Indians of North America | LOC's Public Domain Archive collections

251 Media in collection ∙ page 1 of 3

[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

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

[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

[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

[Red Cloud, Oglala division of Lakota, Sioux, head-and-shoulders portr...

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

Chief Pretty Eagle, Crow - Public domain portrait

Half-length portrait, facing front. 63151 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph of painting by E.A. Burbank. Copyright by W. Scott Gardner, Chicago.

[Heebe-tee-tse, Shoshone Indian, 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.

[Mary Red Cloud, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

D12900 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 625. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[White Belly, Indian, half-length portrait, facing right]

D12959 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 642. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Iron White Man, Sioux American Indian]

Iron White Man, probably a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing headdress and a Buffalo Falls Police star-shaped badge. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print... More

[Woopa, a Moqui Indian, Hopi tribe, half-length portrait, facing front...

H23030 U.S. Copyright Office. "Woopa-Moqui" identification adhered to mount. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Gov. Bigheart, Osage Indian, half-length portrait, facing right]

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

[Yaqui matron, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wear...

Photographed in Arizona. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2175-07.

[Chief Standing Bear (possibly Luther Standing Bear) full-length portr...

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

[Hupa mother, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left, hold...

J262592 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3840-A. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 13, pl. 450.

Edward S. Curtis - [Shows As He Goes, half-length portrait]

Edward S. Curtis created this half-length portrait of a young Indian while visiting Apache Indian groups from 1903-1907. The image displays Curtis' remarkable ability to fashion portraits incorporating traditio... More

Edward S. Curtis - [Shows As He Goes, half-length portrait]

[Group portrait of St. Regis Mohawk men and women in costume outside l...

39287 U.S. Copyright Office. From l. to r.: Black Eagle, Jake Paul, Mary Ann Black Eagle, Chief Running Deer, Phillip Big Tree, and Lily Deer. Copyright by W.S. Tanner, Lawrence, Kansas.

Chief Owen Heavy Breast (American Indian)

An old black and white photo of a native man. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Black Horse, head and shoulders portrait, facing right]

No. 532. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - [Native man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing fr...

LC no. 1. Copyright by E.S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Edward S. Curtis - Sings in the Mountains, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Sings in the Mountains, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Curtis no. 216-05. LC no. 54. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

[Lone Tree, an Apsaroke Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing ri...

H113009 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2681-08. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 4, p. 143.

[Ghost Bear, Crow Indian, Montana, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing...

H113003 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2675-08.

A Hopi cornfield, "The man with the hoe"

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

Splendid type of Hopi Indian, Hopi Pueblo, Arizona

Photograph shows a male Hopi Indian, wearing a head band, an earring, necklaces and probably a buckskin jacket. Half length, standing, facing right.

"Little," the instigator of Indian Revolt at Pine Ridge, 1890

Little, Oglala leader, full-length studio portrait seated between two standing Euro-American men; Chris Mathison (?) on left and George Bartlett on right. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms p... More

Edward S. Curtis - Yellow Bull--Nez Percé, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Yellow Bull, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. LC no. 21. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] ... More

Edward S. Curtis - An Acoma man, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portrait of an Acoma man, facing front. LC no. 73. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

[Tah-Lay, Apache? Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, w...

H33844 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 113. Copyright by E.S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Edward S. Curtis - [An Acoma woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facin...

Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). LC no. 75. Public domain photograph - female portrait, the 1900s, mother, grandmother, woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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

[Grant Richards and wife, full-length portraits]

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

Capt. Geo Sword, chief of police with Buffalo Bill's Indians, Pine Rid...

Members of Lakota or Sioux tribe in predominantly traditional dress, posed with police chief in uniform. 10047W U.S. Copyright Office. No. 480.

Rain-In-The-Face. (Sioux Indian) / A. Zeese & Co., Chi.

Rain-In-The-Face, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, in traditional Sioux costume. Copyright 1893 by Place & Coover. Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : Publis... More

[American Indian student, half-length portrait, facing right, taken at...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hopi bridal costume - Public domain portrait print

Hopi woman's bridal wear which includes thick leggings, dark dress and a white blanket draped across her shoulders.

[Eskimo man standing on railroad tracks] - Frank G. Carpenter collecti...

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

[The Red Man (Sioux Indian)] - Public domain portrait print

American Indian man, probably a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, bust portrait, facing front, wrapped in blanket. Title from negative sleeve. Gift, Mina Turner, Käsebier's granddaughter ; 1964.

[Iron White Man, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]

Iron White Man, half-length portrait, facing front. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Half-length portrait of Indian with decorated face, feather and bead ...

H26198(?) U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Yellow Wolf, Nez Percé warrior, half-length portrait, facing left]

H122268 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Wades in Water, Piegan Indian, full-length portrait, seated on floor,...

J139765 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3097-09.

[Chief Big Moon, half-length portrait, facing left]

G46669 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph of painting by Joe Scheuerle. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Daughter of Chief Kamakur, Nez Percé tribe, half-length portrait, fac...

J207489 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by L.V. McWhorter, North Yakima, Wash.

