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Description: A portrait of a Native American girl in regalia posing next to a horse. The girl is wearing a dress with abstract patterning on its surface, and fringes at its edges. Around her forehead she wears a beaded headband with an attached feather. She wears earrings and has beaded accessories in her braided hair. She holds a rope that is attached to a horse standing behind her. The horse is draped with decorative beaded bags, and material with long fringes. One bag displays a stag with leaves and the other designs appear to be abstract patterns. Tipis, horses, and a wooden fence are visible in the distance.

Description: A Native American man identified as an indian chief stands next to an airplane identified as a B-17. The man is dressed in regalia consisting of a feather headdress, buckskin shirt and pants with fringes, beaded floral motif moccasins, and a breechcloth with an abstract pattern on its surface. Visible behind the man is a partial view of an airplane including its propellers, and wheel.

Description: An outdoor portrait of a man, identified as John War Eagle, dressed in Native American regalia. Three large feathers extend out from his hair. He is wearing shell necklaces, bone breastplate, and long sleeve buckskin shirt with fringes and beadwork. His hair is contained in two braids with fur hair wraps. The strap of a bag or pouch hangs diagonally across his chest. Visible in the background are trees, ladder, vehicle, and photographic lighting equipment. John War Eagle was an actor. There are similar pictures that are in the envelope written "sioux uprising". This is most likely a picture taken on the set of a movie.

Description: A man dressed in a feather headdress peers out of an entrance of a tipi at the RoundUp. The front section of the headdress contains beads that form an abstract pattern. He is dressed in a a long sleeve button-up shirt with collar and necktie. The tipi's exterior is striped. The flap of material covering the entryway of the tipi is rolled up and hangs above the entrance. A wooden stick is seen protruding from the coiled material. Hay is visible on the ground in front of the tipi's entrance. In the background are partially visible tipis.

Description: A man dressed in Native American regalia poses on horseback. On his head is a large feather headdress. His long, dark hair is contained in two braids. He wears a shirt and pants with fringes, which may be made from buckskin. The man sits on two blankets that are draped over the horse's back. One blanket has geometric patterns on its surface, the other a horizontal stripe. Seen in the distance are multiple tipis, and two men with horses.

Description: A man identified as Alex Shippentower poses for the camera at the RoundUp. He is dressed in a cowboy hat that is secured to his head with two strip of material tied under his chin, handkerchief, and long sleeved button-up shirt. His hair is secured in braids. In his left hand he holds an unidentified object. He stands in the middle of a dirt road with out of focus automobiles in the background.

Description: A smiling woman in Native American attire holds a sleeping baby that is secured in a cradleboard. The woman wears a dress with abstract patterning on its surface and fringes at its edges. Around her forehead she wears a beaded headband with an attached feather. She wears round earrings and has beaded accessories in her braided hair. Partially visible in the background of the image is an individual, horse, and tipi.

Description: Events and activities depicted: Spring Pow Wow, May 1990 in Gill Coliseum, including dancing, drumming, dining, the sale of jewelry and accessories, and craft making. Various attendees have been identified by NAL community supporters as follows: Paul Whitehead, Siletz (page 10); Carol Brunoe, Warm Springs (page 12 bottom photo); Dick Ross, Professor Emeritus Anthropology (page 43 top photo); Carol Brunoe, Warm Springs (page 44 and 55 bottom photos).

Description: Events and activities depicted: Spring and Winter Pow Wows including dancing, the sale of jewelry and accessories, and making fry bread. Also included is a ceremony for the dedication of a small plaque honoring the Native Americans that lived in the Corvallis; Tcha Peenafu (the place where the elderberries grow) was the local Native American name for the Corvallis area.

Description: Events and activities depicted: A lecture by and reception for Wilma Mankiller of the Cherokee Nation and the 12th annual Pow Wow, November 1988. Within these two events, activities depicted include the sale of jewelry and accessories, drumming, dancing, and gathering for meals. Various attendees have been identified by NAL community supporters as follows: Bud Heycamp of “Baker Bay Beads” (page 4); Wilma Crowe, Sioux (page 20); Fish Martinez (page 23); Don Mocassin, Chemawa (page 25 top photo, on left).

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