A young Native American woman identified as Nellie Parr, a Walla Walla woman, sits in a room in front of a backdrop made of a plain blanket draped over a rack. On the walls behind and to the right hang a jumble of feathered headdresses, tomahawks, and other items; it appears she is in a photographer's studio. The woman wears beaded moccasins on her feet, which are resting on a small coiled cedar root mat. She wears leggings and a beaded buckskin dress, with beads in the fringe at calves, thighs, and arms. On her arms are metal bracelets, and around her neck are hung a number of necklaces including two that seem to be made of animal claws, long strings of beads, and a necklace with a medal. She wears a cornhusk basket hat with geometric designs and feathers on one side over her braided hair. She holds a bow and arrows with her right hand; the bottom of the bow rests on the mat. Her left hand is closed over the handle of a bag. Covering the object on which she sits is a blanket with bold geometric designs. A striped blanket can be seen tossed over something in the bottom right of the photograph., [Nellie Parr, Walla Walla woman, wearing beaded buckskin dress, leggings, moccasins, cornhusk hat, necklaces. She holds a bow and rests feet on cedar mat. In Moorhouse studio; curio collection visible on wall.]
An outside photograph of an older Native American man posing in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop draped over a wall. He has been identified as Five Crows, and is dressed in regalia. His hair is unbound with a single feather showing in the back. There is a small hoop earring visible in his right ear. He is dressed in a cloth shirt, over which are a choker, loop necklace, and hairbone bandoleer. Over both shirtsleeves are wide metal armbands. In his right hand he is holding a knife, and in his left hand he is holding a pipe bowl. Hanging from his left arm is a leather belt with a knife scabbard attached. He has a Pendleton blanket wrapped around his waist.
An interior photograph of an older Native American man posing in front of a cloth or canvas backdrop. The photographer has identified the man as Som-Kin. He is wearing a flat-brimmed cowboy hat held in place with a braided string or cord tied under his chin. His hair is unbound. He is dressed in a cloth shirt, over which is a cloth or wool vest, a buckskin coat, with a scarf around his neck. The buckskin coat is fringed around the shoulders, end of sleeves, collar edge and coat seams. On the left side of the vest is a badge with the title, "US Indian Police." Attached to a vest button below the badge is a pocket watch chain.
A canal, identified as the Hinkle irrigation canal near Pendleton, Oregon, is flowing through the middle of a flat, open plain of sagebrush. There is a man standing on the edge of the right bank. He is dressed is a long, cloth coat, cloth pants, and a hat.
Black and white image of a man identified as Algea, Yakima Chief. Algea is wearing a feather headdress and is holding a pipe, he is seated on a blanket covered box.
A Native American man, identified as Chief Red Hawk of the Cayuse Tribe, is seated in front of a solid colored blanket that is suspended like a backdrop. The man is wearing a cloth shirt and has a Pendleton blanket wrapped around his body from the chest down. He has long hair, some of which is tied in a scarf that drapes over his shoulder. He is wearing a beaded choker and beaded bracelets. In his lap, one hand is holding a bow and two arrows and a pipe with a long, flat, wooden handle. His other hand is holding up a war club, which is adorned with feathers. A cowboy hat with a braided or twisted scarf hat band is hung on the backdrop. The image appears to be an outside photograph, as there is some vegetation visible in the bottom corners., Chief Red Hawk, Cayuse Tribe [George Red Hawk, Cayuse man, in Moorhouse yard/studio. He is wrapped in a blanket and holds a stone tomahawk, pipe, bow and arrows.]
An outside photograph of three Native American women and a Native American boy. The women are all wearing Native regalia; the young boy is dressed in Euro-American clothing. All four are standing on Pendleton blankets or shawls; there are other blankets and shawls hanging behind them. A bag with geometric design and leather-tooled belt can be seen on the left of the photograph. In the foreground are several bags and miscellaneous blankets. In the far background are numerous trees. All three women are wearing wool dresses, have their hair in braids, hands crossed, and are wearing necklaces and circular earrings. The two women closest to the boy are wearing chokers. Each has a contrasting shirt--with shirtsleeves that extend beyond the dress sleeves--under her dress. The two women farthest from the boy have dentallia shell designs on their dress bodices; the third woman has elk teeth stitched to her dress bodice. The boy is attired in Euro-American shirt, knickers, stockings and boots., Cayuse Tribe [Josephine You-mo-its, Cayuse woman, with two daughters and son. [Boy in European clothing; women wear decorated cloth dresses. Blankets, nags and baskets on display.]
