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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 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.]

Description: A Native American man, woman, and young girl stand in front of a tipi in a meadow of tall grasses in this stereographic photo. Spread out at their feet lie a couple of striped blankets. The child wears a dress of calico or printed cotton, and a necklace. The woman wears a long dark cloth dress with a light-coloured underdress or shirt beneath it. Around her waist is a belt. She holds a piece of cloth or hide in her left hand. She wears earrings, and her long braids hang down in front of her. The man's hair is pulled behind him. He wears earrings and some kind of hair ties or ornaments, as well as necklaces, one a choker. He wears a cloth shirt over a plaid blanket resembling a kilt, and a belt with a pouch. In his right hand he holds a book or box. In his left hand he holds the tip of an arrow, which has a light-colored feather. He seems to be clasping a bag to his left side with his arm. To the right of the tipi is a leafless tree. In the background, a low hill rises.

Description: A Native American man, identified as Francis Lincoln of the Cayuse Tribe, is sitting in front of a tipi, dressed in full regalia. He is wearing a headdress with feathers, cloth pants made from a blanket, and a plaid, fringed breechcloth. He has beaded moccasins, leather straps with bells wrapped around his calves and ankles, and fur arm bands with feathers and tassles. He has a beaded belt around his waist and a fur bandoleer with beaded decorations. He is wearing a beaded choker and his hair is tied into two long plaits. He is holding a stick or rod covered with fur and adorned with feathers. His chair and the ground around it are covered by two Pendleton blankets. There are a couple of objects placed on the blankets near his feet. The tipi fills up most of the background in this image.

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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