A Native American man, identified as Parson Motanic of the Cayuse Tribe, stands in an outdoor setting holding a bustle in his right hand. The headdress is ornamented with feathers and fur. The man is dressed slick style (bare chested) and wears a choker, necklace, bandoleer, belt, and leggings.
A Native American man, identified as Long Hair of the Cayuse Tribe, is seated. He is wearing a Capote coat, necklaces, bandoleers, a fur, a shirt, and a feather in his hair. In his lap, he is holding a hatchet-style pipe.
A Native American man, identified as Chief No-Shirt of the Walla Walla Tribe, is sitting on a horse in a grass field. An encampment, consisting of tipis, wagons, and horses, appears in the background. The man is wearing a feathered headdress, necklaces, a sash, and a cloth shirt. He is clasping a brush in his right hand. His right cheek bears a marking that appears to have been painted on his face. The horse is adorned with saddle blankets, furs, and other trappings.
A Native American man identified as Joe Bennett of the Walla Walla tribe stands in traditional Native American clothing near a tipi. He wears a buckskin shirt with fringe, a headband with an eagle feather, a choker, necklaces, and a breechcloth with a geometric motif. He holds a tomahawk and a fur and has a knife in a scabbard tucked in his belt. The man wears his hair in braids.
Two Native American women are posed in front of a display of Native American artifacts. One woman is standing, the other kneels. The standing woman is wearing beaded moccasins. She is holdings a tomahawk in her right hand with a small pelt draped over it. She holds a round shield with a fur decoration in her left hand. Her dress has a V-neck which is decorated with a striped yoke. The skirt of the dress is decorated with long fringes threaded with beads. She is wearing a necklace and a hat. The kneeling woman is wearing a fringed and beaded leather dress with a cape. She is holding a bow in her left hand. She has a basket hat woven in a geometic design on her head. On the wall behind the women are several artifacts and objects, including: two cradleboards with floral designs, a photograph of a bulldog, a basket with geometric designs, a military cap, a military helmet, two swords, a harness, two bugles, some unidentified gear, belts, two pair of moccasins with floral beading, two bags with floral designs, an unidentified artifact with long fringes, one woven bag with geometric designs, three belts or sashes with geometric designs, an animal pelt, a long feathered headdress, a saddle, a long necklace, a buckskin coat with fringes and some other clothes. There is a poster behind the women with a picture of soldiers and Native Americans on horseback; the number "49" can be seen on it. Small knives and feathers are displayed along the top of the poster.
A Native American man, identified as Tots-homa of the Cayuse tribe, is kneeling outside on one knee. He is wearing a single trail bonnet, earrings, a loop necklace, bracelets, and moccasins. He is holding a hatchet-style pipe in his right hand. He is kneeling on a coiled cedar root mat. A Pendleton blanket is underneath the mat. A studio backdrop is behind him.
Seven men, three sitting, four standing, are grouped in a studio before a backdrop which has tipis painted on it. Two of the standing men are white men, identified as John McBain and Lee Moorhouse. Both wear suits and ties and McBain wears a felt hat while Moorhouse wears a high top hat. Both men have moustaches. Moorhouse holds a long pipe and flat geometrically beaded bag with fringe in his right hand, and his left hand is on the shoulder of the man seated in front of him, identified as Young Chief of the Cayuse. A Native American man, identified as Chief Sho-o-way of the Cayuse, stands in the back, also wearing a suit. He has a top-coat with furred lapels over it, and a conspicuous watch chain and medal. He wears no hat, and his gray or white hair hangs to his shoulders, where it is curled. The fourth man in the back row, identified as Chief Wolf, does not seem to be wearing headgear, but the middle section of his dark hair is pulled back from his forehead and puffed up above his head, and there seem to be feathers or other ornaments in it. The hair on the sides hangs at least to his shoulders. He wears a choker necklance and buckskin shirt, with a blanket across his left shoulder to the right side of his waist. He appears to be holding a large white feather or wing with dark spots in his right hand. The three Native American men seated in front are all wearing headgear. The man on the left, seated on a wooden chair, is identified as Chief Peo of the Umatilla. He wears a stand-up bonnet of feathers over his shoulder-length hair, and seven rows of necklaces, and his shirt is decorated with shells or teeth along its v-neck, with a stiff fringe below the shoulders. His hands are crossed on his lap, and the lower hand rests on a patterned blanket hanging between his legs. His upper, right, arm, is crossed over, and he has another blanket draped over it, and a ring on his hand. His pants have wide strips of beading down the outside of the legs. He seems to be wearing plain moccasins. The man in the center has been identifed as Chief Homily of the Walla Walla. He seems to be wearing a military cap, ornamented with beading, feathers, and fringe. His buckskin shirt has rectangular areas of beading on the sleeves and a row of ermine across the chest and shoulders.He seems to be wearing plain buckskin chaps over his pants, and beaded moccasins. His hands are in his lap and in his right hand he holds a pipe, from which a beaded bag dangles. The third seated man, Young Chief, wears a straw or felt hat with a hatband and an ornament standing up in the front, out of which emerge plumes of feathers which curve over the top of his hat. He has dark shoulder-length hair, and an earring is visible. He too wears loops of beads around his neck. He seems to be wearing a military jacket with chevrons at the wrist over a plaid shirt. The jacket is decorated with fringe at the shoulders which depends lower than his elbows. He has a patterned blanket over both legs and rolled in his lap, with patterned trousers underneath and floral beaded moccasins. His hands in his lap grasp a hatchet-style pipe, which has a flat beaded bag with streamers hanging from it. The area beneath the men is covered with a very hairy rug or mat, which is slightly rolled up at the right side of the photograph.
An outside photograph of a Native American man posing in regalia in front of a tule mat tipi. The man has been identified as Joe Bennett. His hair is braided and he is wearing a headband of bear claws with a single eagle feather on the right side of his head. He wears a choker around his neck and a loop necklace that hangs over his shirt. He is dressed in a buckskin coat with decorative fringe around his shoulders, collar and side seams. He is carrying two coyote pelts over his right arm, and in his left hand is a hatchet-style pipe that has feathers attached to the stem. At his waist is a belt that may be made of fur or animal hide; on the belt is a beaded scabbard with a square, wooden knife handle visible from the scabbard opening. Under his jacket is a Pendleton blanket that covers his legs down to his moccasins. In the background is a tule mat tipi; there is a cloth or canvas doorway behind the man. There are two poles--one on each side of the doorway--leaning against the tipi to hold down the mats. A large pole or wood log is lying on the ground against the tipi.
A Native American man wearing regalia stands beside a horse. The man wears a feathered headdress, buckskin shirt, leggings, breechcloth, gloves, and necklaces. The horse is outfitted with a bridle that includes an ornament that is positioned over the horse's forehead.
A Native American man wearing regalia stands inside a tipi. The man wears a horned headdress, a shirt, a breechcloth, and moccasins. He also wears a necklace and a fur. He holds a smoking pipe. Two other Native Americans recline on blankets near him.