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  • Tipi frames from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-74143t...jpg
  • Tipi frames from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-74143t...jpg
  • Tipi frames from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-74143t...jpg
  • Tipi frames under a night sky from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-7114sl...jpg
  • Tipi frames from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-74143t...jpg
  • The late Elmer Crow Jr., a Nez Perce Elder and technical supervisor for the Nez Perce Department Of Fisheries Resources Management, holds an adult Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) before placing it in a holding tank. The Columbia River and the John Day Dam are in the background. Pacific Lamprey, often described as a trash fish, are in significant decline and are important to the tribes of the Columbia River Basin icnluding the Nez Perce. They are also important to the ecology of the river and tributary ecosystem.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • Tipi frames under a night sky from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Military attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-7514st...jpg
  • Tipi frames under a night sky from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Military attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-7614st...jpg
  • Tipi frames under a night sky from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Military attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-7414tp...jpg
  • The late Elmer Crow Jr., a Nez Perce Elder and technical supervisor for the Nez Perce Department Of Fisheries Resources Management, holds an adult Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) before placing it in a holding tank. The Columbia River and the John Day Dam are in the background. Pacific Lamprey, often described as a trash fish, are in significant decline and are important to the tribes of the Columbia River Basin icnluding the Nez Perce. They are also important to the ecology of the river and tributary ecosystem.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • Tipi frames from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
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  • A tipi frame from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-7114bh...jpg
  • A tipi frame from a Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana. The tipi frames represent the Nez Perce home and families that were present when the U.S. Cavalry attacked at pre--dawn in 1877 killing many women and children. Nez Perce warriors put up a fierce resistance and held the Cavalry at bay for two days while their people re-grouped and retreated from the Big Hole Valley.
    big_hole_national_battlefield-7114bh...jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-211.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-164.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-106.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-136.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-100.jpg
  • A camas flower(Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_53011-338.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-190.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-178.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-161.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-214.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-112.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-143.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-195.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-173.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-156.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-116.jpg
  • The bloom of a camas flower (Camassia quamash) from Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe.
    camas_flower_Camassia_quamash_530112...jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_53011-286.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first membe
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-119.jpg
  • Blue camas flowers (Camassia quamash) and yellow western buttercup (Ranunculus occidental) blooming on Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe. On September 20, 1805 the first membe
    Idaho_prairie_flowers_53011-109.jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_53011-294.jpg
  • The bloom of a camas flower (Camassia quamash) from Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe.
    camas_flower_Camassia_quamash_530112...jpg
  • The bloom of a camas flower (Camassia quamash) from Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe.
    camas_flower_Camassia_quamash_530112...jpg
  • The bloom of a camas flower (Camassia quamash) from Weippe Praire, Idaho. The bulbs of these plants are edible and are a valuable food source for the Nez Perce tribe.
    camas_flower_Camassia_quamash_530112...jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_53011-262.jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_53011-281.jpg
  • The late Elmer Crow Jr., a Nez Perce Elder and technical supervisor for the Nez Perce Department Of Fisheries Resources Management, holds an adult Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) before placing it in a holding tank. The Columbia River and the John Day Dam are in the background. Pacific Lamprey, often described as a trash fish, are in significant decline and are important to the tribes of the Columbia River Basin icnluding the Nez Perce. They are also important to the ecology of the river and tributary ecosystem.
    nez_perce_elder_Elmer_Crow_111609JDm...jpg
  • The late Elmer Crow Jr., a Nez Perce Elder and technical supervisor for the Nez Perce Department Of Fisheries Resources Management, holds an adult Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) before placing it in a holding tank. The Columbia River and the John Day Dam are in the background. Pacific Lamprey, often described as a trash fish, are in significant decline and are important to the tribes of the Columbia River Basin icnluding the Nez Perce. They are also important to the ecology of the river and tributary ecosystem.
