Wetxuuwíitin’

Wetxuuwíitin’
Returned after period of captivity
Recording(s)
Nakia Williamson-Cloud
Language: 
nimipuutímt
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sac'ásniin sám'x (Man's Shirt) Nez Perce, Nakia Williamson-Cloud interprets the Nez Perce use of quillwork in the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection, walíim’lapqat (Moccasins) Nez Perce., walíim’lapqat (Moccasins) Two Piece Hardsole, Nez Perce., Drawing of walíim’lapqat Bison Hide (Moccasins) in the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection., Drawing of wahiloskóˀs (Quirt), Nez Perce Elk Antler , wahiloskóˀs Elk Antler (Quirt) Nez Perce., Nakia Williamson-Cloud interprets the Elk Antler wahiloskóˀs (Quirt) in the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection, cáwtiwaanin’ wispóolsam’x (Woman's Elk Hide Dress) Nez Perce, k’úusey’ne sapoˀsaapóˀs (Woman's Saddle) Nez Perce, Nakia Williamson-Cloud interprets k’úusey’ne sapoˀsaapóˀs (Woman’s Saddle) in the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection, Nakia Williamson-Cloud interprets the rigging on k’úusey’ne sapoˀsaapóˀs (Woman’s Saddle) in the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection, k’úusey’ne sapoˀsaapóˀs (Woman's Saddle) Drawings, ˀiméesnim ˀítetp’es (Deer Head Shape Bag) Nez Perce, Nakia Williamson-Cloud interprets ˀiméesnim ˀítetp’es (Deer Head Shape Bag) in the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection, cáwtiwaanin’ wispóolsam’x (Woman's Dress) Nez Perce, tikéˀs (Cradleboard) Nez Perce, sikéemnim húukux nikéeˀnikeˀs (Buffalo Hair Rope) Nez Perce, Nakia Williamson-Cloud interprets sikéemnim húukux nikéeˀnikeˀs (Buffalo Hair Rope) in the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection, sac'ásniin sám'x (Man's Hide Shirt) Nez Perce, Nakia Williamson-Cloud interprets the Nez Perce use of quillwork in the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection, xexéepil (Man's Hide Leggings) with Quill and Fringe Decorations, Nez Perce, Nakia Williamson-Cloud interprets xexéepil (Man’s Leggings) in the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection, toˀynóˀayn (Horse Crupper) Nez Perce, Nakia Williamson-Cloud interprets toˀynóˀayn (Crupper) in the Wetxuuwíitin' Collection, ˀéxséxsnim weléelkilukt Dentalium Shell (bracelet or hair-tie), Nez Perce , qoq’áalxnim húukux tˀéewtes (Horse Hair Rope) Nez Perce, Nakia Williamson-Cloud interprets qoq’áalxnim húukux tˀéewtes (Horse Hair Rope) and sikéemnim húukux nikéeˀnikeˀs (Buffalo Hair Rope) in the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection, ˀimáˀspalx (Cornhusk Flat Storage Bag) Nez Perce, ˀimáˀspalx (Cornhusk Flat Storage Bag) Nez Perce, líickaw’, Woman’s Basket Hat, Nez Perce, líickaw’ (Woman’s Basket Hat) Nez Perce, líickaw’, Woman’s Basket Hat, Nez Perce, Drawing of líickaw’, Woman’s Basket Hat, Nez Perce, Drawing of líickaw’ (Woman’s Basket Hat) Nez Perce, Bob Chenoweth on the drawing by Kevin Peters of wahiloskóˀs, the quirt in the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection., Bob Chenoweth on the need to document the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection., Drawing of toˀynóˀayn, Horse Crupper, in the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection, Nez Perce, Nakia Williamson-Cloud on the continuity of the Nez Perce people and their relationship with the land, Josiah Pinkham on Nez Perce design in the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection, Nakia Williamson-Cloud on the connections between the Spalding-Allen Collection, the elders, and the land., Drawing of xexéepil (Man's Hide Leggins) with Quill and Fringe Decorations in the Spalding-Allen Collection, Drawing of ˀéxséxsnim weléelkilukt (Woman's Bracelet), Nez Perce, Photograph of Rev. Henry Harmon Spalding, Nakia Williamson-Cloud on Spalding's missionary work with the Nez Perce and his collecting
Collections: 
Wetxuuwíitin’ formerly the Spalding-Allen Collection (Nez Perce)
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xexéepil (Man's Hide Leggings) with Quill and Fringe Decorations, Nez Perce

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Part of the Spalding-Allen Collection purchased by the Nez Perce Tribe in 1996 from the Ohio Historical Society. The leggings were made by Nez Perce between 1830 and 1845. Re-named the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection by the Nez Perce Tribe in 2021.

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toˀynóˀayn (Horse Crupper) Nez Perce

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Summary
Part of the Spalding-Allen Collection purchased by the Nez Perce Tribe in 1996 from the Ohio Historical Society. Re-named the Wetxuuwíitin' (meaning captive returned home) Collection by the Nez Perce Tribe in 2021.

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