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  • Fragments from c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Battlefield)
  • Bullets; Bones; Hair; Horns; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (The Battle of Bear Paw) was the final battle of the Nez Perce in the War of 1877 and was fought near c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw, Montana) from September 30 - October 5, 1877. At c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (The Battle of Bear...
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  • 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...
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  • Deteriorated rifle buttstock
  • Rifles; Campaigns & battles; Weapons; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This buttstock is the back portion of a rifle that usually sits on one's shoulder. One can see the deterioration of this wooden buttstock due to exposure to the weather elements. Evidence suggests this fragment was picked up at c'aynim...
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  • Ash Hollow Battlefield on Blue Creek
  • Battlefields--Washington (State)--White Bird Battlefield; Camps--Indian encampments; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (State)--Cottonwood; Landscape photography; Military retreats; Passes--Mountain passes; Valleys--Canyons; War--War...
  • This battle was the defining engagement of a short war between the U.S. and the Sioux sparked by disputes over violations of the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851). 600 U.S. soldiers engaged 250 Sioux, which resulted in 86 war casualties. Consequently,...
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  • Looking Across c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain Battlefield)
  • 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 of the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain battlefield) looking down from the bluff. It was here that Nez Perce warriors dug in and fired upon Colonel Miles' men during the last battle of the Nez Perce War of 1877. This was the...
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  • Close Up of Point of Rocks at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw 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;...
  • The "Point of Rocks" with a haystack in the distant background. This is the location where hinmatóoyalahtq’it (Chief Joseph's) Nez Perce warriors ambushed Miles's men. On verso of the photograph: The "'Point of Rocks' with a haystack in the d at...
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  • Ed Fredlund and Raymond Noyes at Point of Rocks, c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain)
  • Battlefields--Montana; United States Army--Cavalry--Washington (State); Graves--Montana--Chinook; Land--Mountains; Land--Rock formations; Landscape photography; Mountains (Montana); Passes--Mountain passes; Peace; Peace negotiations; Joseph, Nez...
  • The "Point of Rocks" at the battlefield of c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountains). Two men are standing at the base, on the left is Raymond Noyes and on the right is Ed Fredlund. Both men originated from Chinook, Montana. On verso of...
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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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  • Scene of ’álok’at' (Alokat's) Death 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...
  • Scene of the rock where ’álok’at (Alokat) was killed at the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain battle). Taken from direction of trees looking southeast. Firing from behind this rock, ’álok’at (Chief Alokat) was killed in the last battle of...
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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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  • Burial Site at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain Battlefield)
  • Battlefields--Montana; United States Army--Cavalry--Washington (State); Graves--Montana--Chinook; Land--Mountains; Land--Rock Formations; Landscape Photography; Mountains (Montana); Passes--Mountain Passes; Peace; Peace Negotiations; Joseph, Nez...
  • This is the location where the casualties of the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain battle) were buried. c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw) was the last battle of the Nez Perce War of 1877, and the location where hinmatóoyalahtq’it (Chief...
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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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  • Monument erected for hinmatóowyalahtq̓it' (Chief Joseph's) surrender
  • Monument; Nez Perce
  • Monument erected for hinmatóowyalahtq̓it' (Chief Joseph's) surrender to Colonel Nelson on October 5th, 1877.
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  • 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...
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  • Young piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt)
  • Peo Peo Tholekt; Nez Perce
  • Nez Perce Chief piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt), young warrior, Nez Perce War of 1877
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  • Medicine Lodge Peace Treaty Pageant
  • Treaty
  • Site of the Medicine Lodge Peace Treaty Pageant at Medicine Lodge, Kansas in 1932 on October 5th, 6th and 7th.
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  • Site of Treaty Preparation
  • Treaty
  • Photo of a group of Native Americans preparing to sign the treaty at Pageant Medicine Lodge in Kansas during October 1932.
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  • Site of dead soldiers
  • Yellow Wolf, 1855-1935; Nez Perce
  • hímiin maqsmáqs' (Yellow Wolf's) demonstration at site of ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole Battlefield).
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  • Site of Treaty Preparation(2)
  • Treaty
  • Photo of a group of Native Americans preparing to sign the treaty at Pageant Medicine Lodge in Kansas during October 1932.
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