Umatilla Reservation July 4, 1903

Title: Umatilla Reservation July 4, 1903
LC Subject: Indians of North America Clothing and dress Hides and skins Indian beadwork Saddle blankets Bridles Tribal chiefs Dress, Buckskin Dress, Cloth Indian encampments Featherwork Horses Horse blankets Men Moccasins Feathers Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) Tipis Trees Umatilla Indians Umatilla Indian Reservation (Or.) Headdresses outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Scene on Umatilla Indian Reservation, July 4, 1903 Scene on Umatilla Indian reservation
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: Eight Native-American men and women on horses are posing in front of trees and tipis. All but two have some sort of headdress, three men carry feather staffs. All the people have blankets wrapped around them. Each horse is wearing a beaded chest plate.
Condition Of Source: flaking; discoloration;;
Tribal Notes: An outside photograph of men and women dressed in their regalia on horses. They are all standing in two rows. The first row is all men there are eight of them and they are wearing bonnets plains style, Stove pipe, Horned head dress. They all have a wool blanket over their shoulders that goes down to their knees, and all are wearing wool leggings. All of the horses have beaded martingales, but one has a fur martingale with Eagle feathers on it. One horse has a cloth mask on that covers the face of the horse down its neck. The two women are in the second row the first one is wearing a wing dress and a scarf on her head she is in the middle of the photograph. The other one is moving and she is a blur she is moving to the right side of the photograph. In the background are four canvas tipis in and next to some cotton wood trees. Writing on the photograph is "Major Moorhouse Umatilla Reservation July 4 1903."
Ethnographic Term: cloaks
Tribal Classes: Outside Photograph; People; Regalia; Head Dress; Parade; Housing;
Tribal Terms: Men; Bonnet, Stove Pipe; Bonnet, Plains Style; Horned Headed Dress, Single Tailor ; Staff, Eagle Feather; Scabbard, Rifle; Blanket, Wool; Legging, Wool; Vest, Cloth, Beaded; Arm Bands, Brass; Ermines: Horse; Martingale, Beaded; Mask, Horse; Bridle; Women; Wing Dress; Scarf; Tipi; Poles; Canvas; Tree;
Location: Umatilla Indian Reservation >> Umatilla County >> Oregon >> United States
Date: 1903-07-04
Identifier: PH036_5928
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916 Picturing the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla Tribes
Primary Set: Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916
Has Version: Glass-plate negative
Institution: University of Oregon
Note: Joint Project of the University of Oregon Libraries and the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Image Width: 875 pixels
Image Height: 707 pixels
Image Resolution: 125 dpi
Color Space: 24 bit - RGB - sRGB IEC61966-2.1