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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

[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

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.

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

[Grant Richards and wife, full-length portraits]

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

View of "Montezuma's Castle," 3 miles north of Fort Verde, Arizona, s...

No. 11. Edgar A. Mearns Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of [Samuel American Horse, American Indian]

Samuel American Horse, probably a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing breastplate. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Pho... More

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.

Scout Mobiel, in Kiowa war time costume

Elk Tongue (Scout Mobiel?), wearing war bonnet while carrying shield and bow, on horseback, facing right. 32676W U.S. Copyright Office.

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

Lee Moorhouse - Alompum and Tax-a-Iax, b. 1898. Twin grandnieces of Ch...

Photograph shows Alompum and Tax-a-Iax, twin grandnieces of Chief Joseph, full-length portrait, facing front, wrapped and held in craddelboards. On front: "Copyrighted 1898 by Lee Moorhouse." Copyrighted 1898 ... More

Native Americans - Little Horse

Photo by Heyn. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Ground Spider, half-length portrait, facing right]

60090 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Heyn. #197. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Shot in the Eye, full portrait, facing right]

74245 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Heyn. #168. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The Belle of the Yakimas / La Roche, Seattle, Wash.

Half-length portrait of young Indian woman, seated, facing front. 69038 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1300.

One of the drummers for Eskimo dance - 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.

Carrying the snakes. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Pueblo Indians at snake dance, New Mexico. D19810 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Adam Clark Vroman.

Goose Face, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, facing right. Copyright by Heyn. Photo no. 633. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI (Indians); Shelf.

[Amos Little, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]

Amos Little, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing breastplate. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service in 1964). Gift, Mina Turner, Käsebier's ... More

[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.

Eskimo school children, 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.

Portrait photo of Bashful - Public domain portrait print

Five young women pueblo Indians, Arizona. D19818 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Adam Clark Vroman. No. D152.

Native Americans - Chief American Horse

Portrait, three quarters length, facing left. Copyright by Heyn and Matzen. Photo no. 695. Oglala Sioux Chief. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indians of Nort... More

Kings Island native, 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.

[Eskimo women], 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.

[Has No Horses, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]

Has No Horses, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing breastplate. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service in 1964). Gift, Mina Turner, Käsebier'... More

[Tasunki Witko and three women outside tepee]

D12825 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1073. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lee Moorhouse - Chief Peo, No. 3

Photograph shows Chief Peo, an Umatilla Indian man, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. 3990 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted Feb. 15, 1900 by Lee Moorhouse. On back: "Photo by Lee Moorhouse." WSUNA

[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.

Portrait photograph of Wah Shem gah?, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Eggelston squaw and papoose / Samuels & Mays, Meeker, Colo.

H22763 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8. Title transcribed from item. Copyright by Samuels and Mays.

Maria André and Maria Sophine, Pueblo of Isleta, N.,M.

Photograph shows two young Native American women, one with a baby on her back, holding bowls of small baskets(?). Copyright by Detroit Photographic Co. No. 014434. Forms part of the Detroit Publishing Company ... More

Apache girl with basket - Public domain portrait print

H20635 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Zuni girl - Public domain portrait print

Three-quarter length portrait of Zuni girl peering around building. H34031 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 825.

Edward S. Curtis - An Ostoho Cow Boy--Apache

Half-length portrait, facing front. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 897.

Edward S. Curtis - [A corner of Zuni]

Adobe buildings and Indians. H37675 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by E.S. Curtis. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 808. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : E... More

Primitive artists--Indian women decorating pottery, Hopi Reservation, ...

Four Hopi women, two are decorating pottery and two, with squash-blossom hairstyles, are standing in the background. H29839 U.S. Copyright Office. Title transcribed from item. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood... More

Terrace Homes of Hopi Indians--street scene in Oraibi, Hopi Reservatio...

H29831 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Ariz. Oraibi; Indians Reservations; Indi... More

[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

Edward S. Curtis - Many Goat's son, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and shoulders portrait of Navajo boy, facing front, blanket wrapped around him. H52453 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. X992.

Portrait photo of Six little Arctic natives, Alaska

Three Eskimo girls holding puppies. H50936 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Frank H. Nowell, Nome.

"The Destiny of the Red Man," a striking group in the Sunken Gardens, ...