    nez_perce_elder_Elmer_Crow_111609JDm...jpg
  • The late Elmer Crow Jr., a Nez Perce Elder and technical supervisor for the Nez Perce Department Of Fisheries Resources Management, holds an adult Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) before placing it in a holding tank. The Columbia River and the John Day Dam are in the background. Pacific Lamprey, often described as a trash fish, are in significant decline and are important to the tribes of the Columbia River Basin icnluding the Nez Perce. They are also important to the ecology of the river and tributary ecosystem.
    nez_perce_elder_Elmer_Crow_111609JDm...jpg
  • The late Elmer Crow Jr., a Nez Perce Elder and technical supervisor for the Nez Perce Department Of Fisheries Resources Management, holds an adult Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) before placing it in a holding tank. The Columbia River and the John Day Dam are in the background. Pacific Lamprey, often described as a trash fish, are in significant decline and are important to the tribes of the Columbia River Basin icnluding the Nez Perce. They are also important to the ecology of the river and tributary ecosystem.
    nez_perce_elder_Elmer_Crow_111609JDm...jpg
  • The late Elmer Crow Jr., a Nez Perce Elder and technical supervisor for the Nez Perce Department Of Fisheries Resources Management, holds an adult Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) before placing it in a holding tank. The Columbia River and the John Day Dam are in the background. Pacific Lamprey, often described as a trash fish, are in significant decline and are important to the tribes of the Columbia River Basin icnluding the Nez Perce. They are also important to the ecology of the river and tributary ecosystem.
    nez_perce_elder_Elmer_Crow_111609JDm...jpg
  • The late Elmer Crow Jr., a Nez Perce Elder and technical supervisor for the Nez Perce Department Of Fisheries Resources Management, holds an adult Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) before placing it in a holding tank. The Columbia River and the John Day Dam are in the background. Pacific Lamprey, often described as a trash fish, are in significant decline and are important to the tribes of the Columbia River Basin icnluding the Nez Perce. They are also important to the ecology of the river and tributary ecosystem.
    nez_perce_elder_Elmer_Crow_111609JDm...jpg
  • The late Elmer Crow Jr., a Nez Perce Elder and technical supervisor for the Nez Perce Department Of Fisheries Resources Management, holds an adult Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) before placing it in a holding tank. The Columbia River and the John Day Dam are in the background. Pacific Lamprey, often described as a trash fish, are in significant decline and are important to the tribes of the Columbia River Basin icnluding the Nez Perce. They are also important to the ecology of the river and tributary ecosystem.
    nez_perce_elder_Elmer_Crow_111609JDm...jpg
  • Elmer Crow Jr. a Nez Perce Elder and technical supervisor for the Nez Perce Department Of Fisheries Resources Management.
    nez_perce_elder_Elmer_Crow_111609JDm...jpg
  • Elmer Crow Jr. a Nez Perce Elder and technical supervisor for the Nez Perce Department Of Fisheries Resources Management.
    nez_perce_elder_Elmer_Crow_111609JDm...jpg
  • The late Elmer Crow Jr. a Nez Perce Elder and technical supervisor for the Nez Perce Department Of Fisheries Resources Management in front of the John Day Dam, Oregon.
