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Nez Perce National Historical Park
Photo Gallery
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Buffalo Hide Tipi (4 Photos)
On June 16, 2005 a 150-year-old buffalo hide tipi in the park's collection was photographed. The tipi was probably made in the 1850s and consists of sixteen to twenty buffalo hides, stitched together with sinew.
The late Mylie Lawyer, whose family is associated with the tipi, says it was owned by Chief Lawyer's wife, Ow-yeen, and Mylie's father Corbett grew up in it, listening to stories about Nez Perce culture and history. The last time it was publicly displayed was 1950. Over forty people, including Mylie and other Nez Perce elders, watched in anticipation as the park staff gently raised the rare hide dwelling, one of the few extant buffalo hide tipi's left in the United States.
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Nez Perce National Historical Park (11 Photos)
A selection of some of the park's thirty-eight sites.
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Did You Know?
The Nez Perce made hunting bows from the horn of the Big Horn Sheep, an animal that is native to their homeland.
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Last Updated: August 22, 2006 at 17:48 EST |
