american indians

Theodor de Bry - [The Englishmen's arrival in Virginia]

Map showing the coast of Virginia with many islands just off the mainland, two Native territories, Secotan and Weapemeoc, and the Native community of Roanoak on an island at the mouth of a river. Illus. in: Wun... More

[Florida Indians, disguised under deerskins, hunting deer]

Native men wearing deerskins while hunting deer. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Shawanese prophet and Tecumseh / Huyot.

Print shows Tenskwatawa, the Shawnee Prophet, and Tecumseh, with other Natives and tipis in the background. Printed below image: (See page 669). Erroneously inscribed on mount: From The romance and tragedy of ... More

Hunting Indians in Florida with blood hounds

A tableau dramatizing the brutal tactics employed by Zachary Taylor as commander of U.S. forces against the Seminole Indians during the Second Seminole War (1835-42). Taylor, on horseback at right, presides ov... More

[Sir Samuel Argall with the Eichodomine Indians, Virginia, 161-]

[Map of Straits of Magellan, showing Patagonian Indians greeting Dutch...

Public domain reproduction of art print, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The Natives of Florida worship the column erected by the commander on ...

Chief Athore with René Laudonnière, commander of the second French expedition to Florida, standing by column erected by Jean Ribaut during first expedition, showing Natives worshiping the column and many offeri... More

John Eliot preaching to the Indians

Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 10, (1856), p. 232. Reference copy in LOT 4709 L.

Spaniards hunting Indians. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Soldiers under command of officers of Don Pedro de Avila chasing and killing Indians, 1519.

Group of Bannock Indians / photographed by W.H. Jackson.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1878 July 6, p. 536. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Cowboys by fire in discussion with Indian chief]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0039). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

A baptism of North American Indians - Mormons posing as the apostles o...

A Mormon baptizing an Indian in front of a group of Indians; photographer with camera in right foreground. Illus. from: Graphic, 1882 Sept. 2, p. 221.

Group portrait of unidentified Native Americans.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of Ute braves and squaws, Colorado, U.S.A.

57343Y U.S. Copyright Office. Title transcribed from item. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Native with dugout canoe-Celilo-Columbia River, 1897 / [Gi]fford, The ...

Indian, possibly Wasco, seated on long canoe. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Little Horse, Og Sioux, three-quarter length portrait, facing right]

60054 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Heyn. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Native Americans - Strikes with Nose

Portrait, half length, facing left. Copyright by Heyn. Photo no. 431. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI (Indians); Shelf.

Jack Red Cloud, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, facing left. Copyright by Heyn. Photo no. 438. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Oglala Sioux Indian; son of Chief Red Cloud. Caption card tracings: Indi... More

[Eddie Plenty Holes, a Sioux Indian, half-length portrait, facing fron...

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

[Sego--Shoshone Indian, half-length portrait, facing left]

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

[Wah-be-git - Ute man, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing ear...

64924 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph by Rose and Hopkins, Denver, Colorado.

Jack Red Cloud [Sioux]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

1/2 length, facing right. 60066 U.S. Copyright Office Photo by Heyn. #110. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indian tribes Sioux; PI (Indians); Shelf.

[First Thanksgiving] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Sioux brave--"Stampede" - Public domain portrait print

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

[Flying Hawk, American Indian] - Public domain portrait print

Flying Hawk, probably a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, half-length portrait, turned right, facing front. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Ser... More

Portrait photo of [Whirling Horse, American Indian]

Whirling Horse, probably a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, half-length portrait, facing front. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service in 196... More

Isleta women - Public domain portrait print

Two Pueblo Indian women posed standing, full-length, New Mexico. Copyright by Adam Clark Vroman, Pasadena, Calif. No. C167.

The old bucks in council, Sioux tribe

Photograph shows four Sioux men in traditional dress with shields and pipe(?) seated in front of tepees. Stamped on left half: Copyrighted by T.W. Ingersoll, 1900. Part of series: American and Foreign Views. No. 3255.

Lee Moorhouse - [Edna Kash-kash, Yakima or Umatilla Indian, from Orego...

D8102 U.S. Copyright Office. WSUNA Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of [American Horse, American Indian]

American Horse and wife, probably members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, half-length portrait, facing slightly right. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplicati... More

[Indians meeting with admiral and officers at stockade]

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Portrait photo of Lee Moorhouse - Albert Barn-hart

Photograph shows Albert Barn-hart, an American Indian man, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing feather headdress and holding club. 10406 U.S. Copyright Office. On back: "Photo by Lee Mo... More

Mounted Sioux going to the council

Stereograph shows Sioux Indians on horseback. No. 3257. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Gray Eagle, bust, facing front]

D14447 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Heyn. #506. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Half lgth., facing left. Sioux warrior. Photoprint copyrighted by J.A. And... More

Willie Holy Frog, Knas-ka-wakan

Photograph shows Dakota performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, posed on horseback. H7860 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 40.

