The North American Indian. The Nez Percés. Wallawalla. Umatilla. Cayuse. The Chinookan tribes. [portfolio of large plates supplementing volume VIII]. Photographer(s): Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Piopio-maksmaks — Wallawalla. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait: 'Piopio-maksmaks, quoted in volume VIII, pages 20-21, is the son of the Piopio-maksmaks who as principal governor of the Wallawalla negotiated a treaty with Governor Isaac I. Stevens in the Walla Walla valley in 1855. The father was killed while a captive o...
Umatilla maid. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Half-length full-face portrait of an Umatilla girl: 'Two distinct cultural areas are represented in the costume of this damsel. The familiar beadworked, deerskin dress is an acquisition from the plains culture, while the basketry hat and the shell-bead necklace hail from the Pacific slope. Note ...
Innocence — Umatilla. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Full-length portrait of a young Umatilla girl, leaning against a tree: 'Few aspects of Indian life are more interesting to the casual visitor than the demeanour of the children, with their coy basfulness, their mischievous, sparkling eyes, their doubtful hesitation just the other side of friendl...
Kashhila — Wishham. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Head-and-shoulder full-face portrait: 'This sturdy young fellow has little of the appearance of the Chinookan. In feature and in costume he recalls the plains Indian.'
Wishham maid. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Full-length portrait of a Wishham woman: 'Clad in her deerskin dress of the plains and her basketry hat of the coast, the girl pauses on the grim lava rocks above the Dalles, looking out across the thundering rapids, perhaps observing the activities of her friends in the village of Wasko.'