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Description: A Natvie-American woman and child sitting next to a tipi. Both wear scarves and shawls. There is a stack of firewood on the other side of tipi along with an upturned basket or pan. In the background, there are trees and an unidentified structure.

Description: A large mound of material identified as wheat smolders on the right side of the image. A dozen people, almost all Indian women, stand or sit near the burning wheat. All wear scarves or other headcoverings. Railroad tracks extend from near right into the distance, with two groups of filled burlap bags scattered on and near them. A row of utility poles parallels the tracks, and part of a railroad car is visible at the left.

Description: Native American girl, identified as Som-kin of the Walla-Walla tribe. She has braids and is wearing a native dress, shawl or blanket over the shoulders, scarf over lap, beaded necklaces, beaded choker, and shell earrings

Description: A Native American man, identified as Sequyene of the Walla Walla tribe, stands next to a horse. The man and horse are seen in profile. The man is wearing a feathered headdress that reaches to the ground and has a horn coming out of the side. He is wearing dark colored robes with a striped wool scarf hanging down the front from the waist. He is holding a staff that is wrapped with cloth or leather and has feathers hanging down its length. A large tassel hangs down to the ground from where the man holds the spear. The horse is wearing a bridle, martingale, and a saddle blanket. The breastplate is decorated with repeating geometric patterns, bells, and fringe at the bottom of the sidepieces. The saddle blanket is made from cloth and an animal skin. The skin's edge is decorated with round metallic looking beads or rivets that may attach it to the cloth.

Description: A Native American man, identified as Wanico of the Umatilla tribe, is standing outside in front of a cloth backdrop. He is wearing a Euro-American shirt, a wide-brim hat, a vest, a scarf, boots, and woolly chaps. His hair is tied into two braids. He is holding a bow in his left hand and has a knife tucked into the waistband of his chaps. There are garden plants within the man's immediate vicinity. A lattice-work fence is on the left. A house and tree are visible in the background.

Description: Seven Indians, including Parson Motanic, another man, three women, a child and a baby, ride in a Hudson Automobile down a street in town. Parson Motanic and the other man wear buckskin shirts and headdresses, one of which is horned. The women wear head scarves.

Description: Two Native American women, identified as Mrs. Black and Stella Williams of the Cayuse tribe, are posing outside in front of a cloth backdrop. The woman on the left is seated on a Pendleton blanket. She is wearing a scarf over her head and a blanket around her body. The hem of a Euro-American dress or skirt is visible underneath the blanket. The woman on the right is standing. She is wearing a necklace, a choker, earrings, a native dress, a belt, and moccasins. Her hair is tied into two braids. With both of her hands, she is holding a bag with a beaded, geometric design.

Description: A group of people, identified as Reverend J.N. Cornelison, Kash-Kash, James Kash-Kash, Peter Lindsey, Ip-na-sol-e-tok, Awa-wanita, Its-kaka, Its-wash-pa-lu, Nuncipo, Tsin-tshpu, and Ish-tanse, are posing outside for a portrait. The Native Americans are identified as being members of the Cayuse Tribe. The group consists of seven women, three men, and two children. All individuals are wearing Euro-American style clothing. The women are wearing shawls and scarves tied around their heads. One child is wearing a hat. One of the men is wearing eyeglasses and has a hat on the ground in front of him. The names of the people are tentative and have not yet been verified by tribal members.

Description: A Native American woman, identified as a member of the Umatilla Tribe, is seated in front of a blanket backdrop. The woman is wearing a beaded buckskin dress with a belt. She has a cloth scarf tied behind her head, and two long braids tied with ribbon. The cloth sleeves of her underdress are visible below the fringe area of the buckskin dress. She is wearing beaded bracelets, necklaces, and a choker and shell earrings. She is holding a beaded bag, that has a deer and two flowers in the design. There is a Pendleton blanket at the base of the backdrop, covering the woman's chair or stool.

Description: A line of 20 men and women on horseback stand side-by-side, facing the camera. They are on a dirt street in front of several wooden buildings, including a livery stable. The riders are a mixture of men, women, Indians and non-Indians, and wear tribal clothing or cowboy attire.

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