Defiance, three quarter length portrait, portrait of american indian m...

Indian, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right, in native dress. H20890 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.W. Britain, Kalispell, Montana. WSUNA

Edward S. Curtis - Apache Yenin Guy

Half-length portrait of Apache man. H34044 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 884.

[O Che Che, Mohave Indian woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing f...

H36603 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 981.

Edward S. Curtis - A Navaho smile

Photo shows a Navaho woman sitting outside doorway, right hand on cheek, facing front, smiling. H52469 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1020. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). ... More

[Standing Bear, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

H55963 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Gerhard sisters. No. 1. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - [Head-and-shoulders portrait of Navajo woman, facin...

Navajo woman wearing silver squash blossom necklace, concho belt, blanket draped over shoulders. H52460 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1019.

Edward S. Curtis - [In the land of the Sioux]

Three Sioux Indians on horseback facing front by pond on plains. H66968 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1448-05.

Navajo family - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows portrait of Navajo woman, boy, and man taken at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Missouri, 1904. H56696 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted 1905 by Gerhard Sisters, St. Louis, Mo.

March through Tesacod Canyon, Native Americans

Rear view of Navajo Indians on horseback making their way over the sparse, dry, grassy floor of Tesacod Canyon.

The Moqui Indian School, Keams Canon [i.e. Canyon], Arizona

Four people on wagon drawn by horses in foreground, buildings and mountains in background. No. 19.

Feast march ceremony, portrait of american indian man

Several shirtless Apache men, standing with back to camera, wearing feathered headbands, and with body paintings.

Edward S. Curtis - Which Way - Public domain portrait print

Crow Indian, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing headdress and several necklaces. H66939 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1316-05. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Edward S. Curtis - [Winnowing wheat--San Juan]

Tewa Indians, San Juan, New Mexico. H71036 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1773-05. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis... More

Among the Winnebago Indians. Ha-zah-zoch-kah. (Branching Horn)

Ha-zah-zoch-kah (Branching Horns), three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right, holding tomahawk. H61516 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 413.

Edward S. Curtis - Apache still life [A]

Nine containers: baskets, bowls, and jars. H104255 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1950-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Edward S. Curtis - [Pima ki (primitive home), Pima, Arizona]

Shows structure made of arrowbrush and earth, and woman seated by doorway. H101338 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2235-07.

Chief Charlos [sic] - Public domain portrait print

Chief Charlot, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing right, with other men and women on horseback. H96500 U.S. Copyright Office. WSUNA

[Red Elk Woman, a Sioux girl, full-length portrait, seated, facing rig...

H184398 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2587-07. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 3, pl. 97.

Edward S. Curtis - The Parley, portrait of american indian man

Dakota men on horseback, one dismounted. H112944 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2491-08. On verso: Wounded Knee. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Amer... More

Approaching winter--Apsaroke, portrait of american indian man

Two Crow Indians on horseback in shallow stream flanked by snow-covered trees, under rock cliff.

Edward S. Curtis - [Arikara medicine ceremony--the Bears]

Photo shows six men standing in line in front of cedar tree, holding rattles and singing. H118588 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from published source. Curtis no. 2890-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collecti... More

Edward S. Curtis - Sitting Elk--Apsaroke

Sitting Elk, half-length portrait, facing front, holding staff his right hand. H113117 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2789-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: ... More

Two Apache Indian teepees in a hilly landscape in Arizona

H128672 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Fred Harvey, Kansas City. No. 7. No copyright renewal per LC Photoduplication Service.

[American Indians "enjoying the comforts of home"; posed family group ...

Photo copyrighted by W.H. Martin. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Cheyenne male, facing front, hair in wrapped braids, blanket around s...

J150162 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3257-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 6, p. 210.

The meeting / C.M. Russell 1910.

Euro-American man, holding rifle, on horseback, shaking hands with Native American on horseback. K21843 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting. Copyright deposit print.

Edward S. Curtis - Wisham (i.e. Wishran) girl, profile

J150310 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3067-10. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Cur... More

Edward S. Curtis - Joe Russell - Public domain portrait

Piegan man and woman standing in open prairie. J139674 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3111-09. Title taken from item.

Edward S. Curtis - The scout--Nez Percé

Nez Percé man, seated on horse in a rocky area holding coup stick. J150241 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2925-10. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Am... More

Edward S. Curtis - The fire drill--Koskimo

Koskimo man, full-length portrait, seated on ground, facing down, using a fire drill. J197449 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from: The North American Indian. Curtis no. 3542. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Colle... More

The way of the redman Blood of his fathers.

Motion picture poster for "The Way of the Redman" shows a Native American man standing next to a man (Tom Mix) tied to a tree. "Selig drama."