    nez_perce_elder_Elmer_Crow_111609JDm...jpg
  • An juvenile Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) uses its sucker-like mouth parts to attach itself to a river rock . These fish have an ancient lineage, appearing in the fossil record nearly 450 million years ago – well before the age of the dinosaurs. Pacific lamprey are an important ceremonial food for Native American tribes in the Columbia River basin. Little is known about the life history or habits of this fish except that their numbers in the Columbia River have greatly declined over several decades. Photographed at the USGS Columbia River Research Lab in Willard, Washington.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • An juvenile Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) with an experimental rfid tag (under the skin). These fish have an ancient lineage, appearing in the fossil record nearly 450 million years ago – well before the age of the dinosaurs. Pacific lamprey are an important ceremonial food for Native American tribes in the Columbia River basin. Little is known about the life history or habits of this fish except that their numbers in the Columbia River have greatly declined over several decades. Photographed at the USGS Columbia River Research Lab in Willard, Washington.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • An juvenile Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata). These fish have an ancient lineage, appearing in the fossil record nearly 450 million years ago – well before the age of the dinosaurs. Pacific lamprey are an important ceremonial food for Native American tribes in the Columbia River basin. Little is known about the life history or habits of this fish except that their numbers in the Columbia River have greatly declined over several decades. Photographed at the USGS Columbia River Research Lab in Willard, Washington.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • An juvenile Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata). These fish have an ancient lineage, appearing in the fossil record nearly 450 million years ago – well before the age of the dinosaurs. Pacific lamprey are an important ceremonial food for Native American tribes in the Columbia River basin. Little is known about the life history or habits of this fish except that their numbers in the Columbia River have greatly declined over several decades. Photographed at the USGS Columbia River Research Lab in Willard, Washington.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • A pair of juvenile Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata). These fish have an ancient lineage, appearing in the fossil record nearly 450 million years ago – well before the age of the dinosaurs. Pacific lamprey are an important ceremonial food for Native American tribes in the Columbia River basin. Little is known about the life history or habits of this fish except that their numbers in the Columbia River have greatly declined over several decades. Photographed at the USGS Columbia River Research Lab in Willard, Washington.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • An juvenile Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata). These fish have an ancient lineage, appearing in the fossil record nearly 450 million years ago – well before the age of the dinosaurs. Pacific lamprey are an important ceremonial food for Native American tribes in the Columbia River basin. Little is known about the life history or habits of this fish except that their numbers in the Columbia River have greatly declined over several decades. Photographed at the USGS Columbia River Research Lab in Willard, Washington.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • An juvenile Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata). These fish have an ancient lineage, appearing in the fossil record nearly 450 million years ago – well before the age of the dinosaurs. Pacific lamprey are an important ceremonial food for Native American tribes in the Columbia River basin. Little is known about the life history or habits of this fish except that their numbers in the Columbia River have greatly declined over several decades. Photographed at the USGS Columbia River Research Lab in Willard, Washington.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • An juvenile Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata). These fish have an ancient lineage, appearing in the fossil record nearly 450 million years ago – well before the age of the dinosaurs. Pacific lamprey are an important ceremonial food for Native American tribes in the Columbia River basin. Little is known about the life history or habits of this fish except that their numbers in the Columbia River have greatly declined over several decades. Photographed at the USGS Columbia River Research Lab in Willard, Washington.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • An juvenile Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) uses its sucker-like mouth parts to attach itself to the glass of an aquarium . These fish have an ancient lineage, appearing in the fossil record nearly 450 million years ago – well before the age of the dinosaurs. Pacific lamprey are an important ceremonial food for Native American tribes in the Columbia River basin. Little is known about the life history or habits of this fish except that their numbers in the Columbia River have greatly declined over several decades. Photographed at the USGS Columbia River Research Lab in Willard, Washington.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • An juvenile Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata). These fish have an ancient lineage, appearing in the fossil record nearly 450 million years ago – well before the age of the dinosaurs. Pacific lamprey are an important ceremonial food for Native American tribes in the Columbia River basin. Little is known about the life history or habits of this fish except that their numbers in the Columbia River have greatly declined over several decades. Photographed at the USGS Columbia River Research Lab in Willard, Washington.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • An juvenile Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata). These fish have an ancient lineage, appearing in the fossil record nearly 450 million years ago – well before the age of the dinosaurs. Pacific lamprey are an important ceremonial food for Native American tribes in the Columbia River basin. Little is known about the life history or habits of this fish except that their numbers in the Columbia River have greatly declined over several decades. Photographed at the USGS Columbia River Research Lab in Willard, Washington.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • An juvenile Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata). These fish have an ancient lineage, appearing in the fossil record nearly 450 million years ago – well before the age of the dinosaurs. Pacific lamprey are an important ceremonial food for Native American tribes in the Columbia River basin. Little is known about the life history or habits of this fish except that their numbers in the Columbia River have greatly declined over several decades. Photographed at the USGS Columbia River Research Lab in Willard, Washington.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • The eye of a juvenile Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata). These fish have an ancient lineage, appearing in the fossil record nearly 450 million years ago – well before the age of the dinosaurs. Pacific lamprey are an important ceremonial food for Native American tribes in the Columbia River basin. Little is known about the life history or habits of this fish except that their numbers in the Columbia River have greatly declined over several decades. Photographed at the USGS Columbia River Research Lab in Willard, Washington.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • The edible root of a camas plant (Camassia quamash) after being cooked in an earthen oven, on Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_root_52711CM2s-129.jpg
  • The edible root of a camas plant (Camassia quamash) after being cooked in an earthen oven, on Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_root_52711CM2s-110.jpg
  • An adult Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) after being captured from the fish ladder of the John Day Dam on the Columbia River. The fish will be relocated by the Nez Perce tribe to the traditional spawning grounds up river. Lamprey population numbers have been in rapid decline over the past few decades.
