indians of north america

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

[An old man in his winter clothes] / T.B.

An aged Native man from Pomeiock, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing winter garment; landscape scene with village in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Geleg... More

[Indian seated in hut] - Public domain book illustration

Illus. in: America. Edited by Theodor de Bry. Franckfort am Mayn : Gedruckt bey J. Wechel, in Verlegung d. Bry, 1590, plate 21.

[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Ind...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 56. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Johannes Staden goes to war with the Indians

Indians cooking, eating, relaxing, etc. Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, part 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 52. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Captio... 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

DCM 0683: Anonymous, North American Indian Whistle Flute

DCM ledger: "California, Sacramento County." Instrument type: Whistle Flute Medium: Bone.; 11 mm. Key Holes System: Appears to have a fipple aperture and 2 fingerholes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E.... More

DCM 0886: Anonymous, North American Indian (Jicarilla Apache) Courting...

DCM ledger: "Jicarilla Apache, near Santa Fe." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Wood, lightly stained red. Wood flue cover, lead flue plate. Leather thongs.; 41.6 cm. Key Holes ... More

DCM 0566: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Whistle

DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Bone.; 10.9 mm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 20 Jan. 1926. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library o... More

DCM 0847: Anonymous, North American Indian (Winnebago) Courting Flute ...

DCM ledger: "American Indian, Winnebago." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Tube, including integral mouthpiece, of unidentified wood. Lead bands, carved walnut flue cover, lead f... More

DCM 0775: Anonymous, North American Indian (Yurok) Flute(?)

DCM ledger: "American Indian, Yurok, California." There are 3 roughly equally spaced holes made by cutting deep notches at each point, but neither end appears to facilitate the required sound-producing edge. If... More

DCM 0755: Anonymous, North American Indian (Pawnee) Vertical Whistle F...

DCM ledger: "Pawnee." Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Unidentified bone (DCM ledger: "Turkey or eagle"), with loop of skin with brown fur attached, likely meant to be a neck strap.; 19.4 cm. Ke... More

DCM 0868: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle (Duct Flute)

DCM ledger: "Totonac Indian, from Panuco, Vera Cruz." Instrument type: Whistle (Duct Flute) Medium: Terracotta.; 7.8 cm. Key Holes System: 0/2 holes. Mouthpiece is tail, 2 eyes are fingerholes. Mark Maximum: N... More

[Indians dancing around two people at stake by fire] / S. Folwell, del...

Reference copy also available in LOT 4709-K. Illus. in: Affecting history of the dreadful distresses of Frederic Manheim's family, 1794, vol. 15, no. 3, frontis.

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

Baltimore Convention, Old Tippecanoe, a patriotic song

An illustrated sheet music cover for a "Patriotic Song. Written, to be sung at Baltimore during the Young Men's Whig Convention" of May 1840. The composer is identified as "a Pennsylvanian." The illustration, l... More

A Winnebago drawn, printed and col'd. at the Lithographic & Print Colo...

Print shows a Winnebago, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing feathers and a plume in his hair, portrait medallions, metal armbands, and with his right hand resting on the hilt of a sword. Entered accor... 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

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

[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.

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

Sac & Fox, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

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

John Eliot preaching to the Indians

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

Co-co-pas - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Illus. in: United States. Dept. of the Interior. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey ... by William H. Emory. 34th Cong., 1st sess. House Ex Doc. 135. Washington: C. Wendell, printer, 1857-... More

Battle of Bad Axe = Schlacht von Bad Axe / H. Lewis pinx ; Lith. Inst....

Illustration shows an American steamship, the Warrior, firing at Indians on a raft. In the background, other Indians in boats. Illus. in: Das illustrirte Mississippithal: ... / von H. Lewis. Dusseldorf : Arnz ... More

Spaniards hunting Indians. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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

Satanta, Kioway chief - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows Satanta (White Bear), full-length portrait, holding bow and arrow, facing front. Written on back: W.S. Soule, Photogr. Appears in: Schmitt & Brown. Fighting Indians of the Old West, p. 83.

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

Making white men "good" / Th. Nast.

Indian, Little Hatchet, saying, "Me know nothing about White River massacre. White man bad; steal, kill, get drunk, and lie. Me good--make pale face 'good' too." Little Hatchet probably refers to chief Ouray fr... More

[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).

Nez Perce delegates with Benjamin Beveridge (left, standing), owner of...

C.M. Bell collection. Original glass negative LC-B51-39924 may be available.

Look, here is the strawberry next her heart

(DLC/PP-1934:0044). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Drop-Star," Harper's magazine, 60:375 (Feb. 1880).

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.

