Pictures of Native Americans

original caption : Eskimo Mother and Child in Furs, Nome, Alaska ; Bust-length, with Child on Back. Local Identifier : 126-ARA-2-235, National Archives Identifier : 532339 .
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The pictures described in this tilt impersonate Native Americans, their homes, and activities. The images are from the records of 15 Government agencies within the holdings of the still Picture Branch ( RRSS ) of the National Archives and Records Administration. Most are from the records of the Bureau of indian Affairs ( Record Group 75 ), the Army Signal Corps ( Record Group 111 ), the Smithsonian Institution ( Record Group 106 ), and U.S. Geological Survey ( Record Group 57 )

All of the pictures described in the list are either photograph or copies of artworks. Any token not identified as an artwork is a photograph. Whenever available, the mention of the photographer or artist and the date of the detail have been given. This information is followed by the National Archives Identifier act ( NAID ). The selected photograph are in the populace sphere .
The pictures are grouped by subject, like children, dances, fish, games/recreation, etc. english names of individuals have been used, with native or secondary designations in parentheses. Tribal name calling equally specific as possible have been incorporated into the descriptions where known and where allow and an index by tribe follows the list .
Captions for and the terms used to describe the photograph in this list were created at or about the time each persona was made. Consequently, some of the terms used at the prison term may now be considered to be outdated, inaccurate, derogative, disrespectful, or culturally insensitive. national archives and records administration does not alter, edit, or modify original captions, as they are part of the historic record and reflect and document the standard speech, attitudes, and biases at the clock. To learn more about this topic researchers should contact the individual tribal archives, museums, or libraries. For a list, see the National Directory of Tribal Archives, Museums and Libraries .
many photographs relating to Native Americans are not included in this list. separate inquiries for extra images should be angstrom specific as possible, including names, dates, places, and other details. To view more photograph, please visit the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Photographs Finding Aid.

By Subject

Agency Buildings

1. bird’s-eye view of Nez Perce ‘ Agency, Idaho. 1879. National Archives Identifier : 519140, Local Identifier : 75-IP-1-43
2. Sioux indian police lined up on horseback in movement of Pine Ridge Agency buildings, Dakota Territory, August 9, 1882. National Archives Identifier : 519143, Local Identifier : 75-IP-2-19
3. General opinion of buildings, Rocky Boy Agency, Mont. Chippewa Photographed by Walter D. Wilcox, 1936. National Archives Identifier : 519168, Local Identifier : 75-N-ROC-1
4. agency and sutler store, Round Valley Agency, Calif., 1876. National Archives Identifier : 519142, Local Identifier : 75-IP-2-7

Agriculture

original caption : Pumpkins Growing in Front of a Single-Family Zuni Adobe. local Identifier : 106-IN-2384CH, National Archives Identifier : 523778 .
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5. Apaches delivering hay at Fort Apache, Ariz. Photographed by C. A. Merkey. National Archives Identifier : 531124, Local Identifier : 111-SC-104113
6. Navajo hogan and cornfield near Holbrook, Ariz. Photographed by F. A. Ames, 1889. National Archives Identifier : 523554, Local Identifier : 106-FAA-54
7. Navajo women shearing sheep. National Archives Identifier : 530946, Local Identifier : 111-SC-89583
8. Moapariat Paiute charwoman gathering seeds, southern Nevada. Photographed by John K. Hillers, 1873. National Archives Identifier : 517731, Local Identifier : 57-PE-53
9. Pisehedwin, a Potawatomi, and others in presence of his Kansas farm family, 1877. National Archives Identifier : 519145
Local Identifier : 75-IP-3-7
10. Pumpkins growing in front man of a single-family Zuni adobe. Photographed by John K. Hillers, ca. 1879. National Archives Identifier : 523778, Local Identifier : 106-IN-2384CH

Basketwork

master caption : Hopi Woman Weaving a Basket. local Identifier : 79-HPS-6-3275, National Archives Identifier : 520083 .
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11. Apache basketwork collection of Lt. L. P. Davidson, 11th infantry, 1893. National Archives Identifier : 530874, Local Identifier : 111-SC-83484
12. Hopi woman weaving a basket. Photographed by Henry Peabody, ca. 1900. National Archives Identifier : 520083, Local Identifier : 79-HPS-6-3275
13. Papago basketweaver at employment, Arizona. Photographed by H. T. Cory, 1916. National Archives Identifier : 532042, Local Identifier : 115-L-2-32

Beadwork

14. One-Called-From-A-Distance ( Midwewinind ), a Chippewa from White Earth Reservation, Minnesota ; half-length, seated, showing beading sash and vest, 1894. National Archives Identifier : 523834, Local Identifier : 106-INE-1
15. Wolf Necklace ( Harlish Washshomake ), a Paloos foreman ; full-length, resist, wearing a bead necklace and a beaded purse, 1890. National Archives Identifier : 523663, Local Identifier : 106-IN-108
16. chain and swath wampum, ca. 1890. National Archives Identifier : 523577, Local Identifier : 106-IN-18A

Burial Customs

17. indian burying ground. artwork by Maj. 0. Gross, QMC, 1849. National Archives Identifier : 531101, Local Identifier : 111-SC-97367
18. Tree burial of the Oglala Sioux near Fort Laramie, Wyo. National Archives Identifier : 530913, Local Identifier : 111-SC-87740
19. Dakota scaffold burial. artwork by H. C. Yarrow, 1880. National Archives Identifier : 530917, Local Identifier : 111-SC-87776

