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  • Studio Portrait of ’álok’at (Chief Alokat)
  • Warriors; Costume & adornment; Nez Perce--Wars, 1877; Chief Ollokot, Bear Paw Battlefiled, Sitting Bull; Nez Perce
  • A studio portrait of ’álok’at (Chief Alokat), Nez Perce, brother of hinmatóoyalahtq’it (Chief Joseph). On verso of photograph: "I saw this photograph taken, Walla Walla, Wash., June 1877. Photographed by Chas. W. Phillips, "Olicot, Brother of Chief...
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  • ’álok’at (Chief Alokat), wetyétmes liklíin (Circling Swan), and hiyúum hipáayma (Grizzly Bear in the Middle)
  • Tribal chiefs; Group portrait; Studio portrait; Chief Ollokot; Nez Perce
  • ’álok’at (Chief Alokat) (center) with wetyétmes liklíin (Circling Swan) (left) and hiyúum hipáayma (Grizzly Bear in the Middle) (right). Photo taken in páasx̣pa (Walla Walla, Washington), 1876, the year before the outbreak of war. ’álok’at (Chief...
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  • Thomas Lindsey
  • Warriors; Nez Perce--Wars, 1877; Lindsey, Thomas; Wat Yu Tsa Kaun; Stop Lightning in the Mountains; Nez Perce
  • Studio portrait of Thomas Lindsey who is holding a tim’úuni (rifle). A number of rocks are placed at his feet. Known to L.V. McWhorter as Thomas Lindsey, or Wat Yu Tsa Kaun, McWhorter contacted his interpreter Williams and asked him to translate...
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  • Eagle Roaring
  • Warriors; Nez Perce--Wars, 1877; Eagle Roaring; Nez Perce
  • 1908 photograph of Eagle Roaring, a Nez Perce warrior who fought in the Nez Perce Wars in 1877. Known to white people as George Comedown, Eagle Roaring belonged to the group of Nez Perce traditionalists who actively shared their cultural knowledge...
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