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Description: An outside photograph of a Native American man identified as Charles Whirlwind Sr. He is standing on a round flat coiled cedar root mat in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop. On the left side of the photograph is a wooden walkway. In the background are deciduous trees and the hazy outlines of buildings. On his head he is wearing a porcupine roach and in the roach is an eagle feather. His hair is braided. There appear to be hair wraps of fur or leather woven into his braids. He is wearing a choker around his neck. He is also wearing four necklaces that are made from bear claws. He is dressed in a long-sleeve, fringed buckskin shirt. Over his right sleeve can be seen a beaded glove gauntlet with a floral design. He is wearing a blanket around his waist that covers down to his feet. The blanket has a geometric design. In his left hand, the man is holding a rifle barrel. The rifle stock is decorated. <<The blanket that is in this photograph that is wrapped around his waist is being reintroduce from this old Cayuse design is going to be a limited edition of 150 blankets for Dale Chihuly. The Eiteljore Museum which is in Indianapolis, Indiana is doing th>>, [Dr. Whirlwind, Cayuse Indian, in regalia including tooth necklace.]

Description: A Native American man and two Native American girls are standing inside a tipi made of woven mats. The tipi has a pole hung horizontally across the diameter. The man is wearing a cloth shirt, a woven vest and woven belt, pants made from a Pendleton blanket, with a piece of blanket or cloth draped in front, earrings, necklace, and headdress. The two girls are wearing long cloth dresses, with striped blankets draped around them. The older girl has long braids, earrings, and her blanket is fringed on all four sides. The younger girl has on a hat or head scarf. The inside perimeter of the tipi contains blankets, a drum with drum sticks, a rifle, a kettle, a pail, a bowl, and a pile of sticks. There are several objects hanging from the wall, including a leather case with shoulder strap, and some ornamental items, some with fur tails. The pail is only visible in the right-hand photo.

Description: A Native American man wearing regalia stands beside a horse. The man wears a feathered headdress, buckskin shirt, leggings, breechcloth, gloves, and necklaces. The horse is outfitted with a bridle that includes an ornament that is positioned over the horse's forehead.

Description: 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.

Description: 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.]

Description: 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.

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