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1. Cayuse indian children in costume, by stream,
Cayuse indian children in costume, by stream,
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Two young Native American girls are sitting on the bank of a pond or stream. The location is identified as being near Cayuse Station. The older girl is holding the younger girl in front of her. Only her head, her braids, the collar and shoulders of her cloth dress, and the bottom of one moccasin are visible. The younger child is wrapped in a small blanket or shawl, has a beaded necklace, with a beaded flap or sleeve from her dress visible on one arm. There is a clear bucket or large jar placed next to the girls, with an unidentified object in it. The bank where the girls are sitting is a flat clearing, covered with gravel and rocks, that meets the edge of the water. There is an area on the other side of the water that is also covered with rocks, but is steep, not flat. The rest of the embankment, on both sides of the water, is covered with shrubs and trees., Near Cayuse Station [Cayuse Indian children in regalia by stream.]
2. PH036_5461 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_5461 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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A group of Native American girls, identified as pupils of the Umatilla Indian School, are standing outside in the yard of a large house or building, possibly the schoolhouse. Each girl is holding an exercise bar to her chest and is wearing a dark school uniform consisting of a long-sleeved shirt, a belt or sash at the waist, bloomers reaching to the knees, long stockings, and flat shoes. Three buildings are in the background. The building directly behind the girls is a two-storeyed brick or stone building with a sloped roof, many windows, and a front porch., Pupils of the Umatilla Indian School [Group of girls in uniform, with exercise canes, on grounds of Umatilla Indian school.]
3. PH036_5478 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_5478 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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A group of children, identified as pupils at the Umatilla Indian School, are in a classroom. Most of the children are seated. Three Native American children are standing atop a table at the back of the room. A female teacher is standing at the back of the room. There are desks, tables, chairs, and a blackboard in the room. The girls wear dresses and the boys wear jackets and pants. Some of the boys have wide white collars over their jackets.
4. Umatilla Indian Girls 1904
Umatilla Indian Girls 1904
Description
Three Native American girls, of the Umatilla Tribe, are standing on top of the gate of a small wooden dam over a river. The young woman on the left has a pendleton blanket wrapped around herself. She is wearing a headdress with feathers and her hair is loosely tucked under the blanket. The young woman in the middle also has a pendleton blanket wrapped around herself. She has two long braids and is carrying a woven bag over one arm. The design on the bag is of a deer and two flowers. The young woman on the right is wearing a buckskin dress with a belt and a woven cornhusk hat. The dress has two tiers of beaded fringe. She has two arm band style bracelets on her wrist and forearm; the one on her forearm is copper. All three girls are wearing beaded moccasins. The dam spans an inlet between the bank and a sandbar. There is a pile of rocks on the sand on both sides of the dam. The background of the image shows more of the river, a wooden dock or platform, and some shrubs and deciduous trees., Umatilla Indian girls 1904 [Three Umatilla girls in regalia, standing by irrigation flume. One wears bear claw circlet, one has cornhusk bag with deer, one wears cornhusk hat and shoulder-beaded dress with dangles.]
5. PH036_5469 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_5469 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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Four Native American girls and a female instructor are standing by dining tables. The group is identified as a class in domestic science at the Umatilla Indian School.
6. PH036_4886 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_4886 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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A Native American woman, identified as Alice Pate-wa of the Umatilla Tribe, is standing on a large rock in front of a stand of trees. She has an infant in a cradleboard strapped to her back. The woman is wearing a floral design cloth dress with a scarf tied under her chin. Her hair is in a long braid and she is holding a white hankerchief or small cloth. The cradleboard is buckskin with a beaded, floral design top. The baby's head is tucked in the hood of the cradleboard, showing just a profile of the face. The ground around them is covered by several large and small rocks. The trees are full of leaves that almost screen out the horizon beyond., Alice Pate-wa, Umatilla Tribe [Alice Pa-tewa, Umatilla woman, carrying infant in cradleboard. On reservation.]
