Chemawa Prints Project Day 18 1/2

Today I worked a half-day, completing scans, edits, and titles.

I found more interesting demonstrations of gender roles: CH 2649 shows a female instructor teaching male students about sewing and CH 2052 shows female students playing a game with balls in a gymnasium. The female in the center looks about to throw a ball.

I came across a print with sticky notes marking that it needed to be integrated into the collection. I added an identification number (CH 3225) and digitized it. It is being housed in the large box with the other random prints. The print was originally in the back of the folder with prints CH 2041-2060 and 2661-2680.

CH 2654 is a print of an industrial instruction room with lots of machinery. The black and white contrast is eye-catching. CH 2655 is remarkable for its color as well. It is a print of two male students dressed in very bring traditional regalia. It is credited to the Oregon Statesman, photo by John Ericksen.

Many prints that I came across today (around CH 2663-4) depict students in traditional regalia dancing at what appears to be a powwow. The stage is set with trees, a tipi, two males at a campfire, miniature tipis, and a painted backdrop of a mountain. The scene reminded me of another print, CH 1091, with two males, an adult and child, in traditional regalia. I discussed this print in a previous post because I was confused as to its setting. All you can see are trees and the two men, but in the bottom left corner there is a miniature tipi that resembles the ones in these later prints. Upon further inspection, both the early and later prints appear to be taken at a powwow. Although the people in the prints are not the same and do not wear the same clothing, the trees, tipi, and backdrop look very similar. I conclude that these photos were both taken at powwows but during different years.

CH 2665 shows a tapestry, perhaps handmade and student-made. The name "Alice J." is sewn into the tapestry. The figure in the tapestry holds an object that looks similar to the object the dancer holds in CH 2606.

One group portrait of adults had their names listed on the back. They are apparently the hospital staff. Very few first names of adults have been written on the back of the prints so far.

2041-2060, 2647-2679/3225