Camps

20. Great Camp of the Piekanns near Fort McKenzie, Mont. artwork by Karl Bodmer, 1833. National Archives Identifier : 530976, Local Identifier : 111-SC-92844
21. Bird ‘s eye view of Sioux camp at Pine Ridge, S. Dak. Photographed by G. E. Trager, November 28, 1890. National Archives Identifier : 530802, Local Identifier : 111-SC-82381
22. A Wichita camp. Photographed by Henry Peabody, ca. 1904. National Archives Identifier : 520080, Local Identifier : 79-HPS-6-3217

Children

original subtitle : Navajo papoose on a cradleboard with a lamb set about, Window Rock, Arizona. local Identifier : 75-N-NAV-76, National Archives Identifier : 519160 .
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23. Two Apache babies on cradleboards. National Archives Identifier : 530904, Local Identifier : 111-SC-87304
24. Apache boy with grimace and legs painted. Photographed by Ben Wittick. National Archives Identifier : 530899, Local Identifier : 111-SC-85755
25. Chiricahua Apache female child, granddaughter of Cochise ; full-length, seated. Photographed by Ben Wittick, ca. 1886. National Archives Identifier : 530900, Local Identifier : 111-SC-85759
26. Cherokee male child and female child in costume on reservation, North Carolina. Photographed by John K. Hillers, Jr., June 1939. National Archives Identifier : 513344, Local Identifier : 30-N-39-2893B
27. Angelic La Moose, whose grandfather was a flathead head, wearing costume her mother made ; full-length, standing, in presence of a tent, Flathead Reservation, Mont. Photographed by H. T. Cory, September 1913. National Archives Identifier : 519156, Local Identifier : 75-N-FLA-49
28. Lone Bear ( Tar-lo ), a Kiowa, dressed as an osage boy with key stripes on frontal bone ; full-length, seated. Photographed by William S. Soule, 1868-74. National Archives Identifier : 518905, Local Identifier : 75-BAE-1409B
29. Navajo papoose on a cradleboard with a lamb set about, Window Rock, Arizona. Photographed by H. Armstrong Roberts, ca. 1936. National Archives Identifier : 519160, Local Identifier : 75-N-NAV-76

Councils

30. treaty sign by William T. Sherman and the Sioux at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Photographed by Alexander Gardner, 1868. National Archives Identifier : 531079, Local Identifier : 111-SC-95986
31. council of Cheyenne and Arapaho at Seger Colony, Oklahoma, with an agent, 1900. National Archives Identifier : 519188, Local Identifier : 75-SE-5
32. Delegates from 34 tribes in front of Creek Council House, indian Territory ( Oklahoma ), ca. 1880. National Archives Identifier : 519141, Local Identifier : 75-IP-1-49
33. council of Sioux chiefs and leaders that settled the indian wars, Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Photographed by John C. H. Grabill, 1891. National Archives Identifier : 530889, Local Identifier : 111-SC-85684

Crafts

original subtitle : Jesse Cornplanter, descendant of Cornplanter, the celebrated Seneca foreman, making a ceremonial mask, Tonawanda Community House, Tonawanda, New York. local Identifier : 75-N-NEW-50, National Archives Identifier : 519161 .
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34. Jesse Cornplanter, descendant of Cornplanter, the celebrated Seneca head, making a ceremonial mask, Tonawanda Community House, Tonawanda, N.Y. Photographed by Helen Post, 1940. National Archives Identifier : 519161, Local Identifier : 75-N-NEW-50
35. Kidd Smith, Seneca cutter, at cultivate in the Tonawanda Community House. Photographed by Helen Post, 1940. National Archives Identifier : 519162, Local Identifier : 75-N-NEW-52
36. Salvadora Valensuelo, a Mission womanhood, making spike, Pala Mission, Calif. Photographed by Walter D. Wilcox, 1936. National Archives Identifier : 519157, Local Identifier : 75-N-MISS-60
37. Navajo silversmith with examples of his work and tools. Photographed by Ben Wittick, ca. 1880. National Archives Identifier : 518913, Local Identifier : 75-BAE-2421B-6

Dances

38. Arapaho Ghost Dance. artwork by Mary Irvin Wright, ca. 1900, based on photographs by James Mooney. National Archives Identifier : 530915, Local Identifier : 111-SC-87767
39. Eskimo dance orchestra, including drumheads made from whale stomachs, Point Barrow, Alaska. Photographed by Stanley Morgan, 1935. National Archives Identifier : 531119, Local Identifier : 111-SC-103683
40. Hopi women ‘s dance, Oraibi, Ariz. Photographed by John K. Hillers, 1879. National Archives Identifier : 542441, Local Identifier : 391-JKH-6
41. Buffalo dancing of the Mandans. Artwork by Karl Bodmer, 1833-34. National Archives Identifier : 530978, Local Identifier : 111-SC-92847
42. Medicine Man Charlie Turquoise ( third gear from right ) leads a group of Navajo dancers, Fort Wingate, N. Mex. U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, 1941. National Archives Identifier : 531134, Local Identifier : 111-SC-126917
43. Sioux sun dance. artwork by Jules Tavernier and Paul Frenzeny, 1874. National Archives Identifier : 530871, Local Identifier : 111-SC-83156
44. adult foot ‘s ring of Miniconjou Sioux in costume at a dance, Cheyenne River, S. Dak. Photographed by John C. H. Grabill, August 9, 1890. National Archives Identifier : 530888, Local Identifier : 111-SC-85682
45. Masked “ Mud Heads ” prepared to dance ; spectators seated on the upper walls, Zuni Pueblo, N. Mex. Photographed by John K. Hillers, 1879. National Archives Identifier : 523802, Local Identifier : 106-IN-2384FB

Delegations in Washington, D.C.

