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  • Group of Nez Perce
  • Nez Perce
  • Standing Nez Perce; These Nez Perce members are standing on the land they had used to live upon prior to the war of 1877. This photograph was likely taken between 1879 and 1882.
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  • húusus 'ewyíin' (Wounded Head's) drinking cup
  • Drinking vessels; Handicraft; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This drinking cup was owned and constructed by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior húusus 'ewyíin (Wounded Head). Though drinking cups served everyday, practical uses, this particular drinking cup maintains important significance in Nimíipuu (Nez Perce)...
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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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  • húusus 'ewyíin' (Wounded Head's) hímiin (wolf)-skin
  • Talismans; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This hímiin (wolf)-skin was owned and believed to be fashioned by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warrior húusus 'ewyíin (Wounded Head). This hímiin (wolf)-skin was believed to provide the warrior protection from harm and as a result, the hímiin (wolf)-skin...
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  • Brass bullet mold
  • Bullets; Campaigns & battles; Weapons; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This bullet mold (1986.2.56) is made of brass and is used to form bullets. Led is poured into the specific "mold" to form individual bullets of the same shape, as needed. This specific bullet mold is 12.7 cm in length and 1.2 cm in width. This...
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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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