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At the Crow Canyon Archeological Center, an instructor informs student...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

At the Crow Canyon Archeological Center, students, part of a cadre in ...

At the Crow Canyon Archeological Center, an instructor informs student...

Lee Moorhouse - Lucy Coyote - Public domain portrait

Photograph shows Lucy Coyote, an American Indian woman, half-length portrait, facing right. 1810 U.S. Copyright Office. On back: "Photo by Lee Moorhouse." Copyrighted Jan. 19, 1900 by Lee Moorhouse. No. 98. WSUNA

[John Ross, full length portrait, facing front standing next to a smal...

Photograph shows portrait of John Ross, also known as Guwisguwi, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828-1866 and founder of Ross's Landing in 1816, site of the original settlement of Chattanooga, Tenn... More

The Palace of Massasoit - Drawing. Public domain image.

Indian standing in front of hut. From: Harper's monthly, 1857, p. 27.

Spaniards robbing an Indian temple / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Spaniards robbing Indians at temple in Cofachiqui (South Carolina) Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd,... More

Group of Piute [i.e. Paiute] Indians

No. 605. From series: Central Pacific Railroad. No. 9 Montgomery St., (under Lick House) S.F. Photographs made to order, in any part of the State or Coast.

Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh - G. Copway - Public domain portrait print

George Copway, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding book, wearing feather headdress. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress. Published in: Gathering history: th... More

[Unidentified Native American man] / Schreiber & Sons, photographers, ...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Block house, upper Cascades, Columbia River - scene of a massacre of w...

Photograph shows a blockhouse and another building in a clearing in a densely wooded area along the Columbia River in the Cascade Range. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1... More

[Little Robe, Cheyenne Indian, half-length portrait, seated, facing ri...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indian encampment, Dalles of the Columbia, May 1860

Photograph shows tipis at a Native American encampment. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 16]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

Christine McDonald [i.e., MacDonald] & her uncle

Photographs show (top) Christine MacDonald, wife of a Hudson's Bay Company trader, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing European dress, and (bottom) her uncle, full-length portrait, seated, facin... More

Vancouver Island Indian Kootenay [i.e., Kootenai] Indians.

Photographs show (top) a Vancouver Island Native, half-length portrait, facing front, and (bottom) three Kootenai men, full-length portrait, seated against blanket in front of a log cabin, facing front, wearing... More

[Kalispel couple, full-length portrait, the man standing, the woman se...

In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 46]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

The young MacDonald suspended against the wall

Photograph shows Christine MacDonald's infant in a cradleboard hanging against a wall with examples of native crafts. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 54].... More

[Three Kootenai men, full-length portrait, seated against blanket in f...

In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 47]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

Vancouver Island Indians [A Native in European dress].

Photographs show (top) group portrait of Vancouver Island Natives, and (bottom) half-length portrait of Native man, facing front, wearing European dress. ; title for second photo devised by Library staff. In a... More

Colville Indian woman and child, Native American woman portrait

Photograph shows a Colville woman, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, holding infant in a cradleboard. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 53]. Unpro... More

Group of Winnebego Indians seated on ground and logs

On verso: C.L. Hamilton. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Group of Native Americans (possibly Winnebago) wearing blankets, some...

On verso: C.L. Hamilton. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pos-Ka-Ka or White Face, Winnebago celebrated for the size of his nose

Pos-Ka-Ka or White Face, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left. Photo possibly by B. H. Gurnsey.

Win ne ba go, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Winnebago man, head-and shoulders portrait, facing front. Photo from Indian Wigwam, Julius Meyer, Omaha, Nebraska. On verso: Eaton, photograhper.

Gray Wolf, Chief of Winnebagoes - stereocsopic card

Gray Wolf, full-length portrait, seated, facing left, holding rifle. Photo possibly by B.H. Gurnsey. No. 504.

Win ne ba go, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Winnebago man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Photo from Indian Wigwam, Julius Meyer, Omaha, Nebraska. E.L. Eaton on verso.

Group of Sioux Indians "Spotted Tail" (photo c. 1875) Standing: Joe M...

A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tonnuga(?) Winnebago man - Public domain portrait photograph

No. 178. Winnebago man, full-length portrait, seated on log, facing slightly right.

[Native American man, half-length portrait, facing front]

Photo from Indian Wigwam, Julius Meyer, Omaha, Nebraska. On verso: Eaton, photographer.

"After taking", Native American woman portrait

Photo shows two smiling Native American women, possibly "after taking" a drink from the bottle held by a man. Companion photo in LOT 12919 is called "Before taking." Copyright by Harry H. Hemming, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Old Bets A Sioux squaw who will long be remembered with gratitude by m...

Photograph shows portrait of Azayamankawin, a Mdewakanton Dakota woman who was known as "Old Betsey" or "Old Bets" in her old age.

