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  • Obsidian flake scrapers
  • Scrapers (Tools); Tools; Campaigns & battles; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Flake scrapers were tools primarily used by Native American peoples, including the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce), for working with animal hides, animal fur, or wood. These two flake scrapers were made from obsidian rock, are black in color, and are 3.2 cm...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Splinter bone awl
  • Awls; Tools; Sewing; Stitches (sewing); Leatherwork; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • An awl is a tool regularly used for stitching, creating holes for sewing, or sewing thick materials, including leather and canvas. While many awls have a bone base with a sharpened point, such as a steel needle, attached to the end, these two awls...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Pe-nah-we-non-me (Helping Another), wife of húusus 'ewyíin (Wounded Head), with daughter and granddaughter
  • Penahwenonmi; Nez Perce
  • Pe-nah-we-non-me photographed here in the later years of her life with her daughter, Mrs. White, and granddaughter on the Nez Perce reservation in Spalding, Idaho. Pe-nah-we-non-me was married to húusus 'ewyíin (Wounded Head), a prominent warrior...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Penahwenonmi's (Helping Another's) cúuyesıtkeˀs (belt pouch)
  • Cornhusk bags; Pouches (Containers); Cornhusk craft; Handicraft; Belts (clothing); Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Penahwenonmi (Helping Another) was a Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) woman who survived the Nez Perce War of 1877 battle ickum'kiléelixpe (The Battle of the Big Hole). Penahwenonmi's (Helping Another's) husband húusus 'ewyíin (Wounded Head) was a Nimíipuu...
  • 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...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Cylindrical or cannon bone awl
  • Awls; Tools; Sewing; Stitches (sewing); Leatherwork; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • An awl is a tool regularly used for stitching, creating holes for sewing, or sewing thick materials, including leather and canvas. While many awls have a bone base with a sharpened point, such as a steel needle, attached to the end, these two awls...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Penahwenonmi's (Helping Another's) calendar string
  • Calendars; Beads; Handicraft; Nimíipuu; Nez Perce
  • Penahwenonmi (Helping Another) made this "calendar string" to act as a daily calendar and record personal events in her life. This string itself was made by hand from wild hemp and wrapped with a buckskin strap to keep the calendar bundle...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Studio Portrait of wetyétmes wahayqt (John Minthorn)
  • Costume & clothes; Swan necklace; Minthorn, John; Nez Perce
  • Studio portrait of wetyétmes wahayqt (John Minthorn) wearing a long plaid tunic over his c’apkiláakt (breech cloth) and xe’xépil (leggings). His Nez Perce name was wetyétmes wahayqt (Swan Necklace). A piece of paper accompanying this image stated ...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Photograph of Mourning Dove
  • Indians of North America; Indian authors; Mourning Dove, 1888-1936; Indian women; Colville Indians; Quintasket, Christine
  • Photograph of Mourning Dove who is one of the first Native American women authors. This image was taken in the author's later years. She is wearing traditional Native American apparel and holding a woven basket. Mourning Dove, also known as...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • The North American Indian, 1925-09-18
  • Indians of North America--Newspapers
  • The North American Indian (also published as The American Indian, The North American Indian Weekly, and The Real American) was a newspaper published in northwestern Washington state by Philip Hugh Howell from 1922 into 1927. It dealt primarily...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • The American Indian, 1925-08-21
  • Indians of North America--Newspapers
  • The American Indian (also published as The North American Indian, The North American Indian Weekly, and The Real American) was a newspaper published in northwestern Washington state by Philip Hugh Howell from 1922 into 1927. It dealt primarily...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • The North American Indian Weekly, 1925-08-07
  • Indians of North America--Newspapers
  • The North American Indian Weekly (also published as The American Indian, The North American Indian, and The Real American) was a newspaper published in northwestern Washington state by Philip Hugh Howell from 1922 into 1927. It dealt primarily...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • The North American Indian, 1925-09-25
  • Indians of North America--Newspapers
  • The North American Indian (also published as The American Indian, The North American Indian Weekly, and The Real American) was a newspaper published in northwestern Washington state by Philip Hugh Howell from 1922 into 1927. It dealt primarily...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • The North American Indian Weekly, 1925-07-31
  • Indians of North America--Newspapers
  • The North American Indian Weekly (also published as The American Indian, The North American Indian, and The Real American) was a newspaper published in northwestern Washington state by Philip Hugh Howell from 1922 into 1927. It dealt primarily...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • The North American Indian, 1925-10-16
  • Indians of North America--Newspapers
  • The North American Indian (also published as The American Indian, The North American Indian Weekly, and The Real American) was a newspaper published in northwestern Washington state by Philip Hugh Howell from 1922 into 1927. It dealt primarily...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • The North American Indian, 1925-10-09
  • Indians of North America--Newspapers
  • The North American Indian (also published as The American Indian, The North American Indian Weekly, and The Real American) was a newspaper published in northwestern Washington state by Philip Hugh Howell from 1922 into 1927. It dealt primarily...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • The American Indian, 1927-01-14
  • Indians of North America--Newspapers
  • The American Indian (also published as The North American Indian, The North American Indian Weekly, and The Real American) was a newspaper published in northwestern Washington state by Philip Hugh Howell from 1922 into 1927. It dealt primarily...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • The North American Indian, 1925-12-19
  • Indians of North America--Newspapers
  • The North American Indian (also published as The American Indian, The North American Indian Weekly, and The Real American) was a newspaper published in northwestern Washington state by Philip Hugh Howell from 1922 into 1927. It dealt primarily...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • The North American Indian, 1925-12-26
  • Indians of North America--Newspapers
  • The North American Indian (also published as The American Indian, The North American Indian Weekly, and The Real American) was a newspaper published in northwestern Washington state by Philip Hugh Howell from 1922 into 1927. It dealt primarily...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • The North American Indian, 1926-02-26
  • Indians of North America--Newspapers
  • The North American Indian (also published as The American Indian, The North American Indian Weekly, and The Real American) was a newspaper published in northwestern Washington state by Philip Hugh Howell from 1922 into 1927. It dealt primarily...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection

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