Indian training school, Forest Grove, Oregon / drawn by T. De Thulstru...

Composite of five scenes at school including Indians learning housekeeping, carpentry, and shoemaking. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1882 May 27, p. 324.

Tejon ranch. An Indian home and orchard

An Indian home and orchard, Tejon ranch, Kern County, California. Watkins' photo. no. W534.

Group portrait of unidentified Native Americans.

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

Sitting Bull's family / D.F. Barry., Native American woman portrait

Sitting Bull's family in front of tipi. 18218W U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by D.F. Barry.

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

Buffalo dance / coat of arms. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

Three Sioux Indians in full regalia perform a "buffalo dance", while two others use drums to supply a rhythm. The three dancers move around in a circle as they perform the various actions that are part of the d... More

Indians carrying baskets to the trading village - P. Daly, Jr., the ba...

Group portrait of St. Regis Mohawk men and women with examples of baskets, standing in the street with P. Daly, the basket buyer. 39286 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by W.S. Tanner, Lawrence, Kansas.

Portrait photograph of Walking Cloud, 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

[Picture Writing mural in Evolution of the Book series, by John W. Ale...

Photo of one part of a six-part mural on the history of the book; after conservation of the mural. Depicts an American Indian writing on hide with Indian woman in background. Mural marked at bottom left: Copyri... More

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

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.

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

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

[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.

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.

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.

The last of the buffalo / C.M. Russell.

Indians in camp, one carving buffalo horn, one with calumet, and one with bow and arrows. 37419 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by W. Ridgley.

[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.

Apaches. Chief James A. Garfield view, photochrome print postcard.

Photograph shows Apache Chief James A. Garfield, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing medal. Photograph attributed to William Henry Jackson in: William H. Jackson by Beaumont Newhall & Diana E... More

[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, H...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). LOT subdivision subject: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute - Agricultural Science.

John Alvin Anderson - Crow Dog - Public domain portrait print

Sioux Indian, full-length portrait, facing left, holding rifle, in front of horse. D24372 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.A. Anderson.

Carlisle v. Syracuse - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a young boy with a bow and arrow, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture ... More

[First Thanksgiving] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Katwachsnea (Mrs. Shotridge) - Public domain portrait print

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

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

[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

Our party at Zuni, N.M. Sept. 14th '82 / by Comrade Ben Wittick.

Group of men, women and children including General John Alexander Logan (12), John Alexander Logan, Jr. (14), artists of the U.S. Geological Survey (15 & 16), Army officers, and a Zuni man (9) seated and standi... More

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

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.

[Group of Eskimo men] - 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.

[Kills Buffalo, full portrait, facing front]

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

Sioux brave--"Stampede" - Public domain print

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

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.

Eskimo village, 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.

Strikes on Top American Indian Chief

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

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

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

Tinpsila Tanka and squaw - Public domain portrait print

D12797 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1045. Title transcribed from item. Public domain photograph of native Americans, 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.

[Indians meeting with admiral and officers at stockade]

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

Old Indian witch doctor, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

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

[White War Bonnet, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

D12957 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 629. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Luke Big Turnips, American Indian], portrait of american indian man

Luke Big Turnips, probably a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing a war bonnet. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photodu... More

Native made baskets of s.w. 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 [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

Moki belles. Sichomovi - Public domain portrait print

Five Hopi girls in dresses and shawls with "squash blossom" hair style traditionally worn by unmarried girls in front of stone building in Arizona. D19793 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Adam Clark Vroman, ... More

Benjamin a Gifford - Chief, Shen-No-Watch

Photograph shows Shen-No-Watch, an American Indian chief, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding a bow and arrow. H9669 U.S. Copyright Office. On back: "Benj. A. Gifford, Dalles, Oregon". No. 21... 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.

[Male and female students reading in class, Carlisle Indian School, Ca...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Tzu-chey", Pueblo Indian, Laguna, N.M.

Laguna Pueblo Indian woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with vase on her head, in front of an adobe wall. H23618 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Henry G. Peabody, Boston.

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

[Two Indian women, posed, on Mackinac Island]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Three native girl curio venders at Yakutat, Alaska / Miles Bros.

Three Native American women by waterfront. H27309 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 865. Title transcribed from item.

Indian girls weaving baskets, village of Shipaulovi, Hopi Reservation,...

H29845 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indian tribes; Indians Crafts; Shelf.

Edward S. Curtis - Apache Yenin Guy

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

Making an Indian arrow, Indian camp, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904

H 53203 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5784. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, 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 - 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 - [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

[The end of day, Hopi boy herding horses and sheep across sand dunes, ...

Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1122-04. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

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.

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.