H61007 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8564. Public domain photograph of sculpture, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - At the old well of Acoma

Photo shows an Acoma girl, seated on rock, watching as another girl fills a pottery vessel with water from a pool. H53280 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1165. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Lib... More

Chief Red Shirt - Public domain portrait print

Ogilasa, also known as Red Shirt (Lakota), half-length portrait, facing right, wearing native dress, a President Grant peace medal, and holding tomahawk. (Source: Wild west shows and the images of American Indi... More

A Malamut Camp on the Yukon, Alaska

Two children in right foreground, in front of tent; large boat in background. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 21019.

Edward S. Curtis - A Santa Clara man (Frost Moving)

Oyegi-a ye (Frost Moving), a Tewa Pueblo Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. H71058 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1798-05. Name on verso: Oyaygeh-O-Ouyeh. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Coll... More

Edward S. Curtis - A swap, portrait of american indian man

Crow men on horseback apparently involved in an exchange. H66918 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1273-05. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Edward S. Curtis - Babe and parent

Half-length portrait of mother and child facing front. H70953 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. X1653-05.

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Jicarilla type

Half-length portrait of Jicarilla young woman. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1265-04.

Edward S. Curtis - Apsaroke War Group. Book illustration from Library ...

Print shows three Crow Indians, Uphaw, Which Way, and Packs The Hat, on horseback. H66952 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1364-05. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published ... More

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Navaho child

H52436 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1015.

Pomo family - Public domain portrait print

Pomo man and woman with baby and dog. 65692 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Rena B. Shattuck, Ukiah, California.

Edward S. Curtis - PioPio-Maksmaks--Wallawalla

Curtis no. 236-05. LC no. 59. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, Suppl. v... More

Edward S. Curtis - The Talk, Native Americans

Three Crow men, seated in rocky area with low growing shrubs, their horses rest nearby. H66922 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1281-05. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Edward S. Curtis - On the housetop--Hopi

Photo shows women seated and standing on pueblo buildings. H87185 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from caption card and item. Curtis no. 1974-06. On verso: Hopi life. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Li... More

Edward S. Curtis - Mizheh and babe

Apache woman, at base of tree, holding infant in cradleboard in her lap. H87139 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1906-06. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Tsahizn Tseh

Tsahizn Tseh, bust portrait, facing front, with a bandana covering his head. H87113 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1879-06. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Home of Chief Ko-Teth Sha-Doc, Ketchikan, Alaska

Exterior view of home with killer whale motif painted on the front and a totem pole in front of the building. H74696 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph by Charles Clenton Page, Juneau, Alaska. Copyright 1906 by... More

Edward S. Curtis - Lucille - Public domain portrait print

Young Native American woman, half-length, portrait, standing, facing front. 104410 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2599-07.

Edward S. Curtis - War preparation, portrait of american indian man

Several Sioux men on horseback gather outside a tipi. H104382 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 2571-07.

Edward S. Curtis - Pima Ki, Native Americans

Pima Indian kneeling outside ki, or roundhouse, on barren land, mountains in background. H99636 U.S. Copyright Office. On verso: Pima Kee (Ki), Pima, Arizona. Curtis no. 2399-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curt... More

Edward S. Curtis - Hollow Horn Bear--Brulé

Hollow Horn Bear, bust portrait, facing front. H104298 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2465-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edwa... More

Edward S. Curtis - The offering--Hu Kalowa Pi ceremony

Teton Indian, Slow Bull(?), holding pipe(?) on skull of bison. H104324 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2511-07.

[The Sentinel], portrait of american indian man

Silhovette of Indian on horseback with tepee in background. Copyright by Richard Throssel.

Edward S. Curtis - Antelope Ruin, Cañon del Muerto--Navaho

Antelope House is an ancient pueblo named for nearby Navajo drawings in the Canyon de Chelly. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2072-07.

Edward S. Curtis - Bird on High Land, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man. H118039 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2711-08.

Squaw dance Pine Ridge S.D. / photo made by S.D. Butcher & Son, Kearne...

Photograph shows a group of Sioux women, standing in the background, facing front, wearing headdresses, and a group of Sioux women sitting in the foreground turned away from the viewer; in the middle distance a... More

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Arikara chief

Photograph shows Sitting Bear, an Arikara chief, in full regalia, with a medallion around his neck. The medallion appears to bear the image of Millard Fillmore and the words: ... President of the United States... More

Edward S. Curtis - In camp, Native Americans

Two Dakota Sioux Indians cutting meat and drying it on poles. H118522 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. X2459-08. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattl... More

Edward S. Curtis - Lies Sideway, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man. H113038 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2710-08.

