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  • Horsehair hat band
  • Clothing and dress; Hats; Weaving; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • A hat band is usually make of some kind of fabric, leather, or ribbon and is worn as part of a hat, surrounding the hat just about the brim. This specific hat band is made from black/dark brown horsehair and has three silver pieces attached,...
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  • Comb or berry picker/stripper
  • Combs; Berries--Harvesting; Tools; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This item is either a personal hair comb or berry picker/stripper. Many Native American peoples, including Nimíipuu (Nez Perce), used berry strippers to more easily and quickly pick/strip berries from plants or vines. Though the specific person...
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  • Wampum beads
  • Beads; Ceremonial objects; Jewelry; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Wampum beads are shell beads that were originally associated with indigenous groups from the eastern United States. These beads have served various purposes, including being used for record keeping purposes of important or historical events, as...
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  • piyopyóot’alikt' (Chief Peo Peo Tholekt's) kiwkiwíl’ec (drum)
  • Drum; Ceremonial objects; Musical instruments; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This kiwkiwíl’ec (drum) was owned by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior and chief piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt). Throughout Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) history, kiwkiwíl’ec (drums) have played an important role during the páaxam (war dance) (frequently...
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  • lamáta (White Bird Battlefield)
  • 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
  • In the spring of 1877, General O.O. Howard gave an ultimatum to the Nimiipuu, giving them the choice to either relocate to the Nez Perce reservation peacefully or by force. With heavy hearts and little time to gather their horses, cattle, and...
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  • hímiin maqsmáqs’ (Yellow Wolf's) xotxó’as (whistle)
  • Wind instruments; Campaigns & battles; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This xotxó’as (whistle) was constructed and owned by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf). Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warriors would carry these xotxó’as (whistles) with them as forms of protection during times of war as they had...
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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) mother
  • Yellow Wolf; Geese Lighting; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of hímiin maqsmáqs' (Yellow Wolf's) mother, Yi-Yi-Wa-Som-Way (Geese Lighting) holding a walking stick. On the back of the photograph: "Geese Lighting (from flight) cousin of Chief Joseph and mother of Yellow Wolf. Copied from a rare...
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  • 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...
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  • 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. ...
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  • Outdoor Photo of Daniel Webster or Black Eagle.
  • Warriors; Costume & adornment; Nez Perce--Wars, 1877; Black Eagle; Webster, Daniel; Bearpaw Battlefiled; Sitting Bull; Nez Perce
  • He is standing outside in the center of the photograph, wearing an eye patch. There are two unidentified men standing on either side of him. Black Eagle was a young warrior at the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Battle of Bear Paw) and escaped taking refuge...
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  • Tipi drawing
  • Genre drawings; Figure drawings; Nez Perce
  • Tipi used by L.V. McWhorter when visiting piyopyóot’alikt (Chief Peo-Peo Tholekt). The painting on the tipi was done by the chief, and represents Sitting Bull presenting the peace pipe to him on his arrival in Sitting Bull's Canadian camp after...
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  • Bead embroidered comb or berry picker/stripper
  • Combs; Bead embroidery; Embroidery; Berries--Harvesting; Tools; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This item is either a personal hair comb or berry picker/stripper. Many Native American peoples, including Nimíipuu (Nez Perce), used berry strippers to more easily and quickly pick/strip berries from plants or vines. Though the specific person...
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