Ralph Gifford made the copy negative, probably in the 1930s, of the original image by his father, Benjamin A. Gifford. The prints were made in the 1980s or 1990s after the collection was acquired by Oregon State University
Gifford took many photographs of Native Americans in the Columbia Basin during the years that he maintained a studio in The Dalles (1895-1910). This Photo is used in the 1986/1987 OSU Foundation Annual Report (page 11) soon after the collection was donated to OSU by the Gifford Family.