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You searched for: Start Over Decade 1880-1889 Remove constraint Decade: 1880-1889 Topic Clothing and dress Remove constraint Topic: Clothing and dress Collection Picturing the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla Tribes Remove constraint Collection: Picturing the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla Tribes

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Description: A Native American man, identified as Victor William of the Cayuse tribe, wears a Capote coat and stands in front of a tipi holding a baby.

Description: A Native American man, identified as a member of the Umatilla tribe, sits on a horse in front of a row of tipis and trees. The man wears a hat, leggings, and a shirt. An American flag flies over one of the tipis.

Description: Five elderly Native American women, identified as members of the Cayuse tribe and "converts of Dr. Marcus Whitman", sit outside a large tent. The women wear headscarves, long skirts, and shawls of woolen fabric, possibly Pendleton blankets. Two of the women hold handkerchiefs in their laps. The names of the women are tentative and have not been verified yet by tribal members.

Description: 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.]