46. flathead delegating of six and an spokesperson. Photographed by C. M. Bell, 1884. National Archives Identifier : 523866, Local Identifier : 106-INE-31
47. Mandan and Arikara deputation. Six Indians with three escorts, 1874. National Archives Identifier : 523669, Local Identifier : 106-IN-204
48. Oto delegating of five wearing hook necklaces and fur turbans. Photographed by John K. Hillers, January 1881. National Archives Identifier : 523831, Local Identifier : 106-IN-3881B
49. red cloud deputation. Left to right : Red Dog, Little Wound, John Bridgeman ( interpreter ), Red Cloud, American Horse, and Red Shirt. Oglala Sioux, before 1876. National Archives Identifier : 523664, Local Identifier : 106-IN-200
50. large delegating with several agents or other officials on the White House grounds. Mathew Brady Collection photograph, before 1877. National Archives Identifier : 528748, Local Identifier : 111-B-4628

Female Costumes

original caption : Apache bride. local Identifier : 111-SC-85779, National Archives Identifier : 530903 .
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51. Apache bride. National Archives Identifier : 530903, Local Identifier : 111-SC-85779
52. Eskimo mother and child in furs, Nome, Alaska ; bust-length, with child on back. Photographed by H. G. Kaiser, ca. 1915. National Archives Identifier : 520078, Local Identifier : 126-ARA-2-235
53. Havasupai daughter wearing beads and cape ; half-length, seated. Photographed by Henry Peabody, ca. 1900. National Archives Identifier : 520078, Local Identifier : 79-HPS-6-1680
54. Hopi woman dressing hair of unmarried female child. Photographed by Henry Peabody, ca. 1900. National Archives Identifier : 520082, Local Identifier : 79-HPS-6-3274
55. Two Tlingit girls, Tsacotna and Natsanitna, wearing noserings, near Cooper River, Alaska. Miles Brothers photograph, 1903. National Archives Identifier : 524404, Local Identifier : 111-AG-63
56. Two Wichita girls in summer dress. Photographed by William S. Soule, 1870. National Archives Identifier : 520081, Local Identifier : 79-HPS-6-3218

Fishing

57. Indians in North Carolina fish with traps, spears, and nets. artwork by John White, 1885. National Archives Identifier : 535743, Local Identifier : 208-LU-25I-4
58. Johnnie Saux, a Quinaielt, holding a frump salmon, Taholah, Washington. Photographed by Walter D. Wilcox, 1936. National Archives Identifier : 519172, Local Identifier : 75-N-TAH-21
59. A seminole spearing a gar from a dugout canoe, Florida, ca. 1930. National Archives Identifier : 519169, Local Identifier : 75-N-SEM-47
60. A skate from the Swinomish tribal fishtrap, Tulalip Indian Agency, Washington. Photographed by Andrew T. Kelley, 1938. National Archives Identifier : 519174, Local Identifier : 75-N-TUL-14

Food Preparation

61. Arapaho camp with buffalo meat drying near Fort Dodge, Kansas. Photographed by William S. Soule, 1870. National Archives Identifier : 518892, Local Identifier : 75-BAE-48c
62. Salmon drying. Aleut village, Old Harbor, Alaska. Photographed by N. B. Miller, 1889. National Archives Identifier : 513089, Local Identifier : 22-FA-264
63. Paiute woman grinding seeds in doorway of thatch hovel, humble son in foreground. Photographed by John K. Hillers, 1872. National Archives Identifier : 517728, Local Identifier : 57-PE-7
64. Two seminole women cooking cane syrup, Seminole Indian Agency, Florida. Photographed by Gardin, 1941. National Archives Identifier : 519171, Local Identifier : 75-N-SEM-70
65. Two Taos women baking bread in outside oven, New Mexico. Photographed by H. T Cory, 1916. National Archives Identifier : 519166, Local Identifier : 75-N-PU-106

Games and Recreation

66. Paiute children playing game called wolf and deer, northerly Arizona. Photographed by John K. Hillers, October 1872. National Archives Identifier : 517729, Local Identifier : 57-PE-19
67. Four Nuaguntit Paiutes gambling, southwest Nevada. Photographed by John K. Hillers, 1873. National Archives Identifier : 517732, Local Identifier : 57-PE-71
68. Teton Sioux horseraces in front of Fort Pierre, South Dakota. artwork by Karl Bodmer, 1833-34. National Archives Identifier : 530972, Local Identifier : 111-SC-92837

Groups

original caption : Eskimo group. local anesthetic Identifier : 106-IN-3106B, National Archives Identifier : 523820 .
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69. Eskimo group of 11 men, women, and children dressed in fur, Port Clarence, Alaska. Photographed by William Dinwiddie, 1894. National Archives Identifier : 523820, Local Identifier : 106-IN-3106B
70. Knik Chief Nikaly and family near Anchorage, Alaska. Photographed by H. G. Kaiser, ca. 1910. National Archives Identifier : 532338, Local Identifier : 126-ARA-2-231
71. man and charwoman of Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico. Photographed by Ben Wittick. National Archives Identifier : 530898, Local Identifier : 111-SC-85752
72. Winema or Tobey Riddle, a Modoc, standing between an agent and her husband Frank ( on her left ), with four Modoc women in front man. Photographed by Eadweard Muybridge, 1873. National Archives Identifier : 533247, Local Identifier : 165-MM-1624
73. Shoshoni at Fort Washakie, Wyoming. survive photograph of Chief Washakie, who is on the extreme left, standing and pointing, 1892. National Archives Identifier : 530919, Local Identifier : 111-SC-87800
74. Two tlingit women with respective children near the Kotsina River, Alaska. Miles Brothers photograph, 1902. National Archives Identifier : 524407, Local Identifier : 111-AG-73

