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.
An outside photograph of two Native American women posing in front of a plain blanket backdrop. They are standing on a round flat coiled cedar root mat that is on a Pendleton blanket. To the right of the backdrop is a wooden walkway. In the background are deciduous trees and the hazy outlines of miscellaneous buildings. Both women have their hair in braids and are wearing cornhusk hats with a "v-shaped" geometric design. The woman on the pair's left has been identified as Ruth Coyote; she is dressed in a fringed, short-sleeve, beaded buckskin dress. Decorative beads are attached to the fringes on her shirtsleeves, knee and hem areas. She is wearing a necklace and a choker. She has bracelets on both arms and an armband on her left arm. She has a beaded belt and is holding a beaded bag in her left hand with the design of a deer. From under her dress can be seen leggings and beaded moccasins. The woman on the right is wearing circular earrings, and a cloth dress with decorative beads that extend below her waist. There are beads on her shoulders and bells at the end of her three-quarter length sleeves. She has a wide beaded belt. She has a bracelet on her right wrist and is holding a cornhusk bag in her right hand. She has beaded moccasins and may have bells at the hem of her dress., 'Umatilla Belles.' Billy Barnhart's camp on the Umatilla. [Lucy Luton and Ruth Coyote, Cayuse tribal women.]
An outside photograph of a Native American woman sitting in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop that is hung on a wooden frame. She has been identified as Ruth Coyote, is dressed in regalia, and is sitting on a stool or chair over which has been draped a Pendleton blanket. On her head is a cornhusk hat with a v-shaped geometrical design. Her hair is in braids, tipped with fur wraps. She is wearing large, circular earrings and a neck choker with long decorative bead strands hanging down the front. She is dressed in an old-style, deer-tail, beaded buckskin dress. The dress has a highly decorative bodice with fringe at the sleeve ends, side seams, and hemline. She has bracelets on both of her wrists; her left wrist has two wide-band (possibly metal) bracelets and her right wrist exhibits approximately eight smaller ones. On her lap she holds a cornhusk bag with a geometric design. Visible under her skirt can be seen either leggings, cuffed with a beaded floral design, or moccasins with a beaded floral design. To the right of the backdrop is a wooden walkway.
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.
A group of three Native American women and a Native American man pose on horseback in front of a canvas tipi. Around the tipi are deciduous trees and shrubs with leaves; in the distance is a hill with scattered groves of trees or bushes. Two of the horses are white and two are dark. The man wears a broad-brimmed hat, cloth shirt and pants, a dark vest with a badge on it resembling the tribal police badges, a bandanna around his neck, and a choker necklace. His feet are in metal stirrups. He appears to have a gun or knife at his waist. The women all wear cloth scarves or sunbonnets which tie under their chins. They are all wearing cloth dresses with patterns: plaid, striped, floral. The woman in the middle has a blanket over her legs. The woman on the right is riding sidesaddle. The horse gear such as bridles is all plain leather without beading., Group of Umatilla. [Three women and a man on horseback by a canvas tipi. Man wears badge and may be part of Indian Police.]
An outside photograph of a Native American man identified as Charles Whirlwind Sr. He is standing on a round flat coiled cedar root mat in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop. On the left side of the photograph is a wooden walkway. In the background are deciduous trees and the hazy outlines of buildings. On his head he is wearing a porcupine roach and in the roach is an eagle feather. His hair is braided. There appear to be hair wraps of fur or leather woven into his braids. He is wearing a choker around his neck. He is also wearing four necklaces that are made from bear claws. He is dressed in a long-sleeve, fringed buckskin shirt. Over his right sleeve can be seen a beaded glove gauntlet with a floral design. He is wearing a blanket around his waist that covers down to his feet. The blanket has a geometric design. In his left hand, the man is holding a rifle barrel. The rifle stock is decorated. <<The blanket that is in this photograph that is wrapped around his waist is being reintroduce from this old Cayuse design is going to be a limited edition of 150 blankets for Dale Chihuly. The Eiteljore Museum which is in Indianapolis, Indiana is doing th>>, [Dr. Whirlwind, Cayuse Indian, in regalia including tooth necklace.]
An interior photograph of a Native American man and woman posing in front of a blanket backdrop. The man is sitting in a chair; the woman is standing to his left side. The man has his hair long and unbound and is wearing a cowboy hat. There is a choker around his neck. He is wearing a Euro-American style shirt and has a Pendleton Blanket wrapped around his waist. On top of the Pendleton Blanket is a white pistol handle in a tooled-leather holster on a leather belt with some bullets. The woman has her hair in braids and is wearing circular earrings. She is dressed in a geometric design wingdress with decorative ribbons on the front and is wearing a necklace. Her shoulders are wrapped in a Pendleton shawl. She has a beaded bracelet on her left wrist and rings on her right fingers; she is holding a cornhusk bag in her right hand., [Kumassag, Cayuse woman, in regalia. Seated man, probably her husband, has a pistol displayed. In Moorhouse studio.]
A Native American woman is posed in front of an interior wall. She is dressed in a cloth dress, with a solid colored underlayer and a patterned overlayer. There is a sash tied around her waist. She has a pendleton blanket wrapped around her, from the waist down. Her jewelry includes a beaded choker and beaded necklace. Her hair is long and wavy and falls down around her shoulders, covering most of her clothing. The wall behind her has a decorative strip of molding.
A Native American woman, identified as Maud Sampson of the Cayuse Tribe, is seated in front of a blanket backdrop. She is wearing a buckskin dress with beadwork and fringe and a woven cornhusk hat. She has plain moccasins and beaded leggings. Her hair is in two long braids and her jewelry includes shell earrings and beaded chokers. The ground in front of the backdrop and the chair the woman is sitting on are covered by two pendleton blankets. There is a woven cornhusk bag displayed next to the chair, on the blanket. The backdrop consists of a solid colored blanket that is suspended on an unseen frame. A little bit of grass and part of a wooden sidewalk with a hose on it are visible to the front and side of the image.
An outside photograph of a Native American woman who has been identified as Rosa Paul. She is standing on a Pendleton blanket, in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop hanging from a wooden frame. She is posed holding a bow and arrow. On her head is a cornhusk hat with a "v-shaped" geometric design. Her hair is braided, and she has large, circular earrings. There is a choker around her neck and bracelets on both her arms. Her dress is highly decorative, with beadwork across her blouse and around the edge of each sleeve. There is additional beadwork around her waist which forms an apron and side pouch or pocket. The bottom third of her dress shows more beadwork in a spiral design. She is wearing moccasins and leggings under her dress. On the left of the photograph is a wooden walkway with trees in the background.