A young Native American man, identified as Chief Pat Belly of the Paloos tribe, stands on a circular mat in front of a screen. He wears a feathered headdress, an armband, a choker, a breechcloth, leggings, and moccasins
A Native American man, identified incorrectly as Bones of the Palouse tribe, stands on a mat in front of a backdrop. He wears Native American clothing, including a fur hair wrap, choker, bracelet, arm bands, necklaces, shirt, leggings, moccasins, and breechcloth. The man stands in profile to the camera. In his right hand he holds a piece of fabric, possibly a handkerchief. His left hand is raised to his brow. On the ground at his feet is a Euro-American style hat. Tribal members have identified him as Peter Gibbon of the Cayuse tribe.
An outside photograph of a Native American man identified as Julius Williams. He is standing on a Pendleton blanket near another folded Pendleton blanket. Behind him, animal hides are hung on bare brush branches. The man is wearing a multi-layered loop necklace over a long-sleeved cloth shirt. The shirt extends below his waist. On his right arm is an armband. He is wearing a bandoleer across his chest and under his right arm is a beaded pouch or bag. In his left hand he is holding an eagle tail fan. In his right hand he is holding a rifle. He is wearing leggings with a geometrical design that matches his moccasins. There is a banded hat with feather plume on the blanket in the lower right corner. Visible in the background are a tipi, a number of deciduous trees, some pine trees, and a hillside., Julius Williams [Julius Williams, Cayuse Indian, in regalia. Standing in campground with leopard pelt.]
An outside photograph of a Native American man identified as Uma-Som-Kin. He is dressed in full regalia and sitting on a horse, next to a river. For his headdress, the man is wearing a bonnet with a single trail of eagle feathers. He is wearing a coat made out of a Pendleton blanket. He is wearing leggings with a design on the cuff and beaded moccasins. Because no stirrups can be seen, it would appear that he is riding either bareback or using a blanket for a saddle. He is holding the horse's bridle in both hands. The horse has a spotted coat. Across the river, on the opposite bank, are two cottonwood trees. In the background are rolling hills.
A Native American woman, identified as Rosa Parr of the Walla Walla Tribe, is seated on a chair in front of a blanket backdrop. The woman is dressed in a buckskin dress with fringes and beadwork. She is wearing beaded moccasins and a woven cornhusk hat. Her hair is long and divided into two tresses that are either partially braided or tied. Her jewelry includes a beaded choker and bracelet, several copper bracelets, and two rings. She is holding on her lap an unidentified wooden handled tool or implement, with leather straps attached to the base of the handle. The chair she is seated on and the ground under her feet are covered by a Pendleton blanket. The blanket backdrop appears to be suspended by a wooden structural frame and there is some white cloth visible on the sides of the frame, overlapping the blanket. The backdrop is placed in a grassy area next to a wooden plank walkway. Some tall trees and a fence are visible in the background.
A view of an exhibit of Native American clothing and artifacts identified as belonging to Major Lee Moorhouse. The exhibit includes blankets, regalia, feathered headdresses, buckskin clothing, bags and other items.
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.
Two crying babies swaddled in cradleboards are leaned up against a wooden lattice fence. Vine leaves and flowers, some dead, hang over and through the lattice. The cradleboards are simple in style; each has a hoop that rises above the children's' heads, and two strings of beads hang from the central area of both hoops. On top of their clothing each is wrapped in a dark blanket and then a striped blanket; the striped blankets are laced up the front to keep the child in the cradleboard. Both wear mocassins.