Side profile of piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt)

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Cultural Narrative: 

This image is a side-profile of the piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt) wearing a wool coat, which is fringed along the shoulder. On the front of his chest, a star is pinned to his shirt. On verso of photograph, an unidentified source wrote "Chief Peo Peo Tholekt (Pelican) Warrior Nez Perce War 1875. War Narration in MSS written by L.V. McWhorter, Idaho." piyopyóot’alikt (Peo-Peo Tholekt or George Peo) was a decorated Nez Perce warrior. During the 1877 conflict, piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt) served under the command of ’elelímyeté’qenin’ (Chief Looking- Glass). During the ‘ickum’kiléelixpe (Big Hole Battle), piyopyóot’alikt (Peo Peo Tholekt) assisted in capturing and dismantling a howitzer.

Community: 
Nimíipuu [Nez Perce]
Protocol: 
Nimíipuu [Nez Perce] Public Access
Category: 
Wars/Military/Conflict
Collections: 
Lucullus V. McWhorter
Original Date: 
1880
Rights: 
In copyright. Item is in copyright for 120 years from its date of creation. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/.
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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
Identifier: 
pc085b02f21_3.jpg
Subject: 
Beadwork, Tholekt, Chief Peo Peo, Peo, George, Nez Perce
Type: 
Image
Format: 
JPG