs; Military retreats; Mountains (Montana); Passes--Mountain passes; Peace; Peace...
  • Behind this boulder, a Nez Perce warrior lay sniping Miles' men at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain). Left: Ed Fredlund, right: Raymond R. Noyes, of Chinook. Photo Nov 24th 1932 by Emil Kopac Oshkosh Neb. "Ed Fredlund, county surveyor, and...
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  • Bullet-Scarred Boulder at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain Battlefield)
  • Bear Paw, Battle of, Mont., 1877; Battlefields--Montana--Bear Paw Battlefield; United States--Army--Cavalry; Land--Mountains; Land--Rock formations; Landscape photography; Mountains--Montana; Mountain passes--Montana; Peace negotiations;...
  • A boulder scarred by bullets from the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Battle of Bear Paw Mountain), which occurred between September 30 and October 5, 1877. It was here that the Nez Perce made their last stand before surrendering to Colonel Nelson Miles....
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  • Tipi drawing
  • Genre drawings; Figure drawings; Nez Perce
  • Tipi used by L.V. McWhorter when visiting piyopyóot’alikt (Chief Peo-Peo Tholekt). The painting on the tipi was done by the chief, and represents Sitting Bull presenting the peace pipe to him on his arrival in Sitting Bull's Canadian camp after...
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