Two crying babies swaddled in cradleboards are leaned up against a wooden lattice fence. Vine leaves and flowers, some dead, hang over and through the lattice. The cradleboards are simple in style; each has a hoop that rises above the children's' heads, and two strings of beads hang from the central area of both hoops. On top of their clothing each is wrapped in a dark blanket and then a striped blanket; the striped blankets are laced up the front to keep the child in the cradleboard. Both wear mocassins.
A Native American man, identified as Su-lump of the Cayuse tribe, is wearing a horned headdress. Two long horns on either side of the headdress and three smaller horns in the middle, facing outwards, are attached to a fur hat. He is wearing a scarf around his neck and a buttoned-up corduroy coat. One side of his hair is braided., Cultus Peter [Portrait of Su-lump, Cayuse man, wearing buffalo horn headdress. Background is masked off.]
An outside photograph of two Native American women posing in front of a plain blanket backdrop. They are standing on a round flat coiled cedar root mat that is on a Pendleton blanket. To the right of the backdrop is a wooden walkway. In the background are deciduous trees and the hazy outlines of miscellaneous buildings. Both women have their hair in braids and are wearing cornhusk hats with a "v-shaped" geometric design. The woman on the pair's left has been identified as Ruth Coyote; she is dressed in a fringed, short-sleeve, beaded buckskin dress. Decorative beads are attached to the fringes on her shirtsleeves, knee and hem areas. She is wearing a necklace and a choker. She has bracelets on both arms and an armband on her left arm. She has a beaded belt and is holding a beaded bag in her left hand with the design of a deer. From under her dress can be seen leggings and beaded moccasins. The woman on the right is wearing circular earrings, and a cloth dress with decorative beads that extend below her waist. There are beads on her shoulders and bells at the end of her three-quarter length sleeves. She has a wide beaded belt. She has a bracelet on her right wrist and is holding a cornhusk bag in her right hand. She has beaded moccasins and may have bells at the hem of her dress., 'Umatilla Belles.' Billy Barnhart's camp on the Umatilla. [Lucy Luton and Ruth Coyote, Cayuse tribal women.]
A group of eight men stand in a dirt yard. A white frame wooden building is on the right of the photograph; bare trees are in the background. A badge is visible on five of the men. Seven of the men are Native American; one is white. All have been identified as members of the Indian Police Umatilla Agency in 1888. All wear European-American clothing and shoes: felt hats, cloth shirts, jackets, trousers, and coats. Behind the man identified as Wike-Wike is a small dark-and light patterned dog., No. 1 He-yute-se-miliken, 2, Wike-wike, 3, Wa-ta-low-it, 4 Isaiah White, (Umko-kas-kat) 5, Capt. Somkin, 6. Luke Minthorn, 7, Sawattis-kow-kow, 8, B. Coffee, Agent. Indian Police Umatilla Agency, 1888. [Copy neg by Moorhouse.]
An outside photograph of a Native American woman sitting in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop that is hung on a wooden frame. She has been identified as Ruth Coyote, is dressed in regalia, and is sitting on a stool or chair over which has been draped a Pendleton blanket. On her head is a cornhusk hat with a v-shaped geometrical design. Her hair is in braids, tipped with fur wraps. She is wearing large, circular earrings and a neck choker with long decorative bead strands hanging down the front. She is dressed in an old-style, deer-tail, beaded buckskin dress. The dress has a highly decorative bodice with fringe at the sleeve ends, side seams, and hemline. She has bracelets on both of her wrists; her left wrist has two wide-band (possibly metal) bracelets and her right wrist exhibits approximately eight smaller ones. On her lap she holds a cornhusk bag with a geometric design. Visible under her skirt can be seen either leggings, cuffed with a beaded floral design, or moccasins with a beaded floral design. To the right of the backdrop is a wooden walkway.
A Native American man, identified as Chief Umapine of the Cayuse Tribe, is seated in front of a white cloth backdrop. He is dressed in a dark colored cloth shirt, with the collar and cuffs buttoned. The shirt is Euro-American style, and adorned with several Native American articles. He is wearing a beaded bandoleer, several beaded loop necklaces, and a fur armband with a gem cameo. He has another fur item draped over one arm. His hair is long, some pulled back behind his head and some pulled forward and secured with hair ties on each side of his head. One hair tie is visible and has a portrait cameo; the other hair tie or wrap is not visible, but has strips of fur hanging down over his shoulder. He has one feather stuck in the back of his hair., Chief Umapine—Cayuse tribe [In regalia in Moorhouse yard. 'Copyright 1990 by Lee Moorhouse' printed on photo.]
An outside photograph of a Native American woman who has been identified as Rosa Paul. She is standing on a Pendleton blanket, in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop hanging from a wooden frame. The woman is turned from the camera so that only her left profile and attire can be seen. She is dressed in a buckskin dress with multiple layers of fringe, starting at her shoulder and ending at her dress hem. There are various sizes of beads hanging off the fringe. She is wearing bracelets on her left arm. On her head is a cornhusk hat with a "v-styled" geometric design. Her hair is braided and she wears large, circle-shaped earrings. She is wearing moccasins. On her back she is carrying a baby in a cradleboard with elaborate beadwork in a floral design at the top. The bottom of the cradleboard is buckskin that is laced down the middle. There is fringe dividing the cradleboard top and bottom, with beads on some of the fringe.
A black and white photograph of an old Native American woman sitting on a wooden ladderback chair in front of the door of a wooden building. The door is shut and the doorknob and keyhole visible. The woman wears a gingham dress which buttons up the front, with a dark belt or tie around her waist which has a fringe at its end. There is a tear in the dress behind her right shoulder. Her graying hair hangs in front of her in skinny braids, and she wears a long necklace of large, rounded, dark and light beads. On her left knee she holds an openwork basket that has a zigzag design and possibly beading and a hank of wool or twine wrapped around its handle. On her right knee is a partly-woven item with its tangled ends hanging free.
An outdoor photograph of a Native American woman identified as Rosa Paul. Her back is to the camera; she is facing a frame-hung blanket backdrop, and standing on a Pendleton blanket. She has braided hair and is wearing a cornhusk hat with geometric designs. Her dress is buckskin, with extensive beading on the top and around her waist. The end of her right sleeve and bottom of her dress is fringed. She appears to be holding a bag in front of her. On her back she is carrying a baby in a cradleboard. The cradleboard exhibits a wooden, stick-type, circular top frame, with the bottom half covered in two-tone leather that is laced down the middle. In the background is a building; part of a stairway is visable to the left of the backdrop.
A group of children, identified as pupils at the Umatilla Indian School, are in a classroom. Most of the children are seated. Three Native American children are standing atop a table at the back of the room. A female teacher is standing at the back of the room. There are desks, tables, chairs, and a blackboard in the room. The girls wear dresses and the boys wear jackets and pants. Some of the boys have wide white collars over their jackets.