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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...
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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,...
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  • A site of c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Battlefield)
  • Landscape; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of rocks that shielded Nez Perce warriors during the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Battle).
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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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  • 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...
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  • Baking Camas Roots
  • Indians of North America--Food; Baking; Food; Yakama Indians--1900-1940
  • Baking camas roots and edible moss. On verso of photograph: "Fire has died down and the cake is being permitted to cool sufficiently to be unearthed. Perhaps two bushels camas and 150# of moss"
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  • Bannock brown slate pipe
  • Pipe smoking; Tobacco pipes
  • This pipe is made from brown colored slate with a metal band around the bottom of the pipe. There isn't an associated pipe stem with this pipe. Though the exact time period the pipe was created or who created it is unknown, it was most likely...
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  • Bannock engraved quirt
  • Riding whips; Handicraft; Leather goods
  • This quirt or horse whip is made from elk horn and decorated with the images of a deer and other animals. On both ends, the quirt is engraved with various patterns. The lash portion of the quirt is made from leather, with an additional rawhide...
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  • Bannock green slate pipe
  • Pipe smoking; Tobacco pipes
  • Evidence suggests this item is from the collection of Frank Parker who was an associate scout and war correspondent during the Nez Perce War of 1877. It is unknown when this pipe was originally created, but due to the fact it was in Frank Parker's...
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  • Bannock warrior's necklace
  • Shamans; Necklaces; Beaded jewelry
  • Evidence suggests this necklace was made and owned by a Bannock warrior, but the specific time period it was originally created is unknown. This specific necklace is made from a buckskin strap attached with beads and five bear claws. This...
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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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  • 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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  • 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...
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  • Black Eagle or Daniel Webster and 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds)
  • Costume & clothes; Nez Perce--Wars, 1877; Bear Paw Battlefield; Sitting Bull; Many Wounds; Black Eagle; Wottolen; Nez Perce
  • Black Eagle is on the left wearing a split qoq’áalx̣ (buffalo) horn headdress, while 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds) stands on the right holding a flute. They are in front of what appears to be a fair ground. Black Eagle and 'iléxni 'éewteesin'...
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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...
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  • Boulder group
  • Landscape; Nez Perce
  • Site of the last stand of the Lieutenant Rains party. "The above is to be the legend under the cut of the large boulder group claimed to have been the last stand of the Lieut. Rains party"
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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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  • Bullet-Scarred Boulder at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain 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;...
  • A boulder scarred by bullets from the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Battle of Bear Paw Mountain), which occurred between September 30 and October 5, 1877. It was here that the Nez Perce made their last stand before surrendering to Colonel Nelson Miles....
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  • Burial Site at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain Battlefield)
  • 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...
  • This is the location where the casualties of the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain battle) were buried. c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw) was the last battle of the Nez Perce War of 1877, and the location where hinmatóoyalahtq’it (Chief...
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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....
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