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  • Annotated map of Indian territories in the Pacific Northwest 
    Relander, Click (previously unpublished, 1950)
    Hand drawn map with annotations in Relander's handwriting describing territories of a variety of tribal lands.
  • Strongheart Offers Library of Indian Lore to Yakimas 
    anon (Yakima Herald, 1953-07-09)
    Nipo Strongheart's library of some 12,000 items dealing with Indian lore, culture and Western Americana was presented as a gift to the Yakima people at a Tribal Council meeting. Strongheart's gift was given "to perpetuate ...
  • Elite Styles: the magazine of sartorial delights 
    Unknown author (Elite Styles, 1920)
    An illustrated fashion journal for fashionable women and progressive dressmakers... with full page lithographs of color fashion illustrations that include a back view of each design and the type and length of material ...
  • Stories of Pacific Powerland #362 - Smowalla 
    Relander, Click; Olmsted, Nelson (Pacific Power and Light, 1968)
    Sponsored by Pacific Power and Light, this short radio spot features Nelson Olmstead telling the story of Click Relander's relationship with the Wanapum band of the Yakama Nation.
  • Sample Index 
    Unknown author (Yakima Herald-Republic, 1978)
    newspaper article index
  • Carl Bodmer Paints the Indian Frontier 
    Smithsonian Institution (Smithsonian Institution, 1954)
    An exhibition index and descriptive text for the 1954 Smithsonian traveling exhibition of Bodmer's original sketches and watercolors. Green wraps. 25 pp. 9 bw plates. Short essays by Karl Viktor Prinz zu Wied and John C. ...
  • Sih-Chidä and Mahchsi-Karehde 
    Bodmer, Karl (1843)
    A full-length double portrait by Bodmer, composed from sketches made during the winter of 1833-1834. On the left stands Sih-Chidä (`Yellow Feather') a young warrior who was fascinated by Bodmer's work. His portrait was ...
  • Mexkemahuastan, Chief of the Gros-Ventres of the Prairies. 
    Bodmer, Karl (derivative)
    Hand-colored aquatint engraving by Hürlimann after Bodmer, blind stamp. Bodmer painted this portrait of Mexkemáuastan (`Stirring Iron'), a Gros Ventre chief and medicine man, in 1833.
  • Indian Utensils and Arms 
    Bodmer, Karl (First state of this work was prepared for publication in TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA, which was originally published by Ackermann and Co, London., derivative)
    There are multiple works that use this same title, all by Bodmer. An elaborately composed grouping of Indian artifacts based on drawings made of items that Prince Maximilian purchased and brought back to Europe as well as ...
  • Facsimile of an Indian Painting 
    Máto-Tópe (Le Magasin pittoresque, derivative)
    Self portrait of the artist wearing full feather headdress, in hand-to-hand combat with a Cheyenne chief.
  • Pehriska-Ruhpa 
    Bodmer, Karl (First state of this work was prepared for publication in TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA, which was originally published by Ackermann and Co, London., derivative)
    Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by Paul Legrand after Bodmer, blindstamp. This powerful portrait of Péhriska-Rúhpa ('Two Ravens') presents the warrior and chief of the Hidatsa as a figure of great dignity. His shirt is ...
  • Assiniboin Indians 
    Bodmer, Karl (First state of this work was prepared for publication in TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA, which was originally published by Ackermann and Co, London., derivative)
    A full-length double-portrait composed by Bodmer from individual portraits executed at Fort Union in June of 1833. The figure in the foreground is Pitätapiú, a young warrior and member of the Stone band. The name of the ...
  • Crow Indians 
    Bodmer, Karl (Paris, Coblenz and London, 1840-06-01)
    Aquatint of a group of Indians, some on foot and some on horseback. The first state of this image was published about 1840.
  • School named after former Wapato woman. 
    Livingston, John (Wapato Independent, 1994-10-19)
    An elementary school in Salem, Ore. was named in honor of Alyce Yoshikai, a former Wapato resident who spent the war years at Heart Mountain internment camp.
  • Student research shared as curriculum. 
    Joyce, James III (Yakima Herald-Republic, 2004-07-16)
    Seventh and Eighth grade students spent a year researching and creating a curriculum that details the stories of individuals who reflect the culture of local Japanese-Americans during the early 1940s.
  • Japanese Americans survived hard times. 
    Story, Bob (Toppenish Review, 1985-03-27)
    The Harry Uchida family, who experienced the effects of Executive order 9066, share their memories of hardship during incarceration at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, and the struggles they faced when they returned to the Yakima Valley.
  • A generational Happening 
    Anonymous (Wapato Independent, 1990-02-27)
    Ken Inaba, publicity chairman for the annual Sukiyaki Dinner, explained that this year's theme revolves around the four generations of Japanese-Americans in the community.
  • Japanese immigrant reviews 66 years of Wapato history. 
    Story, Frances (Wapato Independent, 1989-03-01)
    The Buddhist community of the Yakima Valley will honor Yoshiko Uchida, one of the oldest in the Wapato congregation, at the annual Sukiyaki dinner. The Uchidas were pioneer members of the Yakima Valley Japanese Community. ...
  • Compensation: support has grown to repay victims of relocation camps. 
    Bruscas, Angelo (Yakima Herald-Republic, 1980-11-11)
    A discussion of the justice of paying compensation to Japanese-American victims of WWII internment camps. Former internees ask how a price could be put on the losses suffered by Japanese-Americans. Other former internees ...
  • Ousted by 'military necessity'. 
    Alexander, Autumn (Yakima Herald-Republic, 1992-02-23)
    A profile of the pre-war Japanese community in Wapato, Washington, and the effects Executive Order 9066 had on community members. "A rail ticket and $25 was all the internees were given when the gates were opened." The ...

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