Homes

original caption : Bannack indians. local anesthetic Identifier : 57-HS-996, National Archives Identifier : 517491 .
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75. Apache rancheria with two men holding rifles. Photographed by Camillus S. Fly. National Archives Identifier : 530902, Local Identifier : 111-SC-85775
76. Family of Bannocks in front of a grass tent, Idaho. Photographed by William H. Jackson, 1872. National Archives Identifier : 517491, Local Identifier : 57-HS-996
77. Summer skin camp with an old Eskimo charwoman in foreground, Point Barrow, Alaska. Photographed by Stanley Morgan, 1935. National Archives Identifier : 531122, Local Identifier : 111-SC-103716
78. Supai Charlie standing in movement of his ha-wa, Havasu Canyon. Photographed by Henry Peabody, ca. 1900. National Archives Identifier : 520079, Local Identifier : 79-HPS-6-1685
79. Dancers ‘ Rock, Walpi, Arizona, part of a Hopi pueblo ; picturing three Hopi people, ladders, and utensils. Photographed by John K. Hillers, 1879. National Archives Identifier : 542440, Local Identifier : 391-JKH-3
80. A Kickapoo wickiup, Sac and Fox Agency, Okla., ca. 1880. National Archives Identifier : 519144, Local Identifier : 75-IP-3-4
81. Interior of a Navajo hogan on a New Mexico reservation. Photographed by D. Griffiths, September 13, 1903. National Archives Identifier : 521045, Local Identifier : 83-FB-2035
82. Joseph Matthews, Osage council penis, generator, historian, and Rhodes scholar, seated at home in movement of his fireplace, Oklahoma. Photographed by Andrew T. Kelley, December 16, 1937. National Archives Identifier : 519163, Local Identifier : 75-N-OS-51
83. The Arrow Maker and his daughter, Kaivavit Paiutes, in front of their home, northerly Arizona. Photographed by Clement Powell, October 4, 1872. National Archives Identifier : 517726, Local Identifier : 57-PE-1
84. pawnee lodges at Loup, Nebraska, with a family standing in battlefront of a lodge entrance. Photographed by William H. Jackson, 1873. National Archives Identifier : 523836, Local Identifier : 106-INE-3
85. Gabe Gobin, an indian lumberman, in movement of his home. Tulalip Reservation, Washington. Photographed by Lee Muck, 1916. National Archives Identifier : 518929, Local Identifier : 75-FA-TUL-2
86. little boastful Mouth, a medicine man, seated in presence of his lodge near Fort Sill, Oklahoma, with medicine base visible from behind the tent. Photographed by William S. Soule, 1869-70. National Archives Identifier : 518908, Local Identifier : 75-BAE-1448D

Hunting

87. Blackfoot Indians chasing buffalo, Three Buttes, Montana. artwork by John M. Stanley, 1853-55. National Archives Identifier : 531080, Local Identifier : 111-SC-96033
88. Eskimos harpooning a whale, Point Barrow, Alaska. Photographed by Stanley Morgan, 1935. National Archives Identifier : 531123, Local Identifier : 111-SC-103737
89. An Uainuint Paiute aiming a plunder, southwestern Utah. Photographed by John K. Hillers, 1873. National Archives Identifier : 517730, Local Identifier : 57-PE-42

Individual Portraits

master subtitle : alone Wolfe ( Guipago ), a Kiowa headman ; half-length, seated. local Identifier : 75-BAE-1382A-3, National Archives Identifier : 518903 .
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90. big foot ( Sitanka ), a Miniconjou Sioux of Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota ; half-length, seated, wearing white shirt. National Archives Identifier : 530916, Local Identifier : 111-SC-87772
91. big Soldier ( Wahktageli ), a Dakota head ; full-length, standing. artwork by Karl Bodmer, May 1833. National Archives Identifier : 530975, Local Identifier : 111-SC-92843
92. Black Beaver, a Delaware born in Illinois in 1808 ; half-length. Photographed by Alexander Gardner, 1872. National Archives Identifier : 519122, Local Identifier : 75-ID-118A
93. Captain Jack ( Kintpuash ), a Modoc subchief, executed October 3, 1873 ; bust-length, guardant. Photographed by Louis Heller, 1873. National Archives Identifier : 533242, Local Identifier : 165-MH-404
94. Crow King, a Hunkpapa Sioux ; half-length, wearing separate of a major ‘s uniform. Photographed by David F.Barry at Fort Buford, North Dakota, ca. 1881. National Archives Identifier : 530814, Local Identifier:111-SC-82525
95. Curley Bear ( Car-io-scuse ), a Blackfoot ( Siksika ) foreman ; half-length, dressed in ermines. Photographed by DeLancey Gill, 1903. National Archives Identifier : 523598, Local Identifier : 106-IN-37