A balck-and-white photograph of three men. The inscription at the bottom in white ink reads Yakima Chief Saponowox and sons. No. 354. Moorhouse. Chief Saponowox sits between the two younger men, who are standing. The chief wears a broad-brimmed felt hat with a feather standing upright at the front of the hatband. More feathers hang down from the back of the hat. His arms are crossed on his lap; with his right hand he holds a feather up to the left side of his face. His long unbound hair hangs over his chest. He is wearing a white cloth under-shirt and appears to also be wearing a dark one; over all is a dark cloth shirt or jacket. What looks like a rabbit's foot hangs from a thong around his neck. His legs are covered by a patterned blanket but he appears to be wearing pants or leggings and to be barefoot or just wearing socks. The man on the left of the photo wears a furred and feathered hat. His long unbound hair hangs nearly to his waist. He appears to be wearing a choker of white beads or shells around his neck. A short bandoleer which appears to have the furry paw of a small animal attached, and a necklace with ermine and other ornaments, are hung over his dark cloth smock-like shirt, which has a lighter pattern in it which resembles snowflakes. It looks as though his left arm is missing, but it may be behind his back; in his right hand he holds at waist-level a stick from which eagle feathers depend. His cloth leggings are partly obscured by an apron of fringed tartan which hangs from below his smock to halfway below his knees. He appears to be wearing moccasins or dark socks. The man on the right has his hair pulled back from his forehead. He stands with his arms crossed underneath a long feather stole. White feathers hang from the end of the stole. Eagle feathers frame his face, and he has a large eagle feather tucked under his left arm. He wears a striped shirt and has a patterned blanket falling from his waist to the ground, hiding his legs and feet. The men appear to be standing on a carpet which has been covered with straw or some typed of dried vegetation.
This photograph of a Native American man identified as "John Liberty, Umatilla tribe", is set up as if it were a studio portrait, with a dark blanket hanging down behind him as a backdrop. However, over the top of the blanket can be seen treetops and sky. The seated man wears a feathered headdress with ermine and ribbons hanging down the left side over his bare chest to his waist. A geometrically patterned blanket covers his lap from his waist to where the portrait ends at his knees. His right hand grasps a pipe, which is decorated with ribbons. A decorated strip of some material or leather also seems to hang from the pipe; it has pictographs or geometric designs beaded or painted on. The man's dark hair appears to be cut short; most is hiddent beneath the headdress., John Liberty, Umatilla Tribe [Umatilla man, in eagle feather head-dress, with pipe, in Moorhouse yard.]
Two Native American men dressed in regalia pose with weapons in front of a collection of Native American clothing and artifacts identified as belonging to Major Lee Moorhouse. The men wear feathered headdresses, arm bands, breechcloths, breastplates, and moccasins. One wields a tomahawk and the other draws a bow. They stand on blankets.
An interior photograph of a young woman dressed in Native American regailia posing in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop. Her hair is unbound and she is wearing either a choker or short necklace around her neck. She has a wide metal armband on her right arm. She is wearing a beaded buckskin dress with fringe on the neckline, sleeve ends, seams, and possibly hemline. There are decorative beads attached to the fringe. She is wearing a beaded leather belt and has multiple bracelets on both wrists.
An interior photograph of a man, identified as Lee Moorhouse, standing and holding a sheaf of barley that is taller than the man. He is attired in European-American clothing with vest, trousers, and pocket watch chain., Umatilla County barley. [Lee Moorhouse poses holding sheaf of barley. Image signed by Moorhouse but attributed to Wheeler by Grafe.]
A Native American man, identified as Francis Lincoln of the Cayuse Tribe, is sitting in front of a tipi, dressed in full regalia. He is wearing a headdress with feathers, cloth pants made from a blanket, and a plaid, fringed breechcloth. He has beaded moccasins, leather straps with bells wrapped around his calves and ankles, and fur arm bands with feathers and tassles. He has a beaded belt around his waist and a fur bandoleer with beaded decorations. He is wearing a beaded choker and his hair is tied into two long plaits. He is holding a stick or rod covered with fur and adorned with feathers. His chair and the ground around it are covered by two Pendleton blankets. There are a couple of objects placed on the blankets near his feet. The tipi fills up most of the background in this image.
