Two Nez Perce women, identified as sisters, Colville Indian Reservation, Washington, ca. 1900-1910.

Description: 

Two young women sit on chairs dressed with earrings, necklaces, moccasins. They each hold cornhusk bags. Caption on negative sleeve: Two squaws with beadwork. Note from unidentified source: Two sisters holding cornhusk bags, probably Nez Perce. Note from researcher: These are the daughters of Jim Billy and his wife Yumatwy (Eyomotwy). They are Alpiato Billy (Billie) aka Alpiato or Alice Waters aka Wash-e-tone-my and Annie Billy (Billie) aka Yupchasin or Upchasin aka Wa-hem-pum. They are my paternal grand-aunts - sisters to my grandfather, Tom Billy. There is at least one other picture of them together. Alpiato is the mother of Art Circle (Art's father was Charlie Wilpocken), who is also in some of the pictures in your collection.

People: 
Alpiato Billy, Alpiato Billie, Alice Waters, Wash-e-tone-my, Annie Billy, Annie Billie, Yupchaskin, Upchasin, Wa-hem-pum
Location Description: 

United States--Washington (State)--Colville Indian Reservation

Community: 
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nimíipuu [Nez Perce], University of Washington Libraries
Protocol: 
Colville Community Public Access, Nimíipuu [Nez Perce] Public Access, University of Washington Libraries Public Access
Category: 
Lifeways
Collections: 
American Indians of the PNW (Images)
Original Date Description: 
ca. 1905
Contributor: 
Latham, Edward H.
Rights: 
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/; http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/copyrights.html
Source: 
Fr. William Ryan, S.J; University of Washington Libraries; Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture; Special Collections
Identifier: 
NA987
Subject: 
Group portraits--Washington (State), Nez Perce Indians--Clothing & dress, Nez Perce Indians--Women, Blankets, Bags, Beadwork
Type: 
Photograph, Image
Format: 
Image/JPEG