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    • páaxat'ipéetehemkt' (Five Fogs') quiver

    • Quivers (Archery); Containers; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This quiver 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). A quiver is a case primarily used to...
    • Nez Perce Chief, Willy Andrews in front of trees

    • Beadwork; Andrews, Chief Willy; Red Star; Nez Perce
    • Portrait photograph of Chief Willy Andrews who is wearing a wool jacket that is fringed over his shirt, beaded necklace, and braided hair. The background is in an outdoor setting. Chief Willy Andrews also known as Red Star resided on the Colville...
    • Yellow Bull

    • Warriors; Nez Perce--Wars, 1877; Yellow Bull; Nez Perce
    • Nez Perce Warrior, 1877. sáapsis ‘ilp’ílp (Red Moccasin Tops), son of Yellow Bull, also took part in the killings leading up to the Nez Perce War of 1877. Yellow Bull was opposed to the use of violence against white settlers. However, sáapsis...
    • Splinter bone awl

    • Awls; Tools; Sewing; Stitches (sewing); Leatherwork; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • An awl is a tool regularly used for stitching, creating holes for sewing, or sewing thick materials, including leather and canvas. While many awls have a bone base with a sharpened point, such as a steel needle, attached to the end, these two awls...
    • 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,...
    • húusus 'ewyíin' (Wounded Head's) drinking cup

    • Drinking vessels; Handicraft; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This drinking cup was owned and constructed by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior húusus 'ewyíin (Wounded Head). Though drinking cups served everyday, practical uses, this particular drinking cup maintains important significance in Nimíipuu (Nez Perce)...
    • Lieutenant Rains Last Stand

    • War--War casualties; Battlefields--Washington (State)--Lieutenant Rains last stand; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (state)--Cottonwood; Landscape photographs; Military defeats; Nez Perce
    • Where Native Americans say Lieutenant Rains and companions made last stand, Nez Perce War, 1877. This picture was identified as the spot where the last of the Lieutenant Rains company was annihilated as stated in Bennet's narrative. The rock...
    • ceremonial wahiloskó’s (quirt)

    • Riding whips; Ceremonial objects; Handicraft; Leather goods; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • A wahiloskó’s (quirt) or horse whip is an important aspect of the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) peoples' connection to horses. Though Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) men and women used wahiloskó’s (quirts) in daily life to control horses, they also served purposes in...
    • sám’x (shirt)

    • Clothing and dress; Shirts; Cotton textiles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This sám’x (shirt) is representative of a transitional period regarding clothing in Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) culture during the late 1800s. Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) clothing, including sám’x (shirts), were traditionally made by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) from...
    • hinmatóowyalahtq̓it' (Chief Joseph's) ceremonial pipe bag

    • Ceremonial objects; Handicraft; Tobacco pipes; Pouches (Containers); Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This pipe bag belonged to Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) chief hinmatóowyalahtq̓it (Joseph). The unique aspect of this particular pipe bag is that it was used to carry the tobacco pipe's stem as opposed to most traditional pipe bags that were used to carry...
    • páaxat'ipéetehemkt' (Five Fogs') tim’úuni (bow)

    • Bow and arrow; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Bow and arrow making; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This tim’úuni (bow) 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)...
    • 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...
    • Embroidered Plateau-style moccasins

    • Moccasins: Embroidery; Beadwork embroidery; Quillwork; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • This pair of moccasins was made from buckskin, such as deer skin. Each individual moccasin is decorated on the front of the with either quillwork or beadwork in a floral pattern using white, blue, green, and red beads or dyed porcupine quills. ...
    • Cylindrical or cannon bone awl

    • Awls; Tools; Sewing; Stitches (sewing); Leatherwork; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • An awl is a tool regularly used for stitching, creating holes for sewing, or sewing thick materials, including leather and canvas. While many awls have a bone base with a sharpened point, such as a steel needle, attached to the end, these two awls...

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