An outside photograph of an older Native American man posing in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop that is hung on a wooden frame. He has been identified as Peo, and is dressed in regalia, standing on a Pendleton blanket. For his headdress, he is wearing a single trail bonnet. Around his neck, he is wearing a choker, two bear claw necklaces, and a loop necklace. He is bare-chested and exhibits what appear to be metal armbands and bracelets on both arms. He may be wearing a leather belt, over which is wrapped a decorative loincloth. He is also dressed in buckskin leggings and beaded moccasins. He is holding a rifle barrel in his left hand; the wooden rifle stock is decorated. There may be a hairbone bandoleer lying on a wooden walkway to the man's right side.
A group of men, women, and children, identified as the congregation of the Indian Presbyterian Church of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, are posing in front of a church. The group includes Native American men, Native American women, Native American children, European American men, European American women, and European American children. Everyone is garbed in Euro-American clothing. Some of the men and male children are wearing hats. All but one of the Native American women are wearing shawls around their shoulders and scarves atop their heads. Two European American women are kneeling behind a group of children. Everyone else is standing. A few individuals are standing outside the door of the church. The church, which appears to be of wooden construction, has three windows on one side and one window on the only other visible side. A steeple is above the door of the church. A chimney is on the right front end of the roof. A tipi is in the background.
A collection of Native American clothing, weapons, and artifacts identified as belonging to Major Lee Moorhouse. The collection includes regalia, buckskin leggings, a buckskin dresses, a quiver of arrows, a tomahawk, blankets, bags, baskets, pictures, belts, and bandoleers.
Six men and eight horses are seen in the process of clearing land to form an irrigation canal or drainage ditch. One man sits on the hillside; the other men stand facing the camera. All the men are dressed in European-American clothing and all wear hats or caps. Two of the men are dressed in clothing that seems to be some sort of uniform, with square caps; they are also wearing high boots. The other men have wide-brimmed hats and they are wearing work clothes. The horses are hitched to some kind of apparatus that is not clearly visible.
"Black and white image of men on horseback during a parade in Pendleton, Oregon. U.S. flags and a Round Up banner are hung over the street. Crowds and buildings are visible on each side of the street."
An outside photograph of a Native American man and young girl standing in front of a tule mat tipi in the snow in winter. The man has been identified as Paul Showaway. He is wearing a shirt over which is wrapped a Pendleton blanket which extends to the ground. He is also wearing a choker and a fur bandoleer. Hanging from the bandoleer are decorative materials, identified as ermines and hair. The young girl is wearing a wingdress with a decorative belt. She has her hair braided and is wearing three loop necklaces. She is standing to the man's right side and is holding a cornhusk bag in her right hand. The tipi has several tule mats wrapped and layered over inner poles. There is a door behind the man, made from canvas and a blanket. Leaning against the tipi are three tall, rough-hewn poles, a short cottonwood log, and a homemade ladder. There is a blanket hanging outside to the right of the tipi. In the background are deciduous trees and a telephone pole., Paul Showoway and daughter, Thorn Hollow. [Cayuse man and girl (about 8?) standing by tipi in snow, wearing traditional clothing. Umatilla Reservation.]
A Native American man identified as "Young Chief" stands in profile, facing left, next to a dark-colored horse, in front of three tipis. Behind the tipis are trees with leaves on them. The horse wears a martingale with geometric beading, a saddle, and a beaded bridle. There seems to be a fringed rifle scabbard in front of the saddle, and a staff with feathers thrust into the ground between the horse and man. The man wears a single trail bonnet with ermine which seems to be slightly longer than he is tall. His dark hair hangs down in front in two braids. He wears a light-colored cloth shirt, the rounded tails of which hang below a short vest, and leggings. His left hand supports the base of a handle of a tomahawk, and a fur bandoleer. His right hand grips the top of the blade of the axe. Horse and man are facing into the sun; their shadows stretch behind them to the right of the photograph. A figure can be dimly seen through the triangular door of the tipi in the background., Young Chief—Cayuse Tribe [Young Chief, Cayuse man, in eagle bonnet with weapons. Horse has martingale and forelock decoration. Probably at July Circle.]