[Baby Lone, Kickapoo medicine man, half-length portrait, facing right,...

No. 12662-S. Photograph by Central News Photo Service. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man in Pomo dance costume, half-length portrait, facing front]

J268403 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 4027. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 14, p. 70.

Edward S. Curtis - Cape Prince of Wales man

Eskimo man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. J299917 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Was... More

Edward S. Curtis - Pretty Paint, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Pretty Paint, Crow man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Curtis no. 215-05. LC no. 53. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Crow Indian Chief, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

An old black and white photo of a native man. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cheyenne Indian Chief, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War t...

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crow Indian Chief, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

An old photo of a man dressed in native clothing. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indian Group. Chief Ouray & Chipeta (Ute Tribe)

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

[Running Horse, half-length portrait, facing slightly right with arms ...

No. 133. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Thomas American Horse, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightl...

60111 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 242. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mary Martin, Indian, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing sl...

D10876 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1817. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Zuni man - Public domain portrait

Zuni man wearing ragged headband and blanket. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A Taos girl, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front]

H70935 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1634-05. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 16, p.54.

Edward S. Curtis - [Alchise, Apache Indian, half-length portrait, left...

H87147 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1914-06.

The Sentinels, Hopi land / Frederick I. Monsen photo.

Two Hopi children, one with bow and arrows, seated on adobe building. H110052 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Yellow Horse--Yanktonai, half-length portrait, standing, facing sligh...

H118519 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 2456-05. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v.... More

[Kashhila--Wishham. Male Chinookan Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait...

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

[Geronimo, half-length portrait, facing front] / photo by A.B. Canady,...

H101720 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[An Apache girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing be...

Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 127. LC no. 86. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Eagle Shirt, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right]

74256 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 371. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ta Wits Nan - Ute, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, wearin...

64929 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 153. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Little Eagle, Indian, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing r...

74227 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 246. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Nez Percé man

Full-length portrait of a Nez Percé man, facing front. 71461 U.S. Copyright Office. LC no. 20. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

[Big Man, half-length portrait, facing front holding decorated shield]

No. 1779. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Paul Moose, Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

D12911 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 643. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Washakie, Chief of Shoshones, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing fro...

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

[Eagle Shirt, Sioux Indian, full-length portrait, facing slightly righ...

4307 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 456. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Navaho man, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Navaho man wrapped in blanket and wearing headband. LC no. 13. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

[Iahla, "Willow", Taos, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

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

Hopi (Moqui) Indian Yu-Kehomia--hostile opposed to education

Half-length portrait, left profile. National Photo Company Collection. No. 3331.

Edward S. Curtis - [The Grizzly Bear, Piegan, half-length portrait, fa...

J150198s U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3232-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 6, p. 20.

Edward S. Curtis - Wishham (i.e., Wishram) girl

Tlakluit woman, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing a heavily beaded buckskin dress, several necklaces, beads, shells, dentalium-shell nose ornament and a headdress of beads and hollow-centered Chinese ... More

[American Indian] Chief Stabbed-By-Mistake

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

[American Indian Chief Two Guns White Calf & Baron Ago Von Maltzen]

Photograph shows Two Guns White Calf (1872-1934) who was Chief of Sihasapa (Blackfeet) Indians with German diplomat Adolf Georg Otto "Ago" von Maltzan (1877-1927). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Edward S. Curtis - A Wailaki man, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Wailaki man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. J268407 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 4023. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Cur... More

[Calvin Coolidge, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, tipping...

National Photo Company Collection. No. 32764. LC-F8-32764 (b&w glass plate neg. - slightly stained)

[Native American chiefs Frank Seelatse and Chief Jimmy Noah Saluskin o...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). In album: v. 1, p. 9, no. 40873. Another copy in LOT 12337-1.

Edward S. Curtis - Que Que Tas, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Native man. Curtis no. 272-05. LC no. 64. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Edward S. Curtis - Weasel Tail--Piegan

Weasel Tail, half-length portrait, facing front, holding tomahawk. Curtis no. 62. LC no. 25. Copyright by Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Americ... 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

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

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

[Three Winnebago men, full-length portraits, seated, facing front] / p...

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

[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

[Battle, no. 2, half-length portrait, facing left; holding feather hea...

No. 394. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Yellow Shirt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Copyright by Heyn. No. 434. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Holy Frog(?) (left) and Big Turnips(?), American Indians]

Holy Frog(?) and Big Turnips (?), probably members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, half-length portrait, one wearing a headdress. Title from mount of corresponding print in LOT 10136. LOT 10136 (location of c... More

[Joseph Two, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

D12895 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 631. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Iron White Man, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]

Iron White Man, half-length portrait, facing front. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service in 1964). Gift, Mina Turner, Käsebier's granddaughter ; 19... More

Portrait of Pocahontas, in the Capitol, Richmond, Virginia

Public domain image of portrait painting, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Dancer, Crow Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

H66935 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1309-05.

Edward S. Curtis - An Acoma man, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Acoma man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Curtis no. 1190-04. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, ... More

The Hopi maiden, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Hopi woman, left profile. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description