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  • Medicine Tree with Chiefs
  • Forest; Flathead Nation; Salish; Charlot, Martin; Vanderberg, Victor; Nez Perce
  • Site of the historical medicine tree in the łitáan (Bitterroot) Valley. The historical medicine tree in the łitáan (Bitterroot) Valley "The Flatheads, as well as the Nez Perces, paid homage to this tree, and left offerings when passing. Among the...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • wal'áwa (Wallowa Lake, Oregon)
  • Lake; Nez Perce
  • Site of wal'áwa (Wallowa Lake, Oregon). Where Tiwi-teqis (Old Chief Joseph) was buried. "The beautiful valley in which this lake sets was occupied through a broken treaty with the Nez Perces. It was the ancestral home, and burial place of Old...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Medicine Tree
  • Forest; Nez Perce
  • Photo of another view of the historic medicine tree in the łitáan (Bitterroot) Valley.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Valley of the ' ickum'kiléelixpe (Big Hole)
  • Battlefields--Montana--Big Hole Battlefield; Land--Mountains; Valleys--Canyons; Historic sites--Montana; Gunfights; Bannack Yellowstone Park; Clark's Fork; Joseph, Gibbons; Nez Perce
  • Scenic view of the valley in which the 'ickum'kiléelixpe (Bighole Battle) took place. On September 9th, hinmatóoyalahtq’it (Chief Joseph) led his warriors against General Gibbon's army, who attacked the Nez Perce and drove them from their village....
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Yakama Valley Teepees
  • Teepees; Yakama Valley
  • Photograph of Yakama Valley Tipis and Yakama people on horseback are standing in front of their teepees. Buildings and houses are situated in the background. On verso of photograph: "Teepees seem to be built in middle of a town or city of some...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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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...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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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...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • wal'áwa (Wallowa Valley)
  • Landscape; Nez Perce
  • Photo of wal'áwa (Wallowa Valley) in Oregon across from Seven Devil Mountains, Idaho.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • El Capitan, the Monarch of the Yosemite Valley
  • Landscape
  • Photo of El Capitan, the Monarch of the Yosemite Valley.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Death Valley
  • Landscape
  • Photo of view looking across Death Valley.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • séelix (Flathead) Members at Medicine Tree
  • Flathead Nation; Nez Perce
  • Group of séelix (Flathead) members in front of a tree; "The historical Medicine Tree in the Bitter Root Valley. The Flatheads, as well as the Nez Perce, paid homage to this tree and left offerings when passing. Among the Flatheads here shown are...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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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...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Ash Hollow Battlefield on Blue Creek
  • Battlefields--Washington (State)--White Bird Battlefield; Camps--Indian encampments; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (State)--Cottonwood; Landscape photography; Military retreats; Passes--Mountain passes; Valleys--Canyons; War--War...
  • This battle was the defining engagement of a short war between the U.S. and the Sioux sparked by disputes over violations of the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851). 600 U.S. soldiers engaged 250 Sioux, which resulted in 86 war casualties. Consequently,...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • piyopyóot’alikt' (Chief Peo Peo Tholekt's) drinking cup
  • Drinking vessels; Handicraft; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This drinking cup was owned by and constructed by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) chief piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt). These drinking cups were used regularly by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) warriors as they traveled. Since the drinking cup was attached to a...
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  • White House
  • Battlefields--Idaho--Clearwater Battlefield; Land--Mountains; Valleys--Canyons; Historic sites--Idaho; Gunfights; Campaigns & battles; White house; Nez Perce
  • hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) helped build a tim’úuni (rifle) pit next to this white house. On verso of photograph: "Showing the "white house" mentioned in Yellow Wolf's description of opening fight battlefield of the Clearwater. Shows country...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Site where ’álok’at (Alokat) Fell
  • Landscape; Nez Perce
  • Site where ’álok’at (Alokat) fell at the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Battle Bear Paw Mountain), at Snake Creek on October 4, 1877. Nez Perce Chief ’álok’at (Alokat), son of Tiwi-teqis (Old Chief Joseph), was the war chief of the wal'wáama/qemúynuu...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Ni-Yah-Tut
  • Indians of North America--Yakama Indians--Women--Costume & adornment; Indian women; Yakama
  • Studio portrait of Ni-Yah-Tut, wife of William Charley who is sitting in front of a scenic background. From the back of the photograph "Ni-Yah-Tut: Yakama Valley wife of William Charley."
  • 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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  • wal'áwa (Wallowa Lake)
  • Lakes; Nez Perce
  • wal'áwa (Wallowa Lake, Oregon), sits in a valley in the Blue Mountains in northeast Oregon. It is the ancestral home of the Nez Perce and from the note with the picture, burial place of Tiwi-teqis (Old Chief Joseph). This photograph was likely...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Lolo Trail
  • Trails & paths; Nez Perce
  • A section of the Lolo Trail, over which the Nez Perces retreated to Lolo Pass and the łitáan (Bitterroot) Valley of Montana. This photograph was likely taken between 1880 and 1920.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection

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