A man, identified as Donald McKay of the Cayuse tribe, sits on a small log in the woods on the bank of a narrow creek. Many of the branches that frame the photograph are bare, and the ground is littered with leaves. The man's hair is white or gray, and he has a long mustache. He wears European style clothing: a broad-brimmed felt hat, a dark cloth jacket with lapels trimmed in lighter cloth, a checked shirt with cloth cravat, jeans or cloth trousers, and boots. In his left hand he holds a curved walking cane. Behind and to his left are several broad planks of wood that reach like a bridge from the bank of the creek to about two-thirds across the water., [Donald McKay, Cayuse tribal man, in suit, string tie, with cane, sitting by creek.]
Outside photograph of a man dressed in clerical garb, standing in front of two tipis. He is wearing a long skirt overlaid with a lace skirt and a cape. He is also wearing a crucifix and a round hat with a tassle on top. In the background can be seen a gently rising hillside, some trees and a structure that is not clearly visible., [Bishop Charles J. O'Reilly, in ecclesiastical garb, visiting Umatilla Indian Reservation; tipis in background.]
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.
Black and white image of three Yakima Indian children. The two girls are holding beaded bags and the younger child is holding a puppy. They are standing on grass with a white backdrop behind them.
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 black-and-white photograph of a Native American man, identified as Alexander, Yakima Indian. He is sitting on a blanket-covered object on a carpet strewn with straw. Behind him on the left is a light-colored broad-brimmed felt hat with a feather in the hatband. His hair is pulled back from his face on the top of his head, and hangs down in two pigtails on his chest which are wrapped with dark fur hairwraps. A small amount of hair on each side is threaded through quills and beads and hangs separately. He wears disk earrings and a beaded choker. His heavy dark cloth shirt has two buttons on the placket, which only extends halfway down the shirt. There is a button on each cuff as well. Above his elbows he wears wide beaded armbands with geometric designs. His light-colored leggings have designs in brass tacks below the knees, and insets of woven material with geometric designs which run the length of the front. Fringes, ermines, and braids hang off them. His moccasins are beaded with a floral pattern. His hands on his lap hold a hatchet-style pipe which has a triangular woven and fringed decoration on the end. Small bells hang amongst the fringe, which is so long that a half of it rests on the floor. Around his waist he wears a woven or beaded belt with squares of color. From it hangs a split leather belt with brass tacks, which forms two loops.
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.]
An outside photograph of a Native American man who has been identified as Uma-Som-Kin. He is standing with a horse and dog to his left, and a tipi behind him. His hair is in braids with hair ornaments or ties attached to their ends and he is wearing a cowboy hat. He is dressed in a shirt, and over that a coat made out of a Pendleton Blanket. In his right hand he is holding a rifle, and in his left hand both a hand drum and horse reins. He is wearing either calf-high boots or moccasins. The horse or pony has a spotted coat; it is bareback with what appears to be a leather halter. The dog is between the horse and man. It also has a mottled or spotted coat, with uncropped ears and unknown breed heritage. The tipi is made of canvas layers. There is a cloth or canvas doorway directly behind the man; on the back of the tipi leans a broken tule mat. There are small wooden poles and various pieces of wood also leaning against the tipi's exterior. In the background are bushes and deciduous trees, perhaps cottonwood trees, leading to the hillside.
An outside photograph of a Native American man identified as Yee-ye. He is standing in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop hanging from a wooden frame. He is wearing moccasins and standing upon a round flat coil mat that is lying on another blanket on the ground. To the left of the man there is a pipe on the blanket. He is wearing a porcupine roach with one eagle feather on his head. His hair is braided, with fur strips braided into or extending the natural length of his braids. He is wearing a neck choker and a multi-layered loop necklace. He is dressed in a buckskin shirt that has a beaded strip down both sides of his shoulders. The ends of his sleeves and shirt are fringed. He is holding an eagle tail fan, wrapped in leather, in his left hand. The eagle feather has long leather strips decorated in beads. He is wearing a woven plaid cloth strip around his waist, which hangs over buckskin leggings., Yee-ye [Umatilla Indian, with various regalias and implements, and pipe. In Moorhouse yard.]
