An elderly white man (identified as B.F. Shaw) with a full beard poses in a grassy field, raising his left hand to his brow. He is dressed in a three-piece woolen suit, white shirt, and knee-length overcoat. He holds a cane in his right hand. Two large dogs rest just behind him. To his right is a conically shaped pile of rocks or rock cairn. A mountain range is visible in the background.
Two tipis. One tipi has just the top showing with a shed made of blank boards in front of it. The nearest tipi has an animal pen of some sort with a grass roof and sticks for door and walls. In the far backgound there is a single telephone or telegraph pole.
Two tipis and a small cabin with a chimney stand in a grove of trees (deciduous without leaves and conifers) on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. A railroad track crosses the landscape on the left hand side. In the distance is a house. In the background is a line of hills.
Ten tipis stand in a row with buildings and deciduous trees behind them. In front of the tipis, on the left side of the photo, is a white house with a porch.
Three tipis stand in close proximity in an open meadow. Small piles of wood are next to the tipis, and one tipi has a wagon wheel propped up against it. In between the middle and tipi on the far left stand several Native Americans, an adult and two children. The adult is wearing a capote with horizontal stripes. Behind these people is a wagon that looks like a buckboard. Behind and to the left of the buckboard is a horse or a cow. Another person wearing dark clothing is standing by the door of the tipi on the far right.
A dusty two-lane road leads past a small church, partially obscured by its manse, a two-story clapboard house with porches and a gambrel roof. The church, identified as Presbyterian, is two stories in height with a bell tower at one corner. It too seems to be built of clapboard, and has arched windows with leaded panes visible. The yard of the church and manse is surrounded by a wire fence supported by wooden posts; a wheel hoe sits nearby. Young trees have been planted near the church. In the background can be seen open land with some scattered groves of trees, and a low mountain range stretches behind.
A Native American baby, identified as Spokane Jim's papoose, is in a beaded cradleboard that is positioned upright and leaning against a mat covered by a blanket. Two bags hang from the cradleboard, which has a floral motif. One of the bags also has a floral motif and the other includes an image of a person and a horse.
A Native American woman wearing traditional clothing, including earrings and a headscarf, sits on a horse. The horse is draped with blankets and outfitted with a bridle, reins, and stirrups.
Three men wearing European American clothing pose before a tipi. One Native American man is wrapped in a wool blanket and he is sitting on a crate. The others are standing.
A woman wearing Native American clothing stands behind a collection of Native American baskets identified as belonging to Lee Moorhouse. Some of the baskets are beaded and many have geometric patterns or designs.
Three Native American men, wearing wool blankets over their clothing, stand inside an office or store. A hat rests at one man's feet. The image is overexposed.
A group of Native Americans, including two men and a child, pose in front of a tipi. They are wrapped in blankets with geometric designs. There are bare trees in the background.
A Native American woman reclines on a blanket before a collection of Native American artifacts, identified as belonging to Major Lee Moorhouse. The woman wears a beaded buckskin dress, a choker, beaded moccasins, and a bracelet. She wears her hair in braids and she holds a bow and and an arrow. Behind her on the wall are assorted Native American regalia, clothing, weapons, and bags.
A stereo view of a Native American encampment and the surrounding landscape. The encampment includes many tipis and there are some horses visible in the foreground.
A view of two Native American camps and the surrounding landscape. The landscape includes fields, farmlands, a road, and fences. The camps include tipis. A line of deciduous trees without leaves is in the background.
On the Umatilla Indian reservation, two tipis are located in the woods near some railroad tracks. A house is on the other side of the tracks, behind some trees (deciduous without leaves and conifers). In the background are hills.
A wooden bridge with railings over a stream. In the background are trees, and a mountain range is visible in the distance. The stream has been identified as Meacham Creek.
Two men, two women, three children and an infant sit in a Hudson convertible automobile on a rural street. There are three houses, and some trees in the background. The Men and women are wearing Euro-American clothing, both men wear hats, and the women wear shawls or headscarves.
A Native American man, identified as Parson Motanic of the Cayuse tribe, sits in the driver's seat of a convertible Hudson automobile, which is parked on the side of a street in town. A younger Native American man, two Native American women, and a Native American girl also sit in the car. The men wear hats and Euro-American clothing. The women wear headscarves. The front and passenger side of the Hudson automobile are visible in the picture and there are houses visible in the background.
A view of a Native American camp, identified as belonging to Tom Lu of the Umatilla Tribe. The camp includes tipis and other structures, and a horse. There are trees and hills in th e background.
