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  • Irrigation system
  • Irrigation; Mann, Louis; Water pumps; Indians of North America--Yakama Indians
  • A Yakama Indian named Louis Mann sitting on a log pumping water into his garden that was once fertile but now is barren. Louis Mann was a full-blooded Yakama Indian, he was well educated at a Catholic school and became the Corresponding Secretary...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Yakama in traditional attire
  • Yakama Indians--Warriors
  • Photograph of Yakama Warriors in traditional attire with bow and arrows. Horses in the background. On verso of photograph: "Yakama warriors on the hunt in the forest. Horses wait."
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Yakama Warriors
  • Yakama Indians--Warriors
  • Photograph of Yakama Warriors in ambush with white horse. On verso of photograph: "Yakama Scouts with white horses ready approaching victim/hunt."
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  • Two Yakama boys
  • Indians of North America--Yakama Indians--Children
  • Photograph of two Yakama boys playing with their wagon. From the back of the photograph: "Yakama Children."
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  • Yakama Children
  • Indians of North America--Children--Northwest, Pacific--1910-1920; Yakama Indians
  • A group of four Yakama Children are posing for a photograph in a field. On verso of photograph "Group pg Yakama Indian Children, December 1918."
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  • Yakama Women
  • Indians of North America--Yakama Indians--Women--Children
  • Photograph of two Yakama women with a baby taken near a residence. The individuals were members of the Smartlowit family. From the back of the photograph: "Two Yakama women with a baby-Smartlowit family"
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  • Yakama Valley Teepees
  • Teepees; Yakama Valley
  • Photograph of Yakama Valley Tipis and Yakama people on horseback are standing in front of their teepees. Buildings and houses are situated in the background. On verso of photograph: "Teepees seem to be built in middle of a town or city of some...
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  • Dining room at a Indian village
  • Indians of North America--Portraits; Indian women--North America; Dining rooms--1900-1930; Indians of North America--Food; Yakama Indians
  • A group of Yakama people having breakfast. At the center of the group are Kate and Caesar Williams. Williams served his tribe as policeman. Part of his duties was taking care of the tribal elders by hunting for them and supplementing their food...
  • McWhorter, L.V. Collection
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  • Yakama Hunters' campsite
  • Indians of North America; Campsites; Hunters; Yakama Indians
  • Photograph of Yakama Hunters' campsite in 1925. In the background are Elk horns and a canvas tent. This is what the hunters carried with them on a hunt.
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  • Mounted Yakama Indian horseback
  • Yakama Indians, Hunters; Me-yáy'-wah; Feast of new food
  • Yakama hunter mounted on horseback. The hunt was for the "Feast of New Food." This Feast is an annual ceremony of invocation and thanksgiving to Me-yA¡y'-wah, the Supreme Being. Notes on the back of photograph: "this hunt is for the annual 'Feast...
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  • Yakama Warrior
  • Astoria Centennial
  • Astoria Centennial celebrating the founding of the city of Astoria, Oregon. Yakama warrior in Astoria for celebration. Astoria Centennial 1911 celebrating the centennial. Yakama warrior standing strong.
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  • Yakama Warriors on Horseback
  • Yakama Indians--Warriors; Willie John
  • Photograph of Yakama Warriors on horseback riding through the forest. The man on the right is possibly Willie John. On verso of photograph: "Forest Trees. Men in foreground. Shrub and brush surround men."
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  • Yakama Belles
  • Indians of North America--Yakama Indians--Children--Costume & adornment
  • Studio portrait of two Yakama girls wearing native dress.
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  • Ni-Yah-Tut
  • Indians of North America--Yakama Indians--Women--Costume & adornment; Indian women; Yakama
  • Studio portrait of Ni-Yah-Tut, wife of William Charley who is sitting in front of a scenic background. From the back of the photograph "Ni-Yah-Tut: Yakama Valley wife of William Charley."
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  • Mrs. Kate Williams, Yakama
  • Indians of North America
  • Studio portrait of Yakama woman; Mrs. Williams, or "Yes-to-lah-lemy"
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  • Kamiakin, Chief of Yakamas
  • Yakama Indians; Kamiakin, Chief; Indians of North America; Wehn, James A.
  • Photograph of a bronze medallion depicting Chief Kamiakin with the inscription, "Kamiakin, Chief of the Yakamas" below. This photo is pasted on the front of brown matting. A letter produced by James Wehn describes the medallion. The Medallion was...
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  • Chief We-Yal-Lup Wa-Ya-Cika
  • Indians of North America--Portraits; Yakama Indians; studio portrait
  • Studio portrait of Chief We-Yal-Lup Wa-Ya-Cika (I am not against the Whiteman) in Western dress. Thought to be a Yakama Indian, though no information exists on this individual.
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  • Traditional Dance of the Yakamas
  • Yakama Indians--War dances; Mann, Louis
  • Yakama Indians performing a traditional dance in robes and headdresses. Houses are in the background.
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  • Unveiling the A.J. Bolon Monument
  • Indians of North America--Yakama Indians--Monuments--Historical markers
  • Spectators gather around as General Hazard A. Stevens speaking at the unveiling of the A.J. Bolon monument. This monument was dedicated on November 6, 1918 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the death of A. J. Bolen, an Indian agent killed by...
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  • First Prize
  • Joe, Minnie; Nez Perce
  • Sitting Nez Perce woman and child; Mrs. Minnie Joe and baby, wal'wáama/qemúynuu (Wallowa/Joseph band) Nez Perce. This baby won the first prize, a silver cup, over twenty nine other Native American babies, in a contest under the auspices of the...
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