7. PH036_4216 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_4216 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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An outside photograph of three Native American women and a Native American boy. The women are all wearing Native regalia; the young boy is dressed in Euro-American clothing. All four are standing on Pendleton blankets or shawls; there are other blankets and shawls hanging behind them. A bag with geometric design and leather-tooled belt can be seen on the left of the photograph. In the foreground are several bags and miscellaneous blankets. In the far background are numerous trees. All three women are wearing wool dresses, have their hair in braids, hands crossed, and are wearing necklaces and circular earrings. The two women closest to the boy are wearing chokers. Each has a contrasting shirt--with shirtsleeves that extend beyond the dress sleeves--under her dress. The two women farthest from the boy have dentallia shell designs on their dress bodices; the third woman has elk teeth stitched to her dress bodice. The boy is attired in Euro-American shirt, knickers, stockings and boots., Cayuse Tribe [Josephine You-mo-its, Cayuse woman, with two daughters and son. [Boy in European clothing; women wear decorated cloth dresses. Blankets, nags and baskets on display.]
8. PH036_4259 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_4259 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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An outside photograph of a Native American man and young girl standing in front of a tule mat tipi in the snow in winter. The man has been identified as Paul Showaway. He is wearing a shirt over which is wrapped a Pendleton blanket which extends to the ground. He is also wearing a choker and a fur bandoleer. Hanging from the bandoleer are decorative materials, identified as ermines and hair. The young girl is wearing a wingdress with a decorative belt. She has her hair braided and is wearing three loop necklaces. She is standing to the man's right side and is holding a cornhusk bag in her right hand. The tipi has several tule mats wrapped and layered over inner poles. There is a door behind the man, made from canvas and a blanket. Leaning against the tipi are three tall, rough-hewn poles, a short cottonwood log, and a homemade ladder. There is a blanket hanging outside to the right of the tipi. In the background are deciduous trees and a telephone pole., Paul Showoway and daughter, Thorn Hollow. [Cayuse man and girl (about 8?) standing by tipi in snow, wearing traditional clothing. Umatilla Reservation.]
9. Wo- Ho-Pum and Papoose, Walla Walla Tribe
Wo- Ho-Pum and Papoose, Walla Walla Tribe
Description
A Native American woman, identified as Wo-Ho-Pum of the Walla Walla tribe, is sitting cross-legged, next to a child in a cradleboard, in front of a cloth tipi. The woman appears to be sitting on a blanket or bedding on the bare ground. The woman is wearing a buckskin dress with beadwork and fringe, a woven hat, plain moccasins, and has a woven bag draped over her knee. Her hair is in two long braids. Her jewelry includes shell earrings, beaded necklaces and choker, and beaded and copper bracelets. She is holding the cradleboard upright. Only the child's hooded face and the top of the wooden back support of the cradleboard are visible. The rest of the child and cradleboard are covered with a fringed scarf or shawl, with some beads or looped necklaces across the front. The entire background of the image is the solid white cloth of the tipi. A blanket is pinned to the side of the tipi, and hangs down to the ground, draping over an unseen object. Several bags are displayed on the blanket, four woven ones with geomeric patterns, and one beaded one with an image of a woman and young girl.
10. Jennie Peo, with children, in camp
Jennie Peo, with children, in camp
Description
This photograph was identified as 'Jennie Peo, with children, in camp' from Major Moorhouse. From a unidentified tribal member it is 'Mose and Levi' for the two boys and 'Jenny and Eva Van Pelt' both with a question mark next to the names. 2) A Native American woman is seated in front of a cloth backdrop, along with her four children. The woman is wearing a cloth dress, with a fringed shawl around her shoulders. She has long braids, moccasins, and a ring on one hand. She is holding an infant child on her lap. The baby is dressed in a long, white, cloth dress. Two young boys are standing on her right side. The boys are dressed in cloth shirts and overalls. The shorter boy is standing in front of the taller boy; he has a scarf or bandanna around his neck and is wearing leather boots. Both boys have very short hair. A young girl is standing on the left side of her mother. She is wearing a cotton dress with a collar and pockets, socks, and leather boots that lace up above the ankles. She has a white cloth bonnet on her head. Her face is not visible beneath the bonnet; she appears to be looking down and the bonnet is blurry as if she had moved her head as the photograph was taken. The woman's shawl hangs down to the ground and is draped behind her chair or stool and all of the children. The family is posed on top of a striped blanket that is on the ground in front of the backdrop. The cloth backdrop is suspended on the outside wall of a wooden building, with some of the wooden slats visible on the left side of the image., [Jennie Peo with children, in camp, or in Moorhouse yard.]
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