An image of a tipi in winter (there is snow on the ground) in a place identified as Thorn Hollow on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. In addition to the tipi, the camp includes a wooden structure.
A view of two Native American camps and the surrounding landscape. The landscape includes fields, farmlands, a road, deciduous trees without leaves, and fences. The camps include tipis.
A group of Native American men, identified as members of the Umatilla tribe, ride horses along a row of trees and tipis. The men wear regalia, including feathered headdresses. In the background is a line of deciduous trees in full leaf.
On the Umatilla Indian reservation at Thorn Hollow, three tipis sit in the woods on the banks of a stream. There are some clothes spread on the bushes by one of the tipis. Behind the encampment is a river. On a gravelly bank logs lie on the ground. In the background is a hill with a fallen log.
A Native American man identified as Yellow Hawk sits on a white horse in a muddy field. He is holding a long feathered lance in his left hand and the horse's reins in his right hand. He is wearing a feathered headdress and he is wrapped in a long buffalo robe. Underneath the buffalo robe is a blanket with a geometric design. Yellow Hawk is wearing a pair of moccasins. His horse is wearing a breastplate appliqued with a large star and flowers.
Native American man working at a belt driven loom. The man is wearing earrings and a necklace that has many strands. He is not wearing a shirt. Behind him on the wall is a blanket with wide stripes. The stripes are made up of geometric patterns. The blanket on the loom is also made up of strips with geometric patterns.
A view of a Native American encampment on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, taken July 4, 1902. Two rows of tipis, most made of canvas, are set up on a field covered with grass and low bushes. The area around the tipis is enclosed with a fence, which is visible in the foreground. Behind them is a dense wood. Low mountains are in the background. The figures of horses and people can be seen amongst the tipis, along with one or two wagons. There is another group of animals within the enclosure, standing away from the groups of horses, that might be two sheep grazing together. At the extreme left of the photo is a covered shelter or some type of open wooden structure.
An outside photograph of the Umatilla River. The river flows in a zig-zag pattern between two embankments and enters the photograph from behind the left embankment. The left embankment appears on the photograph at a high angle and gradually decends into flat terrain that runs into the river. The embankment and terrain display both cluster and single conifers, wild grasses, and dirt. The right embankment displays hilly terrain that displays single conifers and dark patches of dirt and grass. A bridge connects the embankments and can be seen in the distance. Hilly terrain is shown in the background with a gradual upward slope. The terrain displays clusters and single conifers, dirt, and wild grasses. The top of the photograph displays a large sky with clouds and mist or fog.
Two tipis stand in front of deciduous trees that have no leaves. Behind the trees is a hill. The tipi on the left has smoke coming out of the top. Farther back and to the right of that tipi is a light-colored horse. The horse does not have a saddle, horse blanket or bridle on. To the right of the tipi on the right is another light-colored horse. This horse has a bridle and horse blanket. There are also other objects on the horse's back that are perhaps hides. In between the horse and the tipi is a pile of hides.
A view of a one-room log cabin identified as the "office of the U.S. Indian Agent Umatilla Agency erected in 1863". The cabin appears to stand on a small rise; deciduous trees are visible off to the left, and grass and low shrubs behind. In the background is a view of a river and distant shore. The cabin is built of rough-hewn logs, slightly notched, with chinking. Some of the chinking between the logs has chipped away in some spots. The roof is constructed of wooden shingles, some of which appear to be peeling or flaking. The cabin looks as though it has been modified from an earlier state: there is a heap of rock at the gable end, in front of an opening now blocked with boards. The roof at that end has a gap left, as though for a chimney; it seems likely the remains of the chimney are the rocks on the ground. The door too may have been modified; in the photo the door jambs are wide boards nailed over logs, rather than fitted in with them. The door now takes up half the long side of the cabin, and is ill-fitting, with two wide doors with hinges that open outward and wide gaps under both doors. Two long poles protrude from under and between the doors. At the right side of the cabin two metal rings have been driven into one of the logs, and a chain hangs from one of them.
An outside photograph of a man and a woman in a long, wooden canoe on what has been identified as the Columbia River. The man is standing on one end of the canoe holding a paddle that appears to be dipped into the river. The woman is sitting on the other end of the canoe holding a paddle that appears to be dipped into the river. The man and woman appear to be wearing Euro-American clothing. The wooden canoe is located slightly offshore from an embankment of rocks of numerous shapes and sizes. The photograph displays a horizon of endless sky and water., [Log canoe on Columbia river. Tribal man stands in bow, woman seated in stern, poling.]
