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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...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • hímiin maqsmáqs’ (Yellow Wolf's) k’aplác (war club)
  • Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This k’aplác (war club) was owned and made by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior hímiin maqsmáqs’ (Yellow Wolf). Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warriors, like hímiin maqsmáqs’ (Yellow Wolf), would use k’aplác (war clubs) in battle and often constructed different...
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  • hímiin maqsmáqs’ (Yellow Wolf's) Winchester Carbine Model 66.44 Rim Fire tim’úuni (rifle)
  • Winchester rifle; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This tim’úuni (rifle) belonged to Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) and he carried it with him throughout the majority of the Nez Perce War of 1877. The tim’úuni (rifle), a Winchester Carbine Model 66.44 Rim Fire, was...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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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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  • hímiin maqsmáqs’ (Yellow Wolf's) steel-tipped replica arrow
  • Arrows; Bow and arrow; Bow and arrow making; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) made four arrows that were replicas of arrows originally used by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warriors in the Nez Perce War of 1877. Specifically, the original arrows were used in lamáta (The...
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  • ‘ilewselikéecet (John Pinkham)
  • Warriors; Nez Perce--Wars, 1877; Pinkham, John; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of ‘ilewselikéecet (John Pinkham), a Nez Perce warrior, who fought in the Nez Perce Wars of 1877. This young man, who was given the name "‘ilewselikéecet ," along with five other men escaped the fighting at the ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big...
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  • Beaded gauntlets
  • Gauntlets (Gloves); Gloves; Bead embroidery; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • These beaded gauntlets are a form of decorative riding gloves used by men and women. The earliest versions of gauntlets were originally used by European soldiers for protection during battles in the fourteenth century. In the early nineteenth...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • The Bolon Monument
  • Indians of North America--Yakama Indians--Monuments--Historical markers
  • Photograph of the Bolon Monument without the railing. From the back of the photograph, "the Bolon Monument, Cedar Valley Road."
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection

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