A Native American woman, identified as Sabina Minthorn of the Cayuse tribe, holds her baby in a cradleboard. The woman wears a headscarf and a shawl. The cradleboard includes an embroidered floral motif, beadwork, and leather fringe.
A Native American man, identified as Chief Peo of the Umatilla tribe, rides a horse which faces to the left of the photograph. He wears a large feather headdress, a decorated armband, leggings, and a necklace. In his right hand he holds a tomahawk. His horse wears a stock saddle and curb bridle.
A Native American man, identified as Parson Motanic, is standing outside. He is wearing a horned headdress with eagle feathers, a necklace, a vest, and moccasins. He is holding a hatchet in his hands. Various furs and blanket strips are laid out around and behind Parson Motanic. All of the items depicted are the property of the Motanic family, rather than photographer's props.
Two Cayuse Indian girls wearing necklaces, earrings, shawls, and plain moccasins sit in front of a large tree trunk. One girl sits with a cornhusk bag with a geometric motif displayed prominently on her lap.
A line of 20 men and women on horseback stand side-by-side, facing the camera. They are on a dirt street in front of several wooden buildings, including a livery stable. The riders are a mixture of men, women, Indians and non-Indians, and wear tribal clothing or cowboy attire.
One Native American man sitting outside on a blanket with some trees in the background. The man is wearing wool leggings, a necklace, moccasins, a scarf, a headdress, and a fur bandoleer around his waist.
A collection of stone artifacts are displayed on shelves. The collection consists of mortars, pestles, anthropomorphic figurines, and zoomorphic figurines. A blanket is hung behind the shelves.
A Native American woman, identified as Anna Kash-Kash of the Cayuse tribe, is standing outside in front of a backdrop. She is wearing a cornhusk hat, shell earrings, moccasins, a choker, a necklace, a beaded belt, and a beaded buckskin dress. In her right hand, she is holding a beaded bag with a geometric design. She is standing on a round floor mat. A Pendleton blanket is underneath the mat. A lattice-work fence is to the right.
A Native American man, identified as Tots-homa of the Cayuse tribe, is kneeling outside on one knee. He is wearing a single trail bonnet, earrings, a loop necklace, bracelets, and moccasins. He is holding a hatchet-style pipe in his right hand. He is kneeling on a coiled cedar root mat. A Pendleton blanket is underneath the mat. A studio backdrop is behind him.
A Native American child, identified as Lee Coyote of the Cayuse tribe, is on an upright cradleboard, in front of a lattice fence or wall. The cradleboard is beaded in a floral design. The child is bundled in a buckskin dress, with decorative fringe and beadwork on the front. At the base of the cradleboard are two blankets, folded, and a a beaded bag with two people on the bag.