A Native American man and woman, identified as Red Elk and his sister, of the Cayuse Tribe, stand in front of a large tipi. The tipi is made up of layers of tule mats, with some long sticks supporting them on the outside. The man is dressed in a cloth shirt and cloth pants, with a plaid, fringed breechcloth. He is wearing beaded moccasins, a beaded bandoleer, and a beaded belt with a small pouch. His jewelry includes beaded looped necklaces, a beaded choker, and hoop earrings with shells. He is holding an object in each hand. The woman is dressed in a solid colored cloth dress, an underlayer dress, and has a sash around her waist. She has a large shawl draped over one shoulder and wrapped around her waist. The shawl has fringes and some embroidered flowers along the border. She is wearing moccasins, partially obscured by her shadow, and is holding a scarf or bandana in her hand. Her jewelry includes several strands of beaded necklaces and shell earrings. The man's hair is long and pulled back behind his head. The woman's hair is in two long ponytails. The man and woman are each standing on a pendleton blanket. Two more blankets are draped over a rope that circles the the tipi; one of them seems to be covering a doorway. A few objects are displayed on the blankets. There are deciduous trees and shrubs in the background and straw on the ground around the tipi., Red Elk and sister [Cayuse man and woman, in traditional clothing , by tule tipi. On reservation.]
A Native American man sits astride a white horse at the edge of a creek or pond. In the background are deciduous trees and bushes. The man wears a horned headdress with fur or feathers on it, and beaded buckskin shirt and leggings or trousers, decorated with fringe, fur, or feathers. The shirt has strips of geometric beading and fringe along the shoulders and outside of the arms, and a circular medallion of the beading on the chest. The man's hair appears to hang loose behind him under the headdress. The horse wears a geometrically beaded martingale with feathers; its headband is outlined with larger beads with two clumps of grouped feathers. The horse blanket is also patterned and seems to be mostly pale with a dark border on the outside., [Luke Minthorn, in regalia, on horseback. He wears buckskin and rib or horn headdress; horse has martingale and forelock decoration.]
An outside photograph of two Native American men dressed in Pendleton blankets posing on the bank of a river in the wintertime. Both men have their hair in braids, with a single feather attached. Each man is aiming a bow and arrow at the other. The photographer has identified the man on the left side of the photograph as Tilloquats; he is holding his bow in his left hand and one arrow, fitted into the bow, in his right hand. Hanging off his right arm is a whip. He is bare-chested and wears his Pendleton blanket wrapped around his waist. One moccasin can be seen from under his blanket. The photographer has identified the other man as Yee-Yee, and he is holding his bow in his left hand -- fitting the arrow into his bow with his right. He is dressed with a Pendleton blanket over his left shoulder; there are pants or leggings under the blanket. On his back he has a quiver with hawk feathers. In the background lies the river, leading to a rising riverbank. There are leafless cottonwood trees on the other side of the river and patches of snow on the ground. In the far background is a gently rising hillside.
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.
An unidentified Native American child and a Native American women, identified as Wenix, the sister of Donald McKay, of the Cayuse tribe, are outside in front of a tipi. The child is seated on two Pendleton blankets atop a horse. Other blankets are draped across the horse. The child is wearing a long-sleeve shirt and a necklace. The child is holding the reins in his or her left hand. The woman is standing to the right of the child on horseback. She is wearing a robe, a necklace, and boots. Her hair is tied into two braids. With both of her hands, she is holding a beaded bag with a geometric design. A grove of trees is in the background., We-nix, Sister Donald McKay [We-nix, Cayuse tribal woman, sister of Donald McKay. Near child on horse in front of tipi. She has cornhusk bag. Child has necklaces and a fur dangling by leg.]