Native Americans
Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:
Donald McKay collection
Reproductions of broadsides and pamphlets regarding Donald McKay's Medicine Show and his life as an Indian scout.
John F. Miller papers
Papers of John F. Miller (1825-1901), consisting of a muster roll for a volunteer mounted company he led, a letter about medicinal plants used by Native people, and a quitclaim deed. Miller was a U.S. Army officer and an early emigrant to Oregon. He led a volunteer company against Native peoples of the Rogue River Valley in 1853, served in the Oregon Territorial Legislature, worked briefly as an Indian agent, and fought in the Modoc War.
Lee Moorhouse photographs
Photographs taken by Major Lee Moorhouse between approximately 1897 and 1919, depicting Cayuse, Umatilla, and other Native peoples and their settlements in the Columbia River Basin and Umatilla County; landscapes in Oregon and Montana; the Pendleton Round-Up in Pendleton, Oregon, and rodeos in other locations.
Photographs of Native people fishing and buildings along the Columbia River
Five black and white photographs with handwritten notes on the back that identify the images as being taken along the Columbia River in October 1942. Four of the photographs depict Native people fishing from platforms, probably at Celilo Falls; one shows wooden buildings and parked cars.
Navajos
Color lithograph depicting two Navajo riders on horseback. The lithograph was made for the U. S. Pacific Railroad Exploration and Survey Report, 1854.
Robert Newell papers
Papers of Robert Newell (1807-1869), a trapper, emigrant to Oregon, and Indian agent. Includes a typescript copy of Newell's diary of an 1868 voyage from Portland, Oregon, to Washington, D.C., with Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) leaders; handwritten copies of letters regarding William Gray's "History of Oregon"; and Newell's account of the 1843 meeting at Champoeg, which formed the provisional government of the Oregon Territory. Only a small number of the items are original documents.
Notes relative to the original construction and the reconstruction of Chief Sonihat's "Whale House" New Kasaan, P.W.I.
Manuscript notes, November 22, 1938, regarding the conservation of a piece of Haida Indian architecture in New Kasaan, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. The original Whale House in New Kasaan collapsed in the 1920s.
Pacific Northwest river scene photographs
Three photographs of unrelated river scenes in the Pacific Northwest, including depictions of seining and Native American fishing practices.
Joel Palmer papers
Pendleton Round-Up home movie
Collection consists of a black-and white, silent home movie of the Pendleton Round-Up that was taken in September 1927. Footage includes rodeo events, bulls, a parade of horses, and Native participants. The Round-Up, held in Pendleton, Oregon, since 1910, features events including barrel racing, calf roping, and steer wrestling, as well as a parade and a night show.