Late Indian outrages: body of Sergeant Wyllyams [stuck with arrows]

After a photograph by Major Calhoun and Dr. Bell. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1867 July 27, p. 468.

The one that walks behind - Public domain portrait photograph

Winnebago woman, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left. Possibly photographed by C.L. Hamilton.

Keokuk Jr. and his son Charles - Public domain portrait print

Moses Keokuk (also known as Watchful Fox), son of the famous Sac and Fox chief Keokuk, and Moses' son, 14 year old Charles Keokuk, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. Photograph taken during their 186... More

Winnebago squaws - Public domain portrait drawing

Two Winnebago women with infant in cradleboard across their knees. Title transcribed from item. Possibly photographed by C.L. Hamilton.

Winnebago treaty table? - Public domain portrait print

Outside a tipi, Winnebago Indians gather around a small table with a few Euro-Americans. Possibly photographed by C.L. Hamilton.

Big Winnebago Jim, three quarter length portrait

Winnebago man, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated, wrapped in blanket. No. 187.

[Winnebago woman, full-length portrait, seated, facing right]

No. 520. Possibly photographed by B.H. Gurnsey. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Standing Buffalo, Winnebago man, reclining on ground, rifle accross l...

Possibly photographed by C.L. Hamilton. No. 179. Possible date on verso: 1874.

[Winnebago child, full-length portrait, standing, facing front draped ...

No. 36. Possibly photographed by C.L. Hamilton. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Winnebago woman, three-quarter length portrait, sitting on log bench,...

No. 184. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Winnebago man, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, holding to...

Possibly photographed by C.L. Hamilton. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Winnebago children - Public domain portrait - stereocsopic card

Four Winnebago children squatting or sitting in foreground. No. 191. Possibly photographed by C.L. Hamilton.

[Winnebago man, full-length, seated, facing front, with blanket around...

No. 35. Possibly photographed by C.L. Hamilton. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Montauk man, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly l...

Copyright by A. Zeno Shindler. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Group of Winnebago Indians on hillside]

No. 135. Possibly photographed by C.L. Hamilton. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Santee Sioux women - Public domain portrait

Two Santee Sioux women, full-length portraits, seated, facing front, wrapped in blankets. Possibly photographed by C.L. Hamilton. No. 13.

[Winnebago woman, half-length portrait, facing front]

Possibly photographed by C.L. Hamilton. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The One Horn. Winnebago - Public domain portrait photograph

Winnebago man, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left. No. 515. Possibly photographed by B.H. Gurnsey.

[Two Winnebago men, full-length portraits, seated] / photographed by W...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Group of Winnebago Indians seated on bench outside of building]

Possibly photographed by C.L. Hamilton. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior view of church of San Xavier

Title transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. No. 226.

Cañon de L'or - soldiers repulsing an attack by Apaches

Title transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. No. 234.

Yuma musician, Arizona / / Taber Photo., San Francisco

Photograph shows a portrait of a Yuma man in body paint, seated, facing front, playing a flute. At his feet are three playing cards face up. No. B 181. Exhibited: American Treasures, Library of Congress, Wash... More

Three views in the Sierra Blanca Mountains, Camp Apache--Coyotero Rese...

Two views of the Coyotero Reservation. Titles transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. Nos. 42/45 and 43/45.

Mission of Tumacacori - man in foreground

Title transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. No. 243.

Mission of San Xavier del Bec [i.e., Bac], side view

Title transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. No. 229.

Juan Chivaria the most distinguished chief in Arizona Juan Chivaria, h...

Titles transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. Nos. 129 (right) and 130 (left).

Satanta, Kioway chief - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows Satanta (White Bear), full-length portrait, holding bow and arrow, facing front. Written on back: W.S. Soule, Photogr. Appears in: Schmitt & Brown. Fighting Indians of the Old West, p. 83.

The highway to the diamond fields of Arizona

Title transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. No. 247.

[Cherokee payments(?). Several men seated around table counting coins;...

Public domain photograph related to Native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louis the interpreter & matador de los Apaches Pasquial, Pimo [i.e., P...

Three-quarter length portraits. Titles transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. Nos. 123 (bottom) and 126 (top).

Ancient halls of the Montezumas

Titles transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. Nos. 85 (top) and 86 (bottom), mounted upside down.

Rushing Eagle--Sioux, gelatin silver print

Rushing Eagle, Dakota man, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing buckskin clothing with fur and bear claw necklace, and a medallion on leather cord. On his head is a cloth with three eagle feathers in bac... More

Mission of Tumacacori - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Title transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. No. 225.

Mohave Indians; Panambona and Mitiwara. - stereocsopic card

Original negative number: 144. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. Part of:... More

Nez Perce Indians, Montana. - stereoscopic view, public domain photorp...

Part of series: Views in Utah, Idaho, and Montana, 1871. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture ... More

The start, Camp Mohave, A. T. / T. H. O'Sullivan, Phot.