96. Dull Knife ( Tah-me-la-pash-me ), Chief of Northern Cheyennes at Battle of Little Bighorn ; full-length, seated. Halftone of photograph. National Archives Identifier : 530912, Local Identifier : 111-SC-87732
97. Fisher, McKinley, a Chemehuevi employed by the indian Service at Colorado Agency, Arizona ; bust-length, guardant. Photographed by Bennett Thayer, 1957. National Archives Identifier : 519154, Local Identifier : 75-N-CO-2078
98. Four Bears ( Mato-Tope ), a Mandan headman ; full- length, standing, holding spear and wearing a painted and quilled shirt. artwork by Karl Bodmer, 1833-34. National Archives Identifier : 530980, Local Identifier : 111-SC-92849
99. Gall ( Pizi, Gaul ), a Hunkpapa Sioux ; three-quarter- length, seated. holding bow and arrow, Fort Buford, North Dakota. Photographed by David F. Barry, 1881. National Archives Identifier : 530833, Local Identifier : 111-SC-82572
100. George Washington ( Sho-e-tat, Little Boy ), a Caddo born in Louisiana in 1816 ; half-length, guardant. Photographed by Alexander Gardner, 1872. National Archives Identifier : 519106, Local Identifier : 75-ID-110A
101. Geronimo ( Goyathlay ), a Chiricahua Apache ; full-length, kneeling with plunder. Photographed by Ben Wittick, 1887. National Archives Identifier : 530880, Local Identifier : 111-SC-83726
102. Joseph ( Hinmaton-Yalatkit ), Nez Perce’chief ; full- duration, standing. Photographed by William H. Jackson, before 1877. National Archives Identifier : 523670, Local Identifier : 106-IN-205
103. Kicking Bird ( Tene’-angp6te ), a Kiowa headman and grandson of a Crow captive ; three-quarter-length, seated. Photographed by William S. Soule, 1868-74. National Archives Identifier : 518902, Local Identifier : 75-BAE-1381A
104. little Raven ( Hosa, Young Crow ), Head Chief of the Arapaho ; three-quarter-length, seated. Photographed by William S. Soule, 1868-74. National Archives Identifier : 518894, Local Identifier : 75-BAE-148B
105. Lone Wolfe ( Guipago ), a Kiowa chief ; half-length, seated. Photographed by William S. Soule, 1868-74. National Archives Identifier : 518903, Local Identifier : 75-BAE-1382A-3
106. Looking Glass, a Nez Perce ‘ chief, on hogback in front of a tepee. Photograph, 1877. National Archives Identifier : 530914, Local Identifier : 111-SC-87744
107. Manuelito, a Navajo headman ; full-length, seated. artwork by E. A. Burbank. National Archives Identifier : 519158, Local Identifier : 75-N-NAV-A28
108. Milky Way ( Asa Havi, Bird Chief ), a Penateka Comanche ; half-length, seated, holding bow. Photographed by Alexander Gardner, 1872. National Archives Identifier : 519065, Local Identifier : 75-ID-84
109. Miner, Cpl. George, a Winnebago from Tomah, Wisconsin ; standing, with plunder, on guard duty, Niederahren, Germany. Photographed by Lt. Nathaniel L. Dewell, U.S. Army Signal Corps, January 2, 1919. National Archives Identifier : 530786, Local Identifier : 111-SC-48488
110. Nana ( Nanay ), a Chiricahua Apache subchief ; full- length, seated. Photographed by Ben Wittick, ca. 1886. National Archives Identifier : 530800, Local Identifier : 111-SC-82369
111. Oseola ( As-se-he-ho-lor, Black Drink ), a Seminole ; bust-length. artwork by George Catlin, ca. 1837. National Archives Identifier : 530983, Local Identifier : 111-SC-93123
112. Ouray ( the Arrow ), a Southern Ute chief ; bust-length. Artwork. National Archives Identifier : 530849, Local Identifier : 111-SC-82602
113. Pacer ( Peso, Essa-queta ), a Kiowa-Apache chief ; half-length, seated, wearing earrings. Photographed by William S. Soule, 1868-74. National Archives Identifier : 518914, Local Identifier : 75-BAE-2581a
114. Paliwahtiwa, Governor of Zuni ; full-length, seated. Photographed by Ben Wittick. National Archives Identifier : 530901, Local Identifier : 111-SC-85763
115. poison, a Cheyenne charwoman about 100 years previous ; full-length, seated, 1888. National Archives Identifier : 530905, Local Identifier : 111-SC-87328
116. Quanah Parker, a Kwahadi Comanche foreman ; full-length, standing in front of tent. Photographed by Lanney. National Archives Identifier : 530911, Local Identifier : 111-SC-87722
117. rain-in-the-face, a Hunkpapa Sioux ; bust-length, guardant, wearing feather headdress. National Archives Identifier : 530895, Local Identifier : 111-SC-85725
118. red Cloud ( Maqpeya-luta ), Chief of the Oglala Sioux ; full-length, seated, holding cane. National Archives Identifier : 530816, Local Identifier : 111-SC-82537
119. Red Tomahawk, a Yanktonai Sioux policeman at Standing Rock Reservation who may have fired the tear that killed Sitting Bull ; bust-length, wearing hat. Photograph taken at Fort Yates, North Dakota, 1897. National Archives Identifier : 531111, Local Identifier : 111-SC-100552
120. rocky Boy ( Stone Child ), a Chippewa foreman ; three-quarter duration, standing, dressed in flowery costume. National Archives Identifier : 519181, Local Identifier : 75-RA-2-2
121. Scar-faced Charley ( Chikchikam Lupatkue-latko ), a Modoc ; bust-length. Photographed by Louis Heller, 1873. National Archives Identifier : 533243, Local Identifier : 165-MH-410
122. Sharp Nose ( Ta-qua-wi ), a Northern Arapaho chief ; bust-length, guardant, wearing U.S. Army captain ‘s bars, 1884. National Archives Identifier : 530817, Local Identifier : 111-SC-82539A
123. Sitting Bear ( Satank, Set-angya ), a Kiowa headman ; half-length, seated. Photographed by William S. Soule, 1868-74. National Archives Identifier : 518900, Local Identifier : 75-BAE-1375
124. Sitting Bull ( Tatonka-I-Yatanka ), a Hunkpapa Sioux. Photographed by David F.Barry, ca. 1885. National Archives Identifier : 530896, Local Identifier : 111-SC-85728
125. Spotted Tail ( Tshin-tah-las-Kah ), a Brule Sioux foreman ; half-length, seated, profile. Photographed by Alexander Gardner, 1872. National Archives Identifier : 518969, Local Identifier : 75-ID-27
126. Thorpe, James ( Jim ) Francis ( 1882-1953 ), Sauk and Fox from Oklahoma and a celebrated athlete ; full-length, standing, in football uniform of Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, ca. 1909. National Archives Identifier : 519348, Local Identifier : 75-X-2