An outside photograph of a Native American man, who has been identified as Uma-Som-Kin. He is dressed in full native regalia, and sitting on a horse that is standing next to a river's edge. For his headdress, the man is wearing a bonnet with a single trail of eagle feathers. He is wearing a coat made out of a Pendleton blanket. He is wearing leggings that exhibit a geometrical design on the cuff--perhaps beaded--and beaded moccasins. Because no stirrups can be seen, it would appear that he is riding either bareback or using a blanket for his saddle. He is holding the horse's bridle in his left hand. The horse or pony has a spotted coat. The river disappears around a bend, blending into the hillside in the background. The terrain around the river shows rocks, grass, dirt and brush. On the river's opposite bank is a fence line that runs along the river's path. In the far background is an expanse of rolling hills.
An outside photograph of a large group of children -- boys and girls -- standing outside of a three-storey building. The structure has been identified as St. Andrews Roman Catholic mission school, and the children are, most likely, pupils of the school. To the far left of the photograph is a uniformed boy's band. Brass instruments and several drums can be seen. Standing behind the band are several men dressed in Euro-American clothing. Clustered in the middle are the girls. They appear to be grouped by age, with the youngest on the left and the older girl novices, many dressed in white and wearing a veil, on the right. Sitting on the ground in front of the girls are young boys. On the far right are the older boys, dressed in Euro-American clothing, and a priest wearing clerical garb. There are some women standing behind the girls and older boys. The school building exhibits 17 double-hung windows, one half-round window and three gable roof type dormers. There are two chimneys and a cross on the top. To the rear of the building is a smaller structure that may be attached. There is fencing behind the entire assemblage and in the background are rolling hills. The foreground shows patches of grass and dirt., [Pupils of St. Andrew's Roman Catholic mission school including uniformed novices and boys' band; Umatilla reservation]
A Native American man wearing regalia stands inside a tipi. The man wears a horned headdress, a shirt, a breechcloth, and moccasins. He also wears a necklace and a fur. He holds a smoking pipe. Two other Native Americans recline on blankets near him.
A Native American woman identified as Miss Craig of the Umatilla tribe sits behind the wheel of an automobile. Her head is turned to face the photographer and she is wearing a dark scarf over her head. In the background on the left side of the photograph stand three white men dressed in suits and hats. The building in the background has signs in the windows that say "Dodge Brothers Motor Cars" and advertise for Goodrich. Miss Craig has put the folding windscreen of the car up, but the convertible top is down.
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.]
An outside photograph of a Native American man posing in front of a plain blanket backdrop. He is kneeling on his right knee, with a round flat coiled cedar root mat just behind him. To the right of the backdrop is a wooden walkway. In the background are hazy outlines of buildings. He is holding a hand drum in his left hand and a drumstick in his right hand. The drum is decorated with a zigzag pattern around its circumference, surrounding a single moon and star. He is wearing a headdress that extends fully to the ground, a bonnet with a single trail of eagle feathers and plumes. He has a deep scar on his right cheek and is wearing a necklace of animal claws. He is wearing a beaded buckskin shirt with decorative, beaded hangings across the front. The bottom of his shirt is fringed and overlays a garment of striped cloth. He is also wearing buckskin leggings and beaded moccasins. A hatchet-style pipe is leaning on his left leg. A beaded bag with geometric design is hanging from his right wrist., Cultus George [George Marshall, "Cultus George," Umatilla Indian, in Moorhouse yard. Wears regalia with eagle bonnet, drum, tomahawk.]
An interior photograph of a Native American man identified as Ti-Car-Nee. He is sitting against a backdrop on a seat covered by a Pendleton blanket. On the left side of the photograph are miscellaneous leggings mixed with other unidentifiable objects. The man is wearing a beaded vest, a neck choker and loop necklace, and has fur wrapped in his hair which hangs down over his vest front. He has beads braided into his hair on his right side. He is wearing what appears to be a metal arm band on each arm. At his waist is a leather garment with beads extending towards the blanket floor. He is wearing beaded moccassins. In his right hand he is holding a hatchet style pipe that has a fur pelt hanging from it., 'Ti-Car-Nee' Walla Walla Tribe [Ti-Car-Nee, Walla Walla Indian, in regalia. In Moorhouse studio]
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.]
A Native American man, identified as Allen Patawa of the Walla Walla tribe, is sitting outside in front of a blanket backdrop. The man is wearing a single trail war bonnet and a Pendleton blanket wrapped around his body. He is holding a war club in his right hand., Allen Pa-Tow-a, Walla Walla Tribe [Man in blanket holding stone tomahawk. Wears leather [?] headdress with trail of feathers, probably in Moorhouse yard]