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Description: A Native American woman wearing traditional clothing, including earrings and a headscarf, sits on a horse. The horse is draped with blankets and outfitted with a bridle, reins, and stirrups.

Description: Native American girl, identified as Som-kin of the Walla-Walla tribe. She has braids and is wearing a native dress, shawl or blanket over the shoulders, scarf over lap, beaded necklaces, beaded choker, and shell earrings

Description: A Native American woman, identified as a member of the Umatilla Tribe, is seated in front of a blanket backdrop. The woman is wearing a beaded buckskin dress with a belt. She has a cloth scarf tied behind her head, and two long braids tied with ribbon. The cloth sleeves of her underdress are visible below the fringe area of the buckskin dress. She is wearing beaded bracelets, necklaces, and a choker and shell earrings. She is holding a beaded bag, that has a deer and two flowers in the design. There is a Pendleton blanket at the base of the backdrop, covering the woman's chair or stool.

Description: Elderly Native American male is posed outside in front of a studio back drop (wooden framed and matted). He is standing on a small round braided mat. He is dressed in tribal costume and regalia. He has a headdress made of paper, beads and grasses and is wearing a necklace of bones, shells and grasses. He is wearing either bone or shell earring on his left ear. He is wearing feather tail plume of hawk feathers and a lower plume of eagle feathers. They are wrapped around him using leather belts; one of the belts is beaded. He is wearing leather leggings/chaps and mocassins. Beyond the photo prop area, there are decidious trees in full leaf, a fence and a boardwalk.

Description: A Native American woman, identified as Wo-ho-pum of the Cayuse tribe, stands wearing a cloth dress with a plaid pattern, necklaces, and earrings which are possibly made of shells. She wears her hair in braids and holds what appears to be a bag or handbag in her right hand. A blanket with a geometric motif is draped over her left shoulder.

Description: A Native American woman, identified as Anna Kash-Kash of the Cayuse tribe, is standing outside in front of a backdrop. She is wearing a cornhusk hat, shell earrings, moccasins, a choker, a necklace, a beaded belt, and a beaded buckskin dress. In her right hand, she is holding a beaded bag with a geometric design. She is standing on a round floor mat. A Pendleton blanket is underneath the mat. A lattice-work fence is to the right.

Description: A Native American woman, identified as Maud Sampson of the Cayuse Tribe, is seated in front of a blanket backdrop. She is wearing a buckskin dress with beadwork and fringe and a woven cornhusk hat. She has plain moccasins and beaded leggings. Her hair is in two long braids and her jewelry includes shell earrings and beaded chokers. The ground in front of the backdrop and the chair the woman is sitting on are covered by two pendleton blankets. There is a woven cornhusk bag displayed next to the chair, on the blanket. The backdrop consists of a solid colored blanket that is suspended on an unseen frame. A little bit of grass and part of a wooden sidewalk with a hose on it are visible to the front and side of the image.

Description: A Native American woman, identified as We-nix of the Cayuse Indians and sister of Donald McKay, stands in front of a canvas tipi. She is wearing a plain cloth dress, plain moccasins, leggings with a floral design, a head scarf, shell earrings, beaded necklace and bracelet, a ring, and has two long braids. She has one Pendleton blanket draped around her and another one on the ground, under her feet. A large pine tree is all that is visible in the background.

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