Curley Bear ( Car-io-scuse ), a Blackfoot ( Siksika ) chief ; half-length, dressed in ermines. Photographed by DeLancey Gill, 1903. local anesthetic Identifier : 106-IN-37, National Archives Identifier : 523598 .
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127. Umapine ( Wakonkonwelasonmi ), a Cayuse headman ; full-length, stand, wearing a feather headdress. Halftone of photograph by Joseph K. Dixon, September 1909. National Archives Identifier : 531112, Local Identifier : 111-SC-100591
128. Winnemucca ( The Giver ), a Paviotso or Paiute headman of western Nevada ; half-length, 1880. National Archives Identifier : 519146, Local Identifier : 75-IP-3-27
129. Washakie ( Shoots-the-Buffalo-Running ), a Shoshoni foreman ; half-length, seated, holding pipe. Halftone of photograph. National Archives Identifier : 530875, Local Identifier : 111-SC-83537
130. White Bear ( Sa-tan-ta ), a Kiowa headman ; full-length, seated, holding bow and arrows. Photographed by William S. Soule, 1869-74. National Archives Identifier : 518901, Local Identifier : 75-BAE-1380A
131. Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses ( Tashun-Kakokipa ), an Oglala Sioux ; standing in front of his hostel, Pine Ridge, S. Dak. Photographed by G.E. Trager, January 17, 1891. National Archives Identifier : 530813, Local Identifier : 111-SC-82521

Male Costumes

132. foreman Powder Face of the Arapaho ; standing full-length, wearing war costume. Photographed by William S. Soule, 1868-74. National Archives Identifier : 520069, Local Identifier : 79-HPS-6-3200
133. Pehriska-Ruhpa ; full-length, standing, in the costume of the Dog Band of the Hidatsa. artwork by Karl Bodmer, 1833-34. National Archives Identifier : 530979, Local Identifier : 111-SC-92848
134. Hopi serviceman having hair dressed by his squaw. National Archives Identifier : 530948, Local Identifier : 111-SC-89625
135. Either Babeshikit, a Kickapoo, or Meraparapa ( Lance ), a Mandan ; portrait, half-length, seated, with white paint on frontal bone and two-feather headdress, 1894, National Archives Identifier : 523854, Local Identifier : 106-INE-20
136. Two Mohave braves dressed in loincloths ; full- duration, standing, western Arizona. Photographed by Timothy O’Sullivan, 1871. National Archives Identifier : 523919, Local Identifier : 106-WA-151
137. chief of the Little Osages ; bust-length, profile showing hair style. artwork by Charles B.J. de Saint-Memin, ca. 1807. National Archives Identifier : 532931, Local Identifier : 148-GW-905
138. Two braves with faces painted. Left to right : Massica, a Sauk, and Wakusasse, a Fox. artwork by Karl Bodmer, 1833-34. National Archives Identifier : 530973, Local Identifier : 111-SC-92841
139. Group of six Zuni men wearing coats and leather boots ; full-length, standing and seated. Photographed by John K. Hillers, 1879. National Archives Identifier : 523634, Local Identifier : 106-IN-81

Pictographs

140. calender of 37 months, 1889-92, kept on a skin by Anko, a Kiowa man, ca. 1895., National Archives Identifier : 523631, Local Identifier : 106-IN-78
141. Tipi depicitng battles between Kiowas and U.S. soldiers, ca. 1895. National Archives Identifier : 523627, Local Identifier : 106-IN-75
142. animal skin with pictorial history of Shoshoni chief Wahakie ‘s combats. National Archives Identifier : 530876, Local Identifier : 111-SC-83538
143. Prehistoric pictograph on sand rocks, Adamana, Arizona. Photographed by D. Griffiths, August 1903. National Archives Identifier : 521044, Local Identifier : 83-FB-1902

Pottery

original caption : Indians of Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, making pottery. local Identifier : 75-N-PU-40, National Archives Identifier : 519165 .
see in National Archives Catalog
144. pottery in the interior of an Acoma dwelling, New Mexico. photographed by Henry Peabody, ca. 1900. National Archives Identifier : 520077, Local Identifier : 79-HPS-6-1563
145. Nampeyo, Hopi potterymaker, seated, with examples of her knead. Photographed by Henry Peabody, ca. 1900. National Archives Identifier : 520084, Local Identifier : 79-HPS-6-3277
146. Indians of Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, making pottery. Photographed by H. T. Corey, 1916. National Archives Identifier : 519165, Local Identifier : 75-N-PU-40

Prisoners

147. apache prisoners at Fort Bowie, Arizona. Baker and Johnson photograph, ca. 1884. National Archives Identifier : 530907, Local Identifier : 111-SC-87343
148. Chiricahua Apache prisoners, including Geronimo ( first row, third from good ), seated on an embankment outside their railroad car, Arizona. Photographed by J. McDonald, 1886. National Archives Identifier : 530797, Local Identifier : 111-SC-82320
149. Eight Crow prisoners under guard duty at Crow representation, Montana. Photographed 1887. National Archives Identifier : 531126, Local Identifier : 111-SC-104130

