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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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  • 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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  • Location Where piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt) and a ceeptitím’nin (Cheyenne) Warrior had a Duel
  • Battlefields--Montana--Bear Paw Battlefield; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (state)--Bear Paw; Land--Mountains; Land--Rock formations; Landscape photographs; Military retreats; Mountains (Montana); Passes--Mountain passes; Peace; Peace...
  • Scene where piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt) and a ceeptitím’nin (Cheyenne) warrior had a duel, c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain battle), September 30, 1877. The smaller stone heap is where piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt) stood...
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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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  • hímiin maqsmáqs' (Yellow Wolf's) war whistle and k’aplác (club)
  • Yellow Wolf; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of hímiin maqsmáqs' (Yellow Wolf's) war whistle and k’aplác (war club) used during summer of 1877. On the back of the photograph, "Yellow Wolf's war whistle and war club" This photograph was likely taken between 1900 and 1935.
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  • Travais at Burial of Tiwi-teqis (Old Chief Joseph)
  • Old Chief Joseph; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of the travais pulling a load on horseback traveling to Tiwi-teqis' (Old Chief Joseph's) burial at wal'áwa (Wallowa Lake, Oregon).
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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.
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  • Pole Bridge
  • Historic Sites--Montana; Landscape photographs; Pole Bridge; Big Hole Battlefield; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of Pole Bridge used to cross the 'ickum'kiléelixpe (Big Hole) River. On verso of photograph: "The old "Pole" bridge, Big hole battlefield. The old trail crosses the river at the "x" on margin of the photograph and it was only a few yards...
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  • Looking Across the Battlefield at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain)
  • Battlefields--Montana--Bear Paw Battlefield; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (state)--Bear Paw; Land--Mountains; Land--Rock formations; Landscape photographs; Military retreats; Mountains (Montana); Passes--Mountain passes; Peace; Peace...
  • Landscape view across the battlefield at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain) where the Nez Perce dug shelter pits for the noncombatants. With freezing weather and limited food supplies, suffering was very great among the Nez Perce. Though...
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  • Panoramic View of lamáta (Whitebird Battlefield)
  • Landscape; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of lamáta (Whitebird Battlefield) with butte. A butte behind which ’álok’at (Alokat) and fifty warriors lay in wait
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  • L.V. McWhorter's ceremonial pipe
  • Pipe smoking; Tobacco pipes; Ceremonial objects; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This ceremonial pipe was made by the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) and given to L. V. McWhorter. The pipe is made from catlinite, which is a type of argillite (sedimentary rock) that is reddish in color. Catlinite is commonly used by many Native American...
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  • Tom Waters
  • Waters, Thomas; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of Tom Waters, an interpreter sitting in front of a Tipi in a natural setting. This photograph was accompanied by a letter stating that " This was Thomas Waters, Interpreter. Photo is from a very indiffirent kodac picture; showing him as...
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  • Burial of Tiwi-teqis (Old Chief Joseph)
  • Old Chief Joseph; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of Native Americans on horseback traveling to Tiwi-teqis (Old Chief Joseph's) burial at wal'áwa (Wallowa Lake, Oregon).
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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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  • Penah-we-non-mi's Saddle
  • Penahwenonmi; Saddle; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of Penah-we-non-mi's (Helping Another's) saddle made in Sitting Bull's camp in Canada. Pe-nah-we-non-me (Helping Another) was married to húusus 'ewyíin (Wounded Head), a prominent warrior of the Nez Perce War of 1877, who told many of...
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  • Horsehair neckpiece/collar or watch chain
  • Clothing and dress; Neckwear; Collars; Weaving; Braid; Clocks and watches; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • This item is possibly a neckpiece/collar or watch chain. As a neckpiece or collar, the item is separate from a sám’x (shirt) and would have been worn around the neck outside of the sám’x (shirt) as an additional adornment. As a watch chain, this...
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  • First Clash at lamáta (White Bird)
  • Historic sites--Washington (State); Battlefields; Battlefields--Washington (State)--White Bird Battlefield; United States. Army. Cavalry; Cavalry--United States Army--Washington (State)--Cottonwood; Landscape photography; Military retreats;...
  • This photograph depicts the location of the first significant engagement between the U.S. Army and the Nez Perce at lamáta (White Bird Canyon). On verso of photograph: "The first, fierce clash of Battle occurred on the smooth ground on the right...
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  • hímiin maqsmáqs' (Yellow Wolf's) and 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds') sand drawing of tipi layout at ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole)
  • Nez Perce National Historical Parks, 1866-1895; Yellow Wolf; Many Wounds; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) and 'iléxni 'éewteesin' (Many Wounds) at ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole Battlefield). hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) studying a sand drawing of Nez Perce camp tipi layout during battle, as drawn by 'iléxni...
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  • hímiin maqsmáqs' (Yellow Wolf's) medal
  • Yellow Wolf; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of hímiin maqsmáqs' (Yellow Wolf's) war medal displaying both front and back. hímiin maqsmáqs' (Yellow Wolf's) name is engraved on the front as well as McWhorter's name. Includes a quote from hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) on the back of...
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  • hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) and his wife at their home
  • Yellow Wolf; Nez Perce
  • Photograph of hímiin maqsmáqs (Yellow Wolf) and his wife sitting in a wagon outside their home. This photograph was likely taken between 1905 and 1935.
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