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  • Penah-we-non-mi's Saddle
  • Penahwenonmi; Saddle; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of Penah-we-non-mi's (Helping Another's) saddle made in Sitting Bull's camp in Canada. Pe-nah-we-non-me (Helping Another) was married to húusus 'ewyíin (Wounded Head), a prominent warrior of the Nez Perce War of 1877, who told many of...
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  • Rocks of c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain)
  • Battle; Nez Perce
  • Point of Rocks at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountains), c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Battlefield). "Within three days of reaching the Canadian border, the Nez Perces were camped on this creek in the Bear Paw Mountains when they were...
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  • Basanite arrowhead
  • Arrowheads; Arrows; Bow and arrow; Bow and arrow making; Projectile points; Subsistence hunting; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This arrowhead was one of five found at the site of ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass') camp near the himeq'isníme (Clearwater River) in present-day léewikees (Kooskia, Idaho). ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass) was a Nimíipuu (Nez...
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  • Argillite arrowhead
  • Arrowheads; Arrows; Bow and arrow; Bow and arrow making; Projectile points; Subsistence hunting; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This arrowhead was one of five found at the site of ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass') camp near the himeq'isníme (Clearwater River) in present-day léewikees (Kooskia, Idaho). ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass) was a Nimíipuu (Nez...
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  • Chalcedony arrowhead
  • Arrowheads; Arrows; Bow and arrow; Bow and arrow making; Projectile points; Subsistence hunting; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This arrowhead was one of five found at the site of ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass') camp near the himeq'isníme (Clearwater River) in present-day léewikees (Kooskia, Idaho). ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass) was a Nimíipuu (Nez...
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  • Opal arrowhead
  • Arrowheads; Arrows; Bow and arrow; Bow and arrow making; Projectile points; Subsistence hunting; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This arrowhead was one of five found at the site of ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass') camp near the himeq'isníme (Clearwater River) in present-day léewikees (Kooskia, Idaho). ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass) was a Nimíipuu (Nez...
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  • Jasper arrowhead
  • Arrowheads; Arrows; Bow and arrow; Bow and arrow making; Projectile points; Subsistence hunting; Weapons; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This arrowhead was one of five found at the site of ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass') camp near the himeq'isníme (Clearwater River) in present-day léewikees (Kooskia, Idaho). ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass) was a Nimíipuu (Nez...
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  • Nez Perce Women Breaking Camp
  • Nez Perce
  • Group of Native Americans packing tents and supplies on packhorses on the ranch of L.V. McWhorter. While traveling back to the reservation from seasonal work, as for instance during the hop harvest, L.V. McWhorter oftentimes invited groups of...
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  • 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...
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  • ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole) camp
  • Big Hole, Battle of the, Mont., 1877; Big Hole National Battlefield (Mont.); Battlefields--Montana; Land--Mountains; Valleys--Montana; Canyons--Montana; Historic sites--Montana; Chief Joseph; Gibbons; Nez Perce
  • Nez Perce camp ground at the ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole Battlefield). On verso of photograph: "Looking into the valley of the Big Hole where Chief Joseph's Nez Perces was encamped on Sept 9th when he was attacked by the command of General Gibbons...
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  • Nez Perce camp across Clearwater River
  • Battlefields--Idaho--Clearwater Battlefield; Land--Mountains; Valleys--Canyons; Historic sites--Idaho--Stites; Clearwater River Idaho, Battleridge; Nez Perce
  • This picture shows the battle ridge on the right and the Nez Perce camp across the river. On verso of the photograph: " Foot of the hill where Nez Perce come down in their retreat, Clearwater Battle , 11-12-1877. River is not shown. South last of...
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  • Camp Cowan Marker
  • Landscape; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of Camp Cowan marker.
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  • Site of Gen. Howard's Camp Cowan
  • Landscape; Nez Perce
  • Site of Gen. Howard's Camp Cowan where a party of tourists from Helena met.
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  • Site close to Nez Perce camp
  • Landscape; Nez Perce
  • Site close to Nez Perce camp of Clearwater píiwapciy'awniwaas (Battle).
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  • ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Battle of Big Hole) / Nez Perce Camp [1877], 1927
  • Battlefields--Montana--Big Hole Battlefield; Nez Perce National Historical Parks, 1866-1895; Tholekt, Peo Peo; Nez Perce
  • Original hand-drawn color document, 55 x 43 cm. Pictographs drawn by piyopyóot’alikt (Peo-Peo Tholekt) for L.V. McWhorter. Top are elements of the ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Battle of Big Hole), on August 9, 1877. Lower, rotated 180 degrees, is the Nez...
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  • United States Army axe head
  • Axes; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Documentation from L.V. McWhorter indicates this axe head from an axe was picked up from the site of the Nez Perce War of 1877 battle The Battle of Canyon Creek. The Battle of Canyon Creek was fought on September 13, 1877 near Canyon Creek,...
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  • hímiin maqsmáqs' (Yellow Wolf's) and 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds') sand drawing of tipi layout at ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole)
  • Nez Perce National Historical Parks, 1866-1895; Yellow Wolf; Many Wounds; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) and 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds) at ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole Battlefield). hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) studying a sand drawing of Nez Perce camp tipi layout during battle, as drawn by 'iléxni...
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  • Nez Perce tim’úuni (Rifle) Pits and Marker 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; Monuments & memorials; Mountains (Montana); Passes--Mountain...
  • On the back of the photo: "Looking across the battlefield of Bear Paw Mountains with the Nez Perce rifle pit at the left and Indian marker nearby, while other markers and scar between them appear in the distant center. Photo Nov 24th 1932 by Emil...
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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...
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  • Looking down Little House towards Crow Agency
  • Campaigns & battles, Battlefields--Montana--Little Big Horn; Land--Hills; Historic sites--Battlefields; Indians of North America; Wars--Campaigns of North America; Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876; Kopac, Emil
  • A view of the site of the Battle of the Little Big Horn also known as the Battle of Greasy Grass Creek, which took place in 1876 between the U.S. Army and the Lakota-Northern Cheyenne. Caption on verso of photograph reads "Looking down 'Little...
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