Eagle Roaring
Rating
Title
Eagle Roaring
Date Original
1908
Description
1908 photograph of Eagle Roaring , a Nez Perce warrior who fought in the Nez Perce Wars in 1877 . Known to white people as George Comedown , Eagle Roaring belonged to the group of Nez Perce traditionalists who actively shared their cultural knowledge with L.V . McWhorter . Almost every year after the wheat harvest , Eagle Roaring , among others , would board a train to páasx̣pa (Walla Walla) in order to participate in the frontier days festival . Nez Perce culture was showcased , yet also kept alive .
Creator
McWhorter , Lucullus Virgil , 1860-1944
Subject
Warriors ; Nez Perce--Wars , 1877 ; Eagle Roaring ; Nez Perce
Type
Image
Medium
Photographs
Language
eng, nai
Identifier
pc085b03f34_2.jpg
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item went into public domain 70 years after the 1944 death of the creator.
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Date Digitized
2008
Source
Is found in PC 85 , Lucullus Virgil McWhorter Photographs https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc85.htm at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Contributors
Homberger , Torsten
Relation
ark:/80444/xv20180
Digitization
Original photographic prints were scanned at 24 bit color, with 3000 pixels by the long side, for master TIFF files on an Epson Expression 10,000 XL scanner. Prints were then scanned at 24 bit, with 600 pixels by the long side, as jpeg files. These JPEGs were then added to the CONTENTdm database at WSU Libraries.
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