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  • Jackson Sundown Cabin
  • House; Nez Perce
  • Site of Jackson Sundown's cabin, a famous Native American horseman. An old cabin, built by Jackson Sundown, a famous Native American horsemen, who as a child escaped from the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw battlefield) to a refuge in Canada. He...
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  • Penahwenonmi's (Helping Another's) cúuyesıtkeˀs (belt pouch)
  • Cornhusk bags; Pouches (Containers); Cornhusk craft; Handicraft; Belts (clothing); Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Penahwenonmi (Helping Another) was a Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) woman who survived the Nez Perce War of 1877 battle ickum'kiléelixpe (The Battle of the Big Hole). Penahwenonmi's (Helping Another's) husband húusus 'ewyíin (Wounded Head) was a Nimíipuu...
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  • húusus 'ewyíin' (Wounded Head's) hímiin (wolf)-skin
  • Talismans; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This hímiin (wolf)-skin was owned and believed to be fashioned by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior húusus 'ewyíin (Wounded Head). This hímiin (wolf)-skin was believed to provide the warrior protection from harm and as a result, the hímiin (wolf)-skin...
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  • Pe-nah-we-non-me (Helping Another), wife of húusus 'ewyíin (Wounded Head), with daughter and granddaughter
  • Penahwenonmi; Nez Perce
  • Pe-nah-we-non-me photographed here in the later years of her life with her daughter, Mrs. White, and granddaughter on the Nez Perce reservation in Spalding, Idaho. Pe-nah-we-non-me was married to húusus 'ewyíin (Wounded Head), a prominent warrior...
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  • Wetatonmi wife of ’álok’at (Alokat)
  • Ollokot, Nez Percé Chief, 1844?-1877; Wetatonmi; Nez Perce
  • Wetatonmi was married to ’álok’at (Alokat), a warrior in the Nez Perce war of 1877 and brother of hinmatóoyalahtq’it (Chief Joseph). Wetatonmi delivered a horse to ’álok’at (Alokat) in the midst of battle when she heard from a warrior that her...
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  • hímiin maqsmáqs’ (Yellow Wolf's) replica tim’úuni (bow)
  • Bow and arrow; Bow and arrow making; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Subsistence hunting; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This specific tim’úuni (bow) is a replica of a tim’úuni (bow) Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) was carrying during the Nez Perce War of 1877 battle lamáta (The Battle of White Bird Canyon). lamáta (The Battle of White...
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  • Gully on Custer Battlefield
  • Battlefields--Montana; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876; Historic sites--Montana; Indians of North America; Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876; Kopac, Emil
  • The Battle of Little Big Horn was also known as Custer's Last Stand, and by the Native Americans it is referred to as the Battle of Greasy Grass Creek. This was a battle between the 7th Calvary of the US Army and the Lakota-Northern Cheyenne Tribe....
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  • Photograph of Mourning Dove
  • Indians of North America; Indian authors; Mourning Dove, 1888-1936; Indian women; Colville Indians; Quintasket, Christine
  • Photograph of Mourning Dove who is one of the first Native American women authors. This image was taken in the author's later years. She is wearing traditional Native American apparel and holding a woven basket. Mourning Dove, also known as...
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  • páaxat'ipéetehemkt' (Five Fogs') unfinished arrows
  • Arrows; Bow and arrow; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Bow and arrow making; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • These five arrows belonged to páaxat'ipéetehemkt (Five Fogs), a Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior who fought in the Nez Perce War of 1877, including the significant battle, ' ickum'kiléelixpe (The Battle of the Big Hole). páaxat'ipéetehemkt (Five Fogs)...
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