School Activities

150. Daisy Pino, an Acoma daughter, during on-the-job prepare at Brown ‘s Cafe, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photographed by Henry Kyllingstad, April 18, 1951. National Archives Identifier : 519153, Local Identifier : 75-N-ALB-6
151. Mary Parker, a young Seminole girl, using sewing car at the Brighton Day School on the Glades County Reservation, Fla. Photographed by Alexander, 1941. National Archives Identifier : 519170, Local Identifier : 75-N-SEM-60
152. Sioux boys as they were dressed on arrival at the Carlisle amerind School, Pennsylvania. Photographed by J. N. Choate, October 5, 1879. National Archives Identifier : 519135, Local Identifier : 75-IP-1-4A
153. Group of Omaa boys in cadet uniforms, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania. Photographed by J. N. Choate, ca. 1880. National Archives Identifier : 519136, Local Identifier : 75-IP-1-10
154. Boys and girls conducting physics experiments, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, ca. 1915. National Archives Identifier : 599683 and 518926, Local Identifier : 75-EXC-6D
155. Carlisle indian School Band seated on steps of a school build up, Carlisle, Pa. Photographed by Gustave Hensel, 1915. National Archives Identifier : 518927, Local Identifier : 75-EXC-7
156. Students in cadet uniforms in front man of the buildings, indian training school, Forest Grove, Oreg. Photographed by Davidson, 1882. National Archives Identifier : 519137, Local Identifier : 75-IP-1-20
157. class in blacksmithing, Forest Grove School, Oregon. Photographed by Davidson, 1882. National Archives Identifier : 519138, Local Identifier : 75-IP-1-23
158. Football team on the field, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kans., 1914. National Archives Identifier : 519149, Local Identifier : 75-L-3D
159. Girls ‘ shorthand class, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kans. Photographed by Squires, ca. 1910. National Archives Identifier : 518924, Local Identifier : 75-EXH-1D
160. Girls at Isleta Day School in a tug of war, Albu- querque, N. Mex. Photographed by Sekaer, 1940. National Archives Identifier : 519167, Local Identifier : 75-N-PU-464
161. Art class, Phoenix Indian School, Arizona. Photographed by Messinger, June 1900. National Archives Identifier : 518923, Local Identifier : 75-EXP-1D
162. fiddling girl praying beside their beds, Phoenix Indian School, Arizona. Photographed by Messinger, June 1900. National Archives Identifier : 518925, Local Identifier : 75-EXP-2B
163. Students branding cattle at Seger Colony School, Oklahoma, ca. 1900. National Archives Identifier : 519189, Local Identifier : 75-SE-32B

Scouts for the Army

164. Apache scouts drilling with rifles, Fort Wingate, New Mexico. National Archives Identifier : 530918, Local Identifier : 111-SC-87797
165. Bloody Knife, Custer ‘s lookout, on Yellowstone Expedition. Photographed by William R. Pywell, 1873. National Archives Identifier : 524373, Local Identifier : 106-YX-84
166. Peaches ( Tsoe ), a White Mountain Apache scout ; full-length, holding rifle. Photographed by Ben Wittick, ca. 1885. National Archives Identifier : 530799, Local Identifier : 111-SC-82346
167. Curley, Crow scout for Custer at Little Bighorn ; bust-length. Photographed by David F. Barry, ca. 1876. National Archives Identifier : 533090, Local Identifier : 165-AI-51
168. Rabbit-Tail, Shoshone penis of Captain Ray ‘s lookout company ; half-length, seated, with bracelets and ornament vest. National Archives Identifier : 530920, Local Identifier : 111-SC-87802
169. strong spring scouts, Lava Beds, Calif. ; their leader, Donald McKay, is leaning against rock. Photographed by Eadweard Muybridge, 1873. National Archives Identifier : 533246, Local Identifier : 165-MM-1623

Transportation

170. Six Eskimos standing beside native skinboat ( umiak ) on sled, Point Barrow, Alaska. Photographed by Stanley Morgan, 1935. National Archives Identifier : 531120, Local Identifier : 111-SC-103684
171. Frank Tlyasman, a Quinaielt, in his fresh dugout canoe, Taholah, Wash. Photographed by Walter D. Wilcox, 1936. National Archives Identifier : 519173, Local Identifier : 75-N-TAH-26
172. A Blackfoot on hogback, with a plunder. artwork by Karl Bodmer, 1833-34. National Archives Identifier : 530974, Local Identifier : 111-SC-92842
173. Uinta Ute warrior and his bride on horseback, northwestern Utah. Photographed by John K. Hillers, 1874. National Archives Identifier : 517733, Local Identifier : 57-PE-110
174. Stump Horn and family ( Southern Cheyenne ) ; showing home and horsedrawn travois. Photographed by Christian Barthelmess, 1890. National Archives Identifier : 523855, Local Identifier : 106-INE-21
175. An indian village on the act. artwork by Charles M. Russell, 1905. National Archives Identifier : 530815, Local Identifier : 111-SC-82531

Villages

original caption : The village of Pomeioc, North Carolina. local anesthetic Identifier : 208-LU-251-7, National Archives Identifier : 535753 .
watch in National Archives Catalog
176. Acoma Pueblo and its reflection in a pool of water, New Mexico. Photographed by Ansel Adams, 1941-42. National Archives Identifier : 519831, Local Identifier : 79-AAA-1
177. The greenwich village of Pomeioc, N.C. artwork by John White, 1885. National Archives Identifier : 535753, Local Identifier : 208-LU-251-7
178. Winter greenwich village of the Manitaries ( Hidatsa ) in Dakota Territory. artwork by Karl Bodmer, 1833-34. National Archives Identifier : 530977, Local Identifier : 111-SC-92845
179. A general opinion of the Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico. Photographed by John K. Hillers, 1879. National Archives Identifier : 542443, Local Identifier : 391-JKH-10
180. Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, with mountains in the background. Photographed by Ansel Adams, 1941. National Archives Identifier : 519984, Local Identifier : 79-AAQ-2
181. first base terrace of Zuni, New Mexico, showing ladders and utensils. Photographed by John K. Hillers, 1879. National Archives Identifier : 542442, Local Identifier : 391-JKH-9

