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  • ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass's) band village
  • Landscape; Nez Perce
  • Site of ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Young Looking Glass's) Band Village with hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) and McWhorter. "At the site of the village occupied by Looking Glass's band, which was destroyed by Howard's command at the beginning of the war;...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds) & Black Feather
  • Beadwork; Black Feather; Many Wounds, Chief; Lott, Sam; Jefferson, Green; Black Eagle; Nez Perce
  • Nez Perce Chiefs, 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds) and Black Feather are wearing ceremonial dress which is decorated with intricate beadwork. Black Feather is wearing a headdress which is decorated with horns and feathers. This image appears to be...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds) & Wottolen
  • Many Wounds, Chief; Wottolen, Chief; Beadwork; Chiefs; Lewis, Alonzo V.; Interpreter; Lott, Sam; Nez Perce
  • Wottolen, a veteran warrior is seated next to his oldest son, 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds) who is standing. Father and son are posing in a natural setting. Wottolen and 'iléxni 'éewteesin'(Many Wounds) are wearing modern attire. However,...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Ayatootonmi and Jasper
  • Ayatootonmi; Jasper; Nez Perce
  • hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf's) wife and son, Ayatootonmi and Jasper, camping on L.V. McWhorter's land. On verso of photograph: "Mrs. Yellow Wolf camped on land of L.V. McWhorter, 1908."
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Ayatootonmi or Little Woman Mountain and her son Jasper, wife and son of hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf)
  • Ayatootonmi; Nez Perce
  • Ayatootonmi and her son Jasper are posing for a photograph on the ranch of L.V. McWhorter. They are standing in front of a tipi wearing western attire. Jasper is holding the reins of a horse. McWhorter interviewed Ayatootonmi's husband hímiin...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Battlefield with a hinmatóowyalahtq̓it (Chief Joseph) Monument
  • Monument; Nez Perce
  • Nez Perce hinmatóowyalahtq̓it (Chief Joseph) Monument; L to R hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf), piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt), 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds) "Battlefield with a Chief Joseph Monument; L to R Yellow Wolf, Peopeo Tholekt, Many...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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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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  • Black Feather (Jefferson Greene) & 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds)
  • Black Feather; Many Wounds; Nez Perce
  • Nez Perce Chiefs, Black Feather and 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds) are wearing ceremonial dress with beadwork decor. Black Feather, also called Black Eagle by hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf), is wearing a headdress which is decorated with horns...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Battlefield) viewed from the bluff
  • Bear Paw, Battle of, Mont., 1877; Battlefields--Montana--Bear Paw Battlefield; United States--Army--Cavalry; Land--Mountains; Land--Rock formations; Landscape photography; Mountains--Montana; Mountain passes--Montana; Peace negotiations;...
  • Landscape view of the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain Battlefield) looking down from the bluff. It was here that Nez Perce warriors dug in and fired upon Colonel Miles' men during the last battle of the Nez Perce War of 1877. This was the...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw) combat / Capture of cannon at ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole) [1877], ca. 1927
  • Battlefields--Montana--Big Hole Battlefield; Bear Paw, Battle of, Mont., 1877; Nez Perce National Historical Parks, 1866-1895; Tholekt, Peo Peo; Nez Perce
  • Original hand-drawn color document, 56 x 43 cm. At the top is a combat between piyopyóot’alikt (Peo-Peo Tholekt) and a ceeptitím’nin (Cheyenne) at the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Battle). At the bottom is the capture of a cannon from U.S....
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Captain Clark's descendants among the Flathead Indians
  • Indians of North America; Indian women--North America; Indians of North America--Portraits; Flathead Indians
  • Photograph of Captain Clark's descendants standing next to a structure. From the left: Mary, daughter of Yellow Hair and granddaughter of Captain Clark, with her husband Choonumlthchi and their daughter Lucy.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Ceremonial robe
  • Robes; Clothing and dress; Leather garments; Ceremonial objects; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This robe was made by Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) peoples specifically for L.V. McWhorter. The robe was sewn from buckskin and designed with various patterns painted in bright blue, yellow, and red. This item was considered a "ceremonial" robe made for...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • ceremonial wahiloskó’s (quirt)
  • Riding whips; Ceremonial objects; Handicraft; Leather goods; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • A wahiloskó’s (quirt) or horse whip is an important aspect of the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) peoples' connection to horses. Though Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) men and women used wahiloskó’s (quirts) in daily life to control horses, they also served purposes in...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Chief Yellow Bull
  • Yellow Bull; Tribal Chiefs; Nez Perce
  • Studio portrait of Chief Yellow Bull wearing a feather headdress and holding a pipe. Photo taken by Hanson Photo, sáyxsaykiin (Grangeville, Idaho).
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Clearwater Group
  • Yellow Wolf, 1855-1935; Peo Peo Tholekt; Many Wounds; Nez Perce
  • Nez Perce Clearwater Group. L to R - unidentified, unidentifed, piyopyóot’alik (Peo Peo Tholekt), hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf), 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds), L.V. McWhorter, Thomas Hant
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  • Close Up of Point of Rocks at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Battlefield)
  • Bear Paw, Battle of, Mont., 1877; Battlefields--Montana--Bear Paw Battlefield; United States--Army--Cavalry; Land--Mountains; Land--Rock formations; Landscape photography; Mountains--Montana; Mountain passes--Montana; Peace negotiations;...
  • The "Point of Rocks" with a haystack in the distant background. This is the location where hinmatóoyalahtq’it (Chief Joseph's) Nez Perce warriors ambushed Miles's men. On verso of the photograph: The "'Point of Rocks' with a haystack in the d at...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Ed Fredlund and Raymond Noyes at Point of Rocks, c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain)
  • Battlefields--Montana; United States Army--Cavalry--Washington (State); Graves--Montana--Chinook; Land--Mountains; Land--Rock formations; Landscape photography; Mountains (Montana); Passes--Mountain passes; Peace; Peace negotiations; Joseph, Nez...
  • The "Point of Rocks" at the battlefield of c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountains). Two men are standing at the base, on the left is Raymond Noyes and on the right is Ed Fredlund. Both men originated from Chinook, Montana. On verso of...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Flanking lamáta (Canyon of White Bird)
  • 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
  • Canyon flanking south extremity of lamáta (White Bird Battlefield). Butte on the skyline is the one that ’álok’at (Chief Alokat) was seen to ride from behind by hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf), and gallop slowly to the right. The bugler was killed...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Group photograph
  • Yellow Wolf; Many Wounds; Nez Perce
  • Group photograph, left to right: 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds), McWhorter, Jasper, hímiin maqsmáq (Yellow Wolf), unknown man and unknown boy. This photograph was likely taken in the early 1900s.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf)
  • Horses; Portraits; Clothing & dress; Nez Perce
  • hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf), holding a tim’úuni (rifle), stands next to a horse. The horse is tacked with western tack. This photograph was likely taken between 1909 and 1935.
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection

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