We do not know much about Mattie Jackson Ives. A Maidu, she was born circa 1878 in Susanville, the daughter of Sam Jackson and Chief Daughter. In 1900 she married Pete Ives and spent the majority of her life on the family ranch in Willow Creek Valley. She died there on September 2, 1932 and is buried at the Indian Cemetery near the family home. What is remarkable and very rare is that she went to a professional photographer in the early 1890s to have her picture taken.
And what a picture it is. A little before my time, but I would say that she was a lovely lady.