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![[Four Nez Percé Indians, dressed for dance, on Colville Indian Reservation]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvZm91ci1uZXotcGVyY2UtaW5kaWFucy1kcmVzc2VkLWZvci1kYW5jZS1vbi1jb2x2aWxsZS1pbmRpYW4tcmVzZXJ2YXRpb24tZGJhZjVjLTEwMjQuanBn/320/405/jpg "[Four Nez Percé Indians, dressed for dance, on Colville Indian Reservation]")
![[Chief Little Wound in council with other Indians, wearing feather headdresses]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDIvY2hpZWYtbGl0dGxlLXdvdW5kLWluLWNvdW5jaWwtd2l0aC1vdGhlci1pbmRpYW5zLXdlYXJpbmctZmVhdGhlci1oZWFkZHJlc3Nlcy1hMjRiMGYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Chief Little Wound in council with other Indians, wearing feather headdresses]")
![[Alaskan Indians in old dancing costumes: "Potlatch dancer, Klinquon"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDEvMDEvMDEvYWxhc2thbi1pbmRpYW5zLWluLW9sZC1kYW5jaW5nLWNvc3R1bWVzLXBvdGxhdGNoLWRhbmNlci1rbGlucXVvbi02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "[Alaskan Indians in old dancing costumes: \"Potlatch dancer, Klinquon\"]")
![Frederic Remington - [An Indian dance], portrait of american indian man](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvYW4taW5kaWFuLWRhbmNlLTNkY2RkNy02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "Frederic Remington - [An Indian dance], portrait of american indian man")
![[Three Eagles, a Nez Percé Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvdGhyZWUtZWFnbGVzLWEtbmV6LXBlcmNlLWluZGlhbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Three Eagles, a Nez Percé Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]")
![[Navajo Indian ceremony of 9-day chant, Arizona]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvbmF2YWpvLWluZGlhbi1jZXJlbW9ueS1vZi05LWRheS1jaGFudC1hcml6b25hLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[Navajo Indian ceremony of 9-day chant, Arizona]")
![Edward S. Curtis - [Zuni Indian bead worker drilling holes in beads]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTQvenVuaS1pbmRpYW4tYmVhZC13b3JrZXItZHJpbGxpbmctaG9sZXMtaW4tYmVhZHMtMjA5NGNkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/52/webp "Edward S. Curtis - [Zuni Indian bead worker drilling holes in beads]")
