A Native American man, identified as Chief Red Hawk of the Cayuse Tribe, is seated in front of a solid colored blanket that is suspended like a backdrop. The man is wearing a cloth shirt and has a Pendleton blanket wrapped around his body from the chest down. He has long hair, some of which is tied in a scarf that drapes over his shoulder. He is wearing a beaded choker and beaded bracelets. In his lap, one hand is holding a bow and two arrows and a pipe with a long, flat, wooden handle. His other hand is holding up a war club, which is adorned with feathers. A cowboy hat with a braided or twisted scarf hat band is hung on the backdrop. The image appears to be an outside photograph, as there is some vegetation visible in the bottom corners., Chief Red Hawk, Cayuse Tribe [George Red Hawk, Cayuse man, in Moorhouse yard/studio. He is wrapped in a blanket and holds a stone tomahawk, pipe, bow and arrows.]
An outside photograph of a Native American man dressed in regalia. He has been identified as No Shirt. He is wearing a horned headdress with multiple feathers and a brow band that has circular decorations across it. Attached to the headdress are ermines that hang over his shoulders. He is dressed in what appears to be a cloth shirt, over which are a loop necklace and fur bandoleer.
An outside photograph of two Native American men standing in a campsite. Both men are wrapped in what have been identified as Pendleton blankets. There are three tipis in the campsite. The tipi farthest back shows a darkened canvas. The middle tipi has smoke coming out of it; it is composed from layered tuli mats and canvas. There are rough-hewn poles lying on the outside of both tipis, as well as internal frame poles that extrude from the top. The third tipi -- on the photograph's right side -- is made entirely of canvas and shows no external poles. There is an opening in the top for smoke to escape; the top has been noticeably darkened from the smoke. Behind the three tipis lies a dark, unidentified, man-made structure; it is surrounded by brush and appears to have a ladder either leaning against it or sticking through an opening. Both men are wearing hats; one man appears to be walking away from the tipis while the other is leaning against what has been identified as an oar. Behind the man with the oar is a tipi opening; there is a tule mat covering the doorway and miscellaneous articles lying on the ground. There are two dogs in the campsite. In the surrounding area are cottonwood trees and pine trees. The cottonwood trees are leafless and there may be patches of snow on the ground. All around the campsite are shrubs, and a gently rising hillside can be seen in the background.
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.
An outside photograph of a Native American man and woman, dressed in regalia, each sitting on a horse, in front of several tipis. They have been identified as No Shirt and No Shirt's wife. No Shirt's wife has her hair in braids and is wearing a hat. She is attired in a beaded buckskin dress and has a shawl over her lap. The shawl may be a Pendleton shawl. She is holding her horse reins and a cornhusk bag in her left hand, with her right hand resting on the bag. She is sitting on two saddle blankets. Her horse's coat is spotted. For his headdress, No Shirt is wearing a single trail bonnet with a set of horns on the bonnet and ermines that hang over his shoulders. He is wearing a choker around his neck and a fur bandoleer across his chest. He is holding horse reins in his left hand, and an unidentifiable object tipped with feathers in his right hand. His horse has a dark coat and is wearing what has been identified as a beaded martingale. In the photograph's background can be seen several tipis, the silhouette of other horses, and a rising hillside.
An outside photograph of an older Native American man posing in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop draped over a wall. He has been identified as Five Crows, and is dressed in regalia. His hair is unbound with a single feather showing in the back. There is a small hoop earring visible in his right ear. He is dressed in a cloth shirt, over which are a choker, loop necklace, and hairbone bandoleer. Over both shirtsleeves are wide metal armbands. In his right hand he is holding a knife, and in his left hand he is holding a pipe bowl. Hanging from his left arm is a leather belt with a knife scabbard attached. He has a Pendleton blanket wrapped around his waist.
Three Native American men, identified as members of the Cayuse tribe, are seated on horses alongside an unidentified body of water. The man on the left side of the photograph is wearing a vest and a headdress; he is holding an unidentified item in his left hand. The man in the middle is riding bare-legged. The man on the far right is wearing a headdress and holding a hatchet in his left hand.
An interior photograph of an older Native American man posing in front of a cloth or canvas backdrop. The photographer has identified the man as Som-Kin. He is wearing a flat-brimmed cowboy hat held in place with a braided string or cord tied under his chin. His hair is unbound. He is dressed in a cloth shirt, over which is a cloth or wool vest, a buckskin coat, with a scarf around his neck. The buckskin coat is fringed around the shoulders, end of sleeves, collar edge and coat seams. On the left side of the vest is a badge with the title, "US Indian Police." Attached to a vest button below the badge is a pocket watch chain.