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Arikara girl

H118599 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2901-08. 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 - On the war path--Atsina

Small band of Atsina men on horseback, some carrying staffs with feathers, one wearing a war bonnet. H118610 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2938-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Con... More

Edward S. Curtis - Hidatsa mother, Native American woman portrait

Hidatsa Indian woman posed, half-length, facing left, carrying child on her back. "Mrs. Good Bear" on verso. No. 2805-08. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S.... More

Das-Luca, Skro-Kit, Shus-El-Day: White Mountain Apaches

Three White Mountain Apaches posed with rifles. H123815 U.S. Copyright Office No. 102.

Edward S. Curtis - Wife of Mnainak--Yakima

Yakima woman, half-length portrait, facing front. J139767 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress) Curtis no. 3060-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis.... More

Jones on Silver City [bucking bronco], Cheyenne Frontier Days

Photo copyrighted by the Union Pacific R.R. Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cattle; Cowboys Misc.; Cowboys Broncos; PI(2); Shelf.

Edward S. Curtis - Gathering seaweed--Clayoquot

Two Clayoquot Indians with baskets at body of water. J150193 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress) Curtis no. 3333-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curt... More

Indian baking bread, New Mexico

Photograph shows Indian woman either putting bread into or taking it out of outdoor oven.

Edward S. Curtis - Evening on Flathead Lake

Canoe pulled ashore on rocky banks of Flathead Lake, Montana. J139657 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3196-10. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Americ... More

Edward S. Curtis - A Kwakiutl canoe

Three people in canoe with sail(?), British Columbia. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3339-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v... More

Edward S. Curtis - Wisham female type (front), Head and Shoulders Port...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Tlakluit Indian woman, with bone in nose, facing front, Washington state. J150307 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. X3069-10. Published in: The North ... More

Edward S. Curtis - On Quamichan Lake

Quamichan woman paddles canoe near rushes at river's edge. J150265 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3336-10. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Flathead mother

Flathead woman standing by tree holding baby in cradleboard in front of her. J139743 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress) Curtis no. 3176-10. On verso: Salish mother. Publish... More

Edward S. Curtis - Petroglyphs--Wishham

J139777 U.S. Copyright Office. Title on verso: Wishham pictographs. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 3016-09. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, W... More

Edward S. Curtis - The chief's daughter

Kwakiutl woman, full-length portrait, seated on a blanket-covered board supported by two wooden carved images representing her slaves, facing front, wearing a hat with metal(?) ornaments, very large earrings an... More

Edward S. Curtis - Flathead camp on the Jocko River

Men and women gathered near tipis in woods, Rocky Mountains in background. J139737 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3152-10. On verso: Salish camp on the Jocko River. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection... More

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

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

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

Tlakluit man, standing at the end of frame platform, holding fishing net containing fish caught in a natural rock weir below. J139773 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3013-09. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis C... More

Makah Indian basket weavers, Native American woman portrait

J151806 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of U.S. Census taking--Wisconsin Indians

Man seated, taking U.S. Census, and four Winnebago Indians standing, in front of tent. J150353 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Hocking Bros., Waupaca, Wis.

Indians on dress parade, "The Round-Up", Pendleton, Ore., 1911

J160451 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Marcell; September 26, 1911; DLC/PP-1911:44357. Copyright claimant's address: Portland.

The Canyon - Public domain monumental decor print

Two Native Americans looking over the edge of a cliff. J175114 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Roland W. Reed. Published under title: Song of the Canyon.

Sacajawea [sic] Monument in City Park, Portland, Oregon. Statue by Ali...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Edward S. Curtis - Silto, Quilliute, (front), Head and Shoulders Portr...

Silto, Quileute man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. J182536 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3441-12. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Amer... More

Blood camp, Native American woman portrait

Woman walking among painted tipis. Public domain photograph of indigenous native people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Tlahleelis--Koprino, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Tlahleelis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. J197438 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3530. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian /... More

Indian baby carriage, Native American woman portrait

Navajo woman carrying papoose on her back. 196384 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph copyrighted by Pennington (William M.) and Rowland (Wesley R.), 1914.

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancers--Qagyuhl

During the winter ceremony, Kwakiutl dancers wearing masks and costumes, crouch in foreground with others behind them. The chief on the far left holds a speaker's staff. Three totem poles in background. J197470... More

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