Young Indian male in native dress (bare-chested, wearing feathered headdress, woolen leggings, hair in long braids) is seated in front of a display of woolen blankets. In his left hand he holds a long pipe with perhaps a beaded bag hanging down from it. In his right hand he holds an implement of some kind, perhaps with ceremonial significance. At his feet, there is a quiver of arrows.
A Native American man, identified as Poker Jim, Chief at Round Up, sits in a chair wearing Native American clothing, including a buckskin coat with fringe, a headdress with eagle feathers, fur and other ornamentation, and moccasins. In his left hand he holds a rifle in a buckskin scabbard ornamented with beadwork, fringe, and an eagle feather. A fur is draped over his right forearm and in his right hand he holds a medal with a likeness of a European American in profile.
A view of a Native American encampment on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, taken July 4, 1902. About 20 tipis are set up in a line along a low rise of ground. There seems to be water in a little wash behind them, and a river in the background, with low bluffs rising up from it. To the right of the photo are some trees, and in the foreground several discarded cans. A small dog or cat ambles in front of the second tipi from the left; a pair of grazing horses and a person can be seen at the right. There appears to be some sort of vehicle or equipment near the small tipi in the center of the image. The ground is covered with grass and low shrubs, and low clouds are scudding across the sky.
A Native American woman and a Native American man stand at two industrial looms in the Pendleton Woolen Mills in Pendleton, Oregon. The man wears a blanket around his waist and the woman wears a blanket over her shoulders. The man wears his hair in braids and holds a tool, possibly a shuttle, in his right hand.
A man is grappling with a bull. His arms are wrapped around its head. The man is wearing Euro-American style clothing. Three individuals on horseback look on in the background. The image shows some staining occurred on the original negative before duplication.
Group of men dressed in suits are standing in a field looking at a rock cairn. A farmhouse, barn, and other farm buildings can be seen in the background. There are two dogs in the field with the men. Telegraph poles are visible along the side of the road in the background.
Twenty-two young European-American men, identified as the 1913 Pendleton High School football team, stand together wearing football uniforms. Many are wearing sweaters with the letter P on the front. Another European-American man, somewhat older and wearing a suit, stands beside them. They are posed on a dirt surface in front of a large brick building with white columns. At their feet is a striped blanket.
A Native American man identified as Charley Whirlwind, Sr. (also known as Dr. Whirlwind), wearing a robe, or possibly a cape or cloak or capote coat, stands near a rock formation identified as Elephant Rock, near Gibbon, Oregon. The landscape is arid and rocky and the craggy rock formation resembles an elephant.
A fresh snowfall. Two tipis stand together at the edge of a field. A barbed-wire fence runs along the right side of the picture, and extends up a hill. Two small structures stand near the tipis, one close on the right, one further away on the left.
A stream, some utility poles, railroad tracks, and fences cross a small valley. The valley has deciduous trees that don't have their leaves and a few conifers. Hills are in the background and the photo seems to be taken from above the valley. In the right foreground of the photo stands a tipi. In the middle to the far left is another tipi. There is a third tipi in the middle of the photo which stands to the right of the other tipi. This one is almost completely obscured by trees. The tipis in the middle of the photo both have a smaller wooden structure next to them. The words "Thorn Hollow" and some other indistinguishable words are written in the bottom left of the photo.
Two Native American women standing on a manmade wall. There is a wooden plank in front of them. It leads down to an area of plants. The women are wearing dresses made of trade cloth adorned with beaded belts and necklaces. The woman in a plaid dress is holding a beaded bag. Both women have their hair in braids with bead work. Behind them is a tipi and deciduous trees.
A landscape shot, showing a canvas tipi in a clearing in front of a woodsy area (deciduous without leaves and conifers) and a small pond or creek. In the background is a hill or mountain.
A Native American family of three is posing in front of a tipi for pictures being taken by a white man. The Native American woman is in a separate pose on a blanket with another blanket wrapped around her. A small dog is behind her. The Native American man holding the child seems to be the subject being currently photographed. Behind the tipi there is corral for two horses and shed within the fenced area of the corral. Near the right hand side of the tipi there is a mound covered by a blanket with a pot or basket near by. The Native American male is wearing a cowboy hat and boots with a blanket overcovering. In the far background to the left of the photo are hills and telegraph or telephone poles.