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  • Description: war
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    • Scene of ’álok’at' (Alokat's) Death 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...
    • Scene of the rock where ’álok’at (Alokat) was killed at the c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain battle). Taken from direction of trees looking southeast. Firing from behind this rock, ’álok’at (Chief Alokat) was killed in the last battle of...
    • 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...
    • Relics of the Nez Perce

    • Relics; Nez Perce
    • Nez Perce relics belonging to hinmatóowyalahtq̓it (Chief Joseph), Black Feather, húusus 'ewyíin (Huusus Owyeen) and other Nez Perce members. "Left to Right: Husis Owyeen's drinking cup, made of buffalo horn; on this he tallied the number of dead...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • Looking Across c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (Bear Paw Mountain Battlefield)

    • 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 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...
    • Chalcedony 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...
    • Opal 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...
    • Jasper 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...
    • 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,...
    • 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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