Edward S. Curtis - Hami--Koskimo

Koskimo person wearing full-body fur garment, oversized gloves and mask of Hami ("dangerous thing") during the numhlim ceremony. J197450 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3541. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis ... More

Dewitt Hare [In American Indian headdress]

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

Eskimo, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

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

[Ernest Thompson Seton, with three Blackfeet Indians, demonstrating ho...

J220944 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Haynes, St. Paul. Public domain image of people at the picnic, outdoors,, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Native Americans at White House, Washington, D.C.]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Woman's primitive dress--Tolowa

Ada Lopez Richards, full-length portrait, standing near the shore wearing hat, necklaces, and dress. J262584 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3862. Published in: The North American... More

Edward S. Curtis - Hupa trout trap

Hupa man with spear looking in a fish trap. J262597 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3825. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. ... More

Edward S. Curtis - A Mono home, Native Americans

Wickiup made of brushwood and blankets, burden-baskets and winnowing baskets, Sierra Nevada mountains in background. J270938 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 4151. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (L... More

Hopi snake dance, 5/15/26 - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Drying whale meat--Hooper Bay

Eskimo with whale meat on poles, Hooper Bay, Alaska. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 20, p. 94.

Dennis Wolfe, a full-blooded Cherokee indian in Cherokee, North Caroli...

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

Devils Tower, also known by more benign names, including Bear Lodge, b...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. America's first declared national monument (in 1906), the formation is an "igneous intrusion," formed when molten lava deep beneath th... More

Execution of the thirty-eight Sioux Indians, at Mankato, Minnesota, De...

Print shows the residents of Mankato, Minnesota, gathered to watch the execution of thirty-eight Dakota Indians, who stand on a scaffold with nooses around their necks, separated from the community by rows of s... More

[Florida Indians planting seeds of beans or maize]

Timucua men cultivating a field and Timucua women planting corn or beans. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, secunda in illam nauigatione, duce Renato de Laudōn... More

The Ghost dance by the Ogallala [sic] Sioux at Pine Ridge Agency ... D...

Drawn by Frederic Remington from sketches taken on the spot. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1890 Dec. 6, p. 960-961.

19th century - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Half lgth., facing right; holding wing of large bird. Sioux chief. Photopr... More

Fort Pitt Blockhouse, 25 Penn Avenue, Point State Historic Park, Pitts...

Significance: The structure was erected on the west side of the ramparts of Fort Pitt as greater protection against Indian attacks. It is the only known remaining 18th century building in the Pittsburgh vicinit... More

The first Thanksgiving 1621 / J.L.G. Ferris.

Pilgrims and Natives gather to share meal. K17395 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of oil painting from series: The Pageant of a Nation. No. 6. Copyright by The Foundation Press, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.

Pueblo of Taos Central Portion, Taos Pueblo, Taos County, NM

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1703 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1930 Survey number: HABS NM-102 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000496

Indian pueblo, Zuni, New Mexico

Plate 17. Originally published: Photographs showing landscapes, geological, and other features of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection with geographical and geological... More

Edward S. Curtis - Little Daylight, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Little Daylight, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Curtis no. 275-05. LC no. 66. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Cherokee Phoenix, New Echota, Georgia

Title page of the Cherokee Phoenix from April 10, 1828.

Navajo weavers, Alaska, Native Americans

Three Navajo women weaving and flock of sheep on ledge above. 196386 U.S. Copyright Office. Formerly attributed to William J. Carpenter. Library of Congress copyright registration for this image filed by: Penni... More

Kiva, Nambe Pueblo, Santa Fe County, NM

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

Dwight Mission, Administration Building, Rural Route, Sallisaw, Sequoy...

Significance: The Dwight Mission, founded in Arkansas in 1822, moved with the Cherokee into the new Cherokee Nation in 1839, the time of the removal from the east, and from the areas in Arkansas in which some e... More

Eskimo carrying kayak, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

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

Edward S. Curtis - Two Whistles [A]--Apsaroke, Head and Shoulders Port...

Photograph shows Two Whistles, an Apsaroke man, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, face painted, wearing medicine hawk headdress, buckskin shirt, and shell necklaces. Curtis no. 2686-08. Forms part of... More

Remember Wounded Knee - A book with a picture of a man holding a knife

Poster showing Bobby Onco, a Kiowa, and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), holding up rifle. Photograph was taken after a ceasefire agreement between AIM forces and federal marshals at Wounded Knee, ... More

Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Be...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Native Americans during mathematics class at Indian School, Carlisle,...

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Many nations: A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian and Alaska native peoples of the United State... More

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

Little, Oglala band leader, full-length studio portrait, seated, facing left, wearing horn headdress and holding rifle. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Portage Street, Sault Ste. Marie...

Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Portage Street, Sault Ste. Marie...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description