A sweat house on the Umatilla Indian Reservation is located in the middle of the photograph. A Native American man and a Native American woman, dressed in tribal garments, are standing in front of a tipi located behind and to the left of the sweat house. A river is in the background., Umatilla Reservation [Man and woman standing by canvas tipi on river bank. Sweat lodge at center. Maybe Ed Chapman.]
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.
A Native American woman, identified as Wo-Ho-Pum of the Walla Walla tribe, is sitting cross-legged, next to a child in a cradleboard, in front of a cloth tipi. The woman appears to be sitting on a blanket or bedding on the bare ground. The woman is wearing a buckskin dress with beadwork and fringe, a woven hat, plain moccasins, and has a woven bag draped over her knee. Her hair is in two long braids. Her jewelry includes shell earrings, beaded necklaces and choker, and beaded and copper bracelets. She is holding the cradleboard upright. Only the child's hooded face and the top of the wooden back support of the cradleboard are visible. The rest of the child and cradleboard are covered with a fringed scarf or shawl, with some beads or looped necklaces across the front. The entire background of the image is the solid white cloth of the tipi. A blanket is pinned to the side of the tipi, and hangs down to the ground, draping over an unseen object. Several bags are displayed on the blanket, four woven ones with geomeric patterns, and one beaded one with an image of a woman and young girl.
A Native American woman identified as "Mrs. Black Hawk" of the Cayuse tribe stands in front of a tule reed mat tipi. There is snow on the ground and on parts of the tipi. Five poles are visible, and on the left side of the photograph is a wooden ladder made of poles and boards. The canvas entry of the tipi is tied back and the woman stands with her feet inside, slightly leaning out. Her long dark hair hangs below her waist in two braids; she wears a choker necklace, and a rounded earring is visible. She wears a long dark cloth wing dress with wide sections of lighter beading that run across the bodice and shoulders and onto the sleeves. A longer sleeve of floral material from a shirt or underdress is visible as she holds up her left hand. Around her waist is a wide beaded belt, and it looks like another beaded belt is hanging from it. In her left hand she holds a strip of material beaded in floral patterns and embellished with a strip of fur which has round medallions or shell discs sewn on at regular intervals. On her right side hangs a multicolored striped and fringed blanket; with her right hand she seems to be holding or pushing aside a dark bag or curtain trimmed with a light floral-patterned material. Propped against a low log or board at the entrance to the tipi are two flat bags beaded with geometric patterns. Under them, and taking up the left foreground of the photo, is a striped blanket.
An outside photograph of a Native American woman posing in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop. She has been identified as Ruth Coyote. She is standing on a round flat coiled cedar root mat that is lying on a Pendleton blanket. To the right of the backdrop is a wooden walkway. She has her hair in braids and is wearing a cornhusk hat with a "v-shaped" geometric design. She is dressed in a fringed, short-sleeved, beaded buckskin dress. Beads are attached to the fringes on her shirtsleeves, knee and hem areas. There are rows of decorative beads that extend from her shoulders down the front of her dress. She is wearing a necklace and a choker. She has bracelets on both arms and an armband showing on her right arm. She has a beaded belt that has a square geometric design. She is holding a beaded bag in her right hand that has the design of a deer. From under her dress can be seen leggings and beaded moccasins., Umatilla Maiden [Ruth Coyote, Cayuse woman. She wears a beaded buckskin dress with dangles, bear claw necklace, cornhusk hat, beaded moccasins, and holds bag with deer design. Moorhouse yard.]
A Native American man identified as Phillip Jones of the Cayuse tribe stands outdoors on a dark blanket with light geometric patterns. He is standing close to bushes and under some trees. His moccasins appear to have both fur and beading or embroidery on them. He wears a long feathered headdress, a round disk earring, a dark cloth shirt and dark cloth plaid pants, a light-colored cloth cape, and a belt. He is holding a scarf of cloth and fur in front of him. A striped blanket or piece of cloth hangs from a low branch behind him., Phillip Jones—Cayuse Tribe [in regalia with eagle feather bonnet. On reservation.]
A Native American woman, identified as Queen Etna of the Cayuse tribe, is sitting in front of a tipi. A child in a cradleboard is to the woman's right. The woman is wearing a necklace, a leather dress, and earrings. Her hair is tied into two braids. The child is in a cradleboard with a floral design., Queen Etna, Cayuse Tribe [Cayuse woman, seated by tule tipi, with infant in cradleboard. She wears decorated buckskin dress, cornhusk hat, and holds a cornhusk bag with a triangular design.]
A Native American woman, identified as Queen Etna of the Cayuse tribe, is sitting in front of a tipi. She is wearing earrings, a leather dress, a hat, and a necklace. Her hair is tied in two braids. A cradleboard is leaning against the side of the tipi. A large tree is in the foreground., Etna, Cayuse Tribe [Queen Etna, Cayuse woman, in regalia, outside double tule tipi. Same sitting as 5212. Baby in cradleboard.]
A black and white half-length studio portrait of a Native American man identified as "Fish Hawk". He gazes off to the left of the photograph, his shoulder-length dark hair swept back from his face in loose waves. He has a geometrically-patterned wool blanket wrapped around his arms and torso; his chest is bare and he wears no visible ornaments.
This photograph was identified as 'Jennie Peo, with children, in camp' from Major Moorhouse. From a unidentified tribal member it is 'Mose and Levi' for the two boys and 'Jenny and Eva Van Pelt' both with a question mark next to the names. 2) A Native American woman is seated in front of a cloth backdrop, along with her four children. The woman is wearing a cloth dress, with a fringed shawl around her shoulders. She has long braids, moccasins, and a ring on one hand. She is holding an infant child on her lap. The baby is dressed in a long, white, cloth dress. Two young boys are standing on her right side. The boys are dressed in cloth shirts and overalls. The shorter boy is standing in front of the taller boy; he has a scarf or bandanna around his neck and is wearing leather boots. Both boys have very short hair. A young girl is standing on the left side of her mother. She is wearing a cotton dress with a collar and pockets, socks, and leather boots that lace up above the ankles. She has a white cloth bonnet on her head. Her face is not visible beneath the bonnet; she appears to be looking down and the bonnet is blurry as if she had moved her head as the photograph was taken. The woman's shawl hangs down to the ground and is draped behind her chair or stool and all of the children. The family is posed on top of a striped blanket that is on the ground in front of the backdrop. The cloth backdrop is suspended on the outside wall of a wooden building, with some of the wooden slats visible on the left side of the image., [Jennie Peo with children, in camp, or in Moorhouse yard.]