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    • Bullet Pierced Clothes

    • Battle; Nez Perce
    • Photos of Sergeant Loynes' Bullet Pierced Clothes "Photographs of two pieces of shirts' (two shirts) with bullet holes received from Native American's rifle, Battle of the Big Hole, Montana, Aug 9, 1877. Ball passed through a wrinkle in the two...
    • lepít híisemtuks (Two Moons)

    • Warriors; Nez Perce--Wars, 1877; Two Moons; Nez Perce
    • Photograph of lepít híisemtuks (Two Moons), a Nez Perce Warrior, who fought in the Nez Perce Wars of 1877. "Two Moons," or " lepít híisemtuks," described many of his stories about tribal warfare to McWhorter. Although he had a small stature, lepít...
    • Petk-tlkl and Meltz

    • Flathead Nation; Nez Perce
    • Photo of séelix (Flathead) members Petk-tlkl and Meltz. "Petk-tlkl, on left of two men his finger shot off by Mc Convill's men in Misery Fort fight, only man wounded. (He was a boy, not 20, an unarmed noncombatant.) Meltz, on right chased back...
    • Bullet Pierced Clothes

    • Battle; Nez Perce
    • Photos of Sergeant Loynes' Bullet Pierced Clothes "Photographs of two pieces of shirts' (two shirts) with bullet holes received from Native American's rifle, Battle of the Big Hole, Montana, Aug 9, 1877. Ball passed through a wrinkle in the two...
    • Northernmost Cemetery Butte

    • 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
    • The battle of lamáta (White Bird Canyon) occurred following several Salmon River raids that alerted General Howard, who then dispatched Capt. Perry with ninety-nine men, mounts, camping equipment, and three days rations. Capt. Perry's orders were...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Obsidian flake scrapers

    • Scrapers (Tools); Tools; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • Flake scrapers were tools primarily used by Native American peoples, including the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce), for working with animal hides, animal fur, or wood. These two flake scrapers were made from obsidian rock, are black in color, and are 3.2 cm...
    • tim’úuni (Rifle) hammers

    • Rifles; Weapons; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • These are two hammers from the locks of tim’úuni (rifles). Though it is unknown which specific company produced these tim’úuni (rifle) hammers, it is thought they were produced around the mid-1800s. Evidence suggests these items were found and...
    • Smartlowit Family

    • Indians of North America--Yakama Indians--Children; Indian women
    • Photograph of Smarlowit children outside with their dog. Two infants are sitting on a blanket while two older siblings are standing in the background. From the back of photograph, "Smartlowit Family - Yakimas."
    • Yakama Women

    • Indians of North America--Yakama Indians--Women--Children
    • Photograph of two Yakama women with a baby taken near a residence. The individuals were members of the Smartlowit family. From the back of the photograph: "Two Yakama women with a baby-Smartlowit family"
    • Shaman's necklace

    • Shamans; Necklaces; Beaded jewelry; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
    • Though it is unknown when this necklace was originally created or who created it, it is believed to have been owned by a tiwélqe (Bannock) or Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) shaman. The role of the shaman was to help provide medicinal and spiritual...

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