Weapons

182. San Juan, a Mescalero Apache head ; standing, full-length, holding a spear and shield. National Archives Identifier : 530798, Local Identifier : 111-SC-82324

original caption : San Juan, a Mescalero Apache foreman ; stand, full-length, holding a spear and shield. local Identifier : 111-SC-82324, National Archives Identifier : 530798 .
view in National Archives Catalog
183. Simiguluk, an Eskimo spear and lancemaker with his wares, Point Barrow, Alaska. Photographed by Stanley Morgan. 1935. National Archives Identifier : 531121, Local Identifier : 111-SC-103706
184. A paiute drawing his bow and arrow ; two others in gay costume. Photographed by John K. Hillers, October 1872. National Archives Identifier : 517727, Local Identifier : 57-PE-4
185. indian relics ( by and large arrowheads ) found on the Enchanted Mesa, June 22, 1898. Photographed by Henry Peabody, ca. 1900. National Archives Identifier : 520076, Local Identifier : 79-HPS-6-1553

Weaving

186. Hopi man weaving a across-the-board ; with back to camera and holding a wooden sley in both hands. Photographed by John K. Hillers, 1879. National Archives Identifier : 519159, Local Identifier : 106-IN-2435b
187. Navajo weaver spinning wool into yarn ; full- length, seated, with a loom behind her, Torre’on, New Mexico. Photographed by Milton Snow. National Archives Identifier : 76018299, Local Identifier : 75-N-NAV-T4
188. Navajo syndicate group in Canyon de Chelle, New Mexico Territory ; womanhood weaving at brood, world holding bow and arrow. Photographed by Timothy H. O’Sullivan, 1873. National Archives Identifier : 524256, Local Identifier : 106-WB-305
189. We-Wa, a Zuni man dressed as a woman, weaving a belt on a shank loom with reed heddle. Photographed by John K. Hillers, 1879. National Archives Identifier : 523797, Local Identifier : 106-IN-2384DA

World War II Activities

190. Lt. Woody J. Cochran holding a japanese flag, New Guinea. A cherokee from Oklahoma and a bomber fly, Lieutenant Cochran earned the Silver Star, Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, and Air Medal. April 1, 1943. National Archives Identifier : 519155, Local Identifier : 75-N-FIVE-148
191. Lt. Ernest Childers, a Creek, being congratulated by Gen. Jacob L. Devers after receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor in Italy for wiping out two machinegun nests. U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, July 13, 1944. National Archives Identifier : 535783, Local Identifier : 208-N-24772
192. Dan Waupoose, a Menomini chief ; full-length, kneeling with a plunder and wearing a feather headdress, Algiers, La. U.S. Navy photograph, August 24, 1943. National Archives Identifier : 520636, Local Identifier : 80-G-153531
193. Pfc. Ira H. Hayes, a Pima, at age 19, quick to jump, Marine Corps Paratroop School. One of the four Marines in the lwo Jima flag-raising photograph. U.S. Marine Corps photograph, 1943. National Archives Identifier : 519164, Local Identifier : 75-N-PIM-33
194. Three Marine Corps women reservists, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Left to right : Minnie Spotted Wolf ( Blackfoot ), Celia Mix ( Potawatomi ), and Viola Eastman ( Chippewa ). U.S. Marine Corps photograph, October 16, 1943. National Archives Identifier : 535876, Local Identifier : 208-NS-4350-2

Index by Tribe

For a list of records throughout all of the National Archives related to specific Tribal Nations please visit the Bureau of Indian Affairs find aid .
Acoma, 144, 150, 176
Apache, 5, 11, 23-25, 51, 75, 101, 110, 147-48, 164- 66, 182
Arapaho, 31, 38, 61, 104, 122, 132
Arikara, 47
Bannock,76
Blackfoot, 20, 87, 95, 172, 194
Caddo,100
Cayuse,127
Chemehuevi, 97
Cherokee, 26, 190
Cheyenne, 31, 96, 115, 174
Chippewa, 3, 14, 120, 194
Comanche, 108, 116
Creek, 32, 191
Crow, 103, 149, 167
Dakota, see Sioux
Delaware, 92
Eskimo, 39, 52, 62, 69, 77, 88, 170, 183
Flathead, 27, 46
Fox, see Sauk and Fox
Havasupai, 53, 78
Hidatsa, 133, 178
Hopi, 12, 40, 54, 79, 134, 145, 186
Isleta, 160
Kickapoo, 80, 135
Kiowa, 28, 103, 105, 123, 130, 140-41
Kiowa-Apache, 113
Knik, 70
Laguna,71,179
Mandan, 41, 47, 98, 135
Manitari, see Hidatsa
Menomini, 192
Mission, 36
Modoc, 72, 93, 121
Mohave, 136
Navajo, 6-7, 29, 37, 42, 81, 107, 187-88
Nez Perce, 1, 102, 106
Ojibway, see Chippewa
Omaha, 153
Osage, 28, 82, 137
Oto, 48
Paiute, 8, 63, 66-67, 83, 89, 128, 184
Paloos, 15
Papago,13
Paviotso, 128
Pawnee, 84
Pima, 193
Potawatomi, 9, 194
Pueblo, see name of individual Pueblo
Quinaielt, 58, 171
Salish, see flathead
Santa Clara, 146
Sauk and Fox, 126, 138
Seminole, 59, 64, 111, 151
Seneca,34-35
Shoshoni, 73, 129, 142, 16
Siksika, see Blackfoot
Sioux, 2, 18-19, 21, 30, 33, 43-44, 49, 68, 90-91, 94, 99, 117-19, 124-25, 131, 152
Swinomish, 60
Taos, 65, 180
Tlingit, 55, 74
Ute, 112, 173
Warm Spring, 169
Wichita, 22, 56
Winnebago,109
Zuni, 10, 45, 114, 139, 181, 189

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