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  • An adult Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) after being captured from the fish ladder of the John Day Dam on the Columbia River. The fish will be relocated by the Nez Perce tribe to the traditional spawning grounds up river. Lamprey population numbers have been in rapid decline over the past few decades.
    Pacific_Lamprey_Lampetra_tridentata_...jpg
  • Bull elk (Cervus elpahus) seen near the Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana.
    cervus-elaphus_7114fe-128.jpg
  • The edible root of a camas plant (Camassia quamash) after being cooked in an earthen oven, on Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_root_52711CM2s-118.jpg
  • Bull elk (Cervus elpahus) seen near the Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana.
    cervus-elaphus_7114fe-120.jpg
  • A rain squall moves across Weippe Prairie over a field of camas flowers (Camassia quamash), Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_prairie_storm_52611V2-248.jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_52711CMs-166.jpg
  • Storm clouds at dusk move across Weippe Prairie over a field of camas flowers (Camassia quamash), Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_prairie_storm_52611V2-681.jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_52711CMs-146.jpg
  • The edible root of a camas plant (Camassia quamash) after being cooked in an earthen oven, on Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_root_52711CM2s-114.jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_flower_prairie_52511TLC1-709.jpg
  • The edible root of a camas plant (Camassia quamash) after being cooked in an earthen oven, on Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_root_52711CM2s-140.jpg
  • The edible root of a camas plant (Camassia quamash) after being cooked in an earthen oven, on Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_root_52711CM2s-135.jpg
  • The edible root of a camas plant (Camassia quamash) after being cooked in an earthen oven and canned, on Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_root_52711CM2s-113.jpg
  • An old stone shepherd's cairn on the Zumwalt Prairie Preserve at dusk. Cairn's like this one dot the horizon of the high prairie. Some think they may have been built by the Nez Perce indians before the Basque shepherders arrived at the end of the 19th century. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America. Spring 2001
    shepherd's_cairn_DurHM270.jpg
  • Bull elk (Cervus elpahus) seen near the Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana.
    cervus-elaphus_7114fe-134.jpg
  • A sign marks the view, of the location below, where a battle betwen the Nez Perce and U.S. Cavalry was fought in 1877. Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana.
    big_hole_battlefield-untitled-106.jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    Camassia_quamash_52711CMs-101.jpg
  • Camas flowers (Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce,
    camas_flower_prairie_52511TLC1-114.jpg
  • A single camas flower(Camassia quamash), On Weippe Prairie, Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_flower_52211CMs-101.jpg
  • Bull elk (Cervus elpahus) seen near the Nez Perce encampment at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana.
    cervus-elaphus_7114fe-126.jpg
  • Storm clouds at dusk move across Weippe Prairie over a field of camas flowers (Camassia quamash), Idaho. On September 20, 1805 the first members of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, including Clark himself, emerged starving and weak onto the Weippe Prairie. There they encountered the Nez Perce, who were attracted to the area by the abundant hunting, as well as the fields of camas flowers, whose roots were a staple of their diet.
    camas_prairie_storm_52611V1-613.jpg
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