Stereograph showing a river party of Mohave Indians with non-native Americans leaving a dock in boats. On mount: Colorado River Series. Explorations West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1871, Lieut. Geo. ... More

A Navaho shaman / Hillers, photo., portrait of american indian man

A shaman, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, with a blanket backdrop.

Vua-Sha-Peh (Stabber) / A. Gardner, Washington, D.C.

Note printed below image: Photographed for Trustees of Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, England. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his phot... More

Vua-Sha-Peh (Stabber) / A. Gardner, Washington, D.C.

Ruins in ancient pueblo of San Juan, Colorado [i.e. New Mexico] / T. H...

Photograph showing a man standing in the corner of a ruin. Plate no. 21. "Descriptive legend of view no. 21" on verso. Part of geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian, e... More

[Capt. John Moss and Ernest Ingersoll in the Canyon of the Mancos, Col...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manitou and Vicinity. Cheyenne Canyon, the Three Falls

No. 50. Part of series: Colorado Views. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and... More

Three Indians on horseback, ca. 1876

Stereo by S.J. Morrow, Yankton, Dakota Territories. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Indians On horseback; Indian tribes Central; Shelf.

The Idaho Indian war / Chas. W. Phillips, photographer, Walla Walla.

Three native American men, all seated, full-length, facing front. 8824(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Caption identifies sitters as Eagle of Light, Nez Percé; Joseph, Nez Percé; and (Smohollah). However, Bill Gulick... More

Los Pueblos de Taos - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

View of Taos pueblo with Taos people and beehive ovens in foreground. Reference copy in SPECIFIC SUBJ FILE - Indians of North America Dwellings. Transfer; U.S. Copyright Office; 1878.

Oh! Oh! Howard! "I am still pursuing the Indians" - telegram from Gene...

Caricature showing Indian, with rifle and tomahawk, chasing Gen. Howard around large rock. Illus. in: Puck, 1878 Aug. 7, p. 16. Ref. copy may be in SSF(Gr) - INDIANS CARTOONS 1878. This record contains unverifi... More

Oregon - the new Indian war - Indians receiving their annual supplies ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 46 (1878 July 27), p. 352.

[...]ing to Pueblo, Wolpi, Arizona / Hillers photo.

Hopi Indians along steps up rocks, leading to pueblo on mesa, Walpi, Arizona.

A Sioux war party - Public domain portrait print

Eight Dakota ceremonial dancers, full-length, standing. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Taking the census at Standing Rock Agency - South Dakota

Men seated at two tables with large crowd of people. On mount: D.F. Barry, West Superior, Wis.

Shoshoni Indians--Skin tepies [sic]

Shoshoni people around tipis. No. 2687.

Comanche (and Kiowa?) delegation, ca. 1880-1899

On verso: Quanah Parker (Comanche) standing right, Benjamin Beveridge (owner of Washington house) standing to left of Quanah Parker; man standing (with mustache), interpretator? C.M. Bell collection.

[Pageant participants costumed as Pilgrims and Natives, posed beneath ...

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Nez Perce delegates with Benjamin Beveridge (left, standing), owner of...

C.M. Bell collection. Original glass negative LC-B51-39924 may be available.

[Red Cloud, half-length portrait, facing front]

Picryl description: Public domain image of Native Americans, Indians of North America, indigenous tribes, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Grant Richards and wife, full-length portraits]

National Photo Company Collection. Copy of photograph from the Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology.

[Sitting Bull, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing front, ho...

Photo copyrighted 1881 by O. S. Goff. Caption on mount: Sitting Bull.

Morning roll call - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Native Americans seated outside tipi, Euro-Americans, standing, facing front, between tipis. 130482(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Bailey, Dix & Mead, Fort Randall, D.T. No. 18.

Representing "John Christiansen" doing his first brakeing [sic] on his...

Native man plowing with two horses, and three other men, North Dakota(?). J250783 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Burton Laurence Brigham, New Salem, North Dakota. Photo from New Salem Art Studio. No. 1133.

A small, outlying building of village No. 20, about a hundred yards no...

Landscape view with Native American ruins and white horse of Dr. Edgar A. Mearns, in the Verde Valley of Central Arizona. Mearns Collection (Library of Congress). No. 309.

View of a third room, in which a great deal of pottery and many stone ...

Photograph shows two men standing at an archaeological excavation site containing clay pots. No. 47.

The last of the Shinnecock Indians L.I. N.Y. / B.M. Franklin, Flushing...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Stairhall in John Alexander Logan home showing Native American potter...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of 3d object, pottery, ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Stairhall in John Alexander Logan home showing Native American potter...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of 3d object, pottery, ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Gaul [i.e., Gall] - Public domain portrait

Gall, Hunkpapa chief, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing loincloth, in front of painted backdrop. 1109 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: D.F. Barry, West Superior, Wis. Attributed to O.S. Goff... More