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Friends:<br>
<br>
Last month I read about a digitization project that partnered the
Tamástslikt Cultural Institute (TCI) and University of Oregon. I
thought it might be of possible interest to Native Studies
subscribers-- please feel free to forward.<br>
<br>
Direct URL to "Picturing the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla Tribes":<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/mh/index.html">http://boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/mh/index.html<br>
</a><br>
A brief description, excerpted from the website:<br>
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<p>"Picturing the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla Tribes is a
collaborative project among the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.tamastslikt.com/">Tamástslikt
Cultural Institute (TCI)</a> of the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.umatilla.nsn.us/">Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation</a>, the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://libweb.uoregon.edu/">University
of Oregon (UO) Libraries</a>, and <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wiche.edu/">Western
Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)</a>. Partial funding
has been provided by the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nwacc.org/">Northwest
Academic Computing Consortium</a> (NWACC).<br>
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The project’s intent is twofold: first, to make the Major Lee Moorhouse
photographs of native peoples available to a wide audience; and second,
to provide a site for historical descriptions of these images as well
as descriptions created by native peoples.<br>
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<p>Although Major Lee Moorhouse was a well-known photographer during
his own age, for the last seventy years his pictures and their
inscriptions have been almost forgotten by scholars and the general
public. However, native peoples, who are often the subjects of his
photographs, have had a tradition of using these images, when they were
available, and of developing narratives for them. These narratives have
never been systematically collected or written down. This present
project aims to make these images and their descriptions available.</p>
<p>We here present about two hundred and fifty of Major Lee Moorhouse’s
pictures of the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla tribes for tribal and
non-tribal members. These are about ten percent of Moorhouse’s pictures
of native peoples. It is the hope of the project team that more images
and narratives will be made available in the coming years."<br>
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<p>There is information about the partnership, the workflow, etc. on
other pages on the collection's website as well as a form to submit
questions and comments about the collection, the project and any of the
images that are available on the site itself.<br>
</p>
<p>Best wishes,<br>
Kathleen<br>
</p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="200">Kathleen Burns, Archivist
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University
email: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:kathleen.burns@yale.edu">kathleen.burns@yale.edu</a>
phone: (203) 432-7328
BEINECKE BLOGS
Poetry at Beinecke Library :: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com">http://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com</a>
African American Studies at Beinecke Library :: <a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://beineckejwj.wordpress.com">http://beineckejwj.wordpress.com</a>
Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities :: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://brblroom26.wordpress.com">http://brblroom26.wordpress.com</a>
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Kathleen Burns, Archivist
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University
email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kathleen.burns@yale.edu">kathleen.burns@yale.edu</a>
phone: (203) 432-7328
BEINECKE BLOGS
Poetry at Beinecke Library :: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com">http://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com</a>
African American Studies at Beinecke Library :: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://beineckejwj.wordpress.com">http://beineckejwj.wordpress.com</a>
Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities :: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://brblroom26.wordpress.com">http://brblroom26.wordpress.com</a>
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