Explore black and white photography featuring the interior Pacific Northwest as it transitioned from frontier life to the modern era. The opening reception for this exhibit of 51 black and white images featuring the Indian photographs of Lee Moorhouse will be held September 22 from 4:30-7:00 p.m.

The exhibit will be on display in the Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures from September 22, 2009 to January 3, 2010.

In 1898, amateur photographer Thomas Leander "Lee" Moorhouse began recording scenes in and around Pendleton, Oregon. His 9,000 glass plate negatives are little known today, but they provide a rich and important visual record of the interior Pacific Northwest as it transitioned from frontier life to the modern era.

Born in 1850 in Iowa, Moorhouse traveled with his family in 1861 by ox-drawn wagon across the Plains and settled in Washington Territory. As an adult, he was employed as an Indian Agent and became friends with the local Tribes. One of his most famous portraits is of Chief Joseph.

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Corresponding Lecture
Wednesday, November 4, 7:00 p.m.
Schingoethe Center

"A Traditional Woman in a Contemporary World" presented by Marjorie Waheneka, Member of the Confederated Umatilla Tribes of Eastern Oregon and Living History Coordinator at the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute

Location:	Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures, Dunham Hall
Sponsor:	Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures
Contact:	artsandideas@aurora.edu 630-844-4924

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