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Description: A young Native American woman, identified as Josephine You-mo-its of the Cayuse tribe, sits on a blanket on a riverbank. Her hands are crossed and laying in her lap. She is wearing a dress that is belted at the waist and has dentalia shells decorating the bodice. She wears moccasins and leggings with a leaf pattern. She has a two-strand choker and a three-strand necklace that goes down to her lap. Her earrings are large round disks. Her hair is braided and also reaches to her lap.

Description: Two Native American girls, identified as being from the Cayuse tribe, are standing on a blanket, outside in front of a tipi. One girl is wearing a dress, moccasins, earrings, and a necklace. Another girl is wearing a dress, moccasins, a necklace, and a belt. Both girls' hair is tied in braids.

Description: A Native American man, identified as Jack Chapman, stands by a ford, or stream crossing, with his family, two horses, and a carriage. He wears Euro-American clothing and holds a baby in a cradleboard. A Native American woman sits in the carriage and wears a shawl and a dress. Two younger Native Americans stand with one of the horses, which bears a brand. They wear blankets or capote coats. One of them wears earrings and a necklace.

Description: A Native American woman, identified as Wo-ho-pum of the Cayuse tribe, stands wearing a cloth dress with a plaid pattern, necklaces, and earrings which are possibly made of shells. She wears her hair in braids and holds what appears to be a bag or handbag in her right hand. A blanket with a geometric motif is draped over her left shoulder.

Description: Two Cayuse Indian girls wearing necklaces, earrings, shawls, and plain moccasins sit in front of a large tree trunk. One girl sits with a cornhusk bag with a geometric motif displayed prominently on her lap.

Description: A Native American woman, identified as Sally Chapman, in front of a backdrop on a mat with a geometric design. She wears Native American clothing, including a dress, hat, earrings, choker, and moccasins. She wears her hair in braids. In her hands she holds a bag or handbag with a geometric design. The identification of the woman is tentative and is being checked by tribal members. , [Sally Chapman, Indian, in regalia.]

Description: A Native American man, identified as Tots-homa of the Cayuse tribe, is kneeling outside on one knee. He is wearing a single trail bonnet, earrings, a loop necklace, bracelets, and moccasins. He is holding a hatchet-style pipe in his right hand. He is kneeling on a coiled cedar root mat. A Pendleton blanket is underneath the mat. A studio backdrop is behind him.

Description: Two Native American women standing in a snowy hollow. There are trees and a river in the background. The women have braids and are wearing native dresses, shawls, moccasins, necklaces, rings and earrings.

Description: A Native American man poses inside a large warehouse of Pendleton woolen blankets. The background is floor-to-ceiling shelves of folded Native American style Pendleton woolen blankets; some blankets are draped in between the rows to form a display. The subject is seated in front of them, his torso wrapped in a blanket which covers his left arm and shoulder; his right arm and shoulder are bare. His long braids are wrapped decoratively in cloth that is wound over the hair and he wears large, round earrings. His leggings and moccasins appear to be leather or buckskin, and are painted decoratively. , [Display of Pendleton Woolen Mill blankets, with tribal man.]

Description: A young Cayuse woman named Ku-mas-sag sits outdoors in autumn or winter on a striped woolen blanket laid on the leaf-strewn ground. Her long hair is braided and she wears a hat shaped like a truncated cone with beading or quilling on it in a geometric design; a western-style women's broadbrimmed hat with scarf and feather accessorizing it lies on the blanket at her side. One foot is outstretched, showing a legging with a floral design. She appears to be holding a buckskin purse or bag which, like her dress, is fringed. She wears a cloth long-sleeved under-shirt, belt, bracelets, and earrings, and around her neck appears to be a choker-style necklace or fastening for the short cape that covers her shoulders. The cape and top of her dress have beading or quilling in geometric block designs.

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