Arthur, how is this image romanticized. His attire doesn't seem unreal for a formal picture of a chief wearing traditional clothing and feathers of his people during that time period.

Buzz on 31st July 2018 @ 7:56am

The lines and scars in his face speaks much o f the life he lived.

nels on 31st July 2018 @ 10:42am

I wonder if he also had a white man name?
I have an Indian friend who has made her kids promise not to bury her in a Pendleton blanket.

L.E. on 31st July 2018 @ 6:29pm

L.E. maybe because of the common very derogatory name that was sometimes used by bigots when referring to Indians.

Buzz on 1st August 2018 @ 6:46am

Every time I see these photos I wonder how many of them my great grandfather knew during his time at Biggs, when they went to and fro to Celilo. He would have been able to communicate with them as he knew the Chinook language and could sign also.

Charlott on 1st August 2018 @ 7:00am

Some other online sources name him Chief Hash-Nash-Shut.

L.E. on 1st August 2018 @ 9:39am

One source also says he was photographed at Pendleton Round-Up.

These differences make me wonder if Benjamin Gifford did not do an accurate job of documenting his photos, or if documentation was lost after years of commercial use.

L.E. on 1st August 2018 @ 9:53am

It certainly has the appearance of a studio portrait to me. Oregon State University has the Benjamin Gifford archives. Their website is not fully functional right now so I can't access the records on Gifford's Chief Hash-Nash-Shut image or images.

Arthur on 1st August 2018 @ 5:46pm

Hate to post a link like this, but here are OSU's Gifford images of Native Americans:

https://oregondigital.org/sets/oregon-multicultural-archives?f%5Bdesc_metadata__photographer_label_sim%5D%5B%5D=Gifford%2C+Benjamin+A.%24http%3A%2F%2Fid.loc.gov%2Fauthorities%2Fnames%2Fn92004880

Arthur on 1st August 2018 @ 5:53pm