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Andrew De Luna, a dancer at the Celebrations of Traditions Pow Wow, an...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Pow Wow is sponsored by United San Antonio Pow Wow, Inc., a Texas nonprofit organization devoted to promoting the culture and tra... More

Edwin J. De Luna, a Taos Pueblo Navajo, at the Celebrations of Traditi...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Pow Wow is sponsored by United San Antonio Pow Wow, Inc., a Texas nonprofit organization devoted to promoting the culture and tra... 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

Hopi Indians - Edward S. Curtis - Cleaning wheat--San Juan

Two Tewa people processing wheat outside pueblo structure, San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. H71031 U.S. Copyright Office. Alternate title on verso: The Wheat Cleaners. Curtis no. 1768-05. Forms part of: Edward S. ... More

U.S. Indian School, Carlisle, Penna, Panoramic Photograph

H128638 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; June 21, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

Portrait photo of Indian producing fire by friction

Native American making fire by rubbing stick. Franz Huld, Publisher, N.Y. No. 113.

Support the American Indian Movement

Posters are close variants; no. POS 6 - U.S., no. 788 is a different color and printed on both sides.

Babb Rodeo, Babb, Montana - Montana folklife collection

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Babb Rodeo - Montana folklife collection, 1970 s

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

William & Mary College, Brafferton Hall, College Yard, Williamsburg, I...

Significance: This brick structure was built in 1723 to house a school intended to convert to Christianity and instruct Indian boys. The funds for its erection and operation came from a bequest by Robert Boyle... More

Yucca House Ruin, Canyon del Muerto, Chinle, Apache County, AZ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N555 Survey number: HABS AZ-212 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000066

Babb Rodeo - Montana folklife collection, 1970 s

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Mrs. Matt, Flathead Reservation, beadwork - Montana folklife collectio...

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Baking camas in earthen oven at Agnes Vanderburg's summer camp

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Mrs. Matt, Flathead Reservation, beadwork - Montana folklife collectio...

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Mrs. Matt, Flathead Reservation, beadwork - Montana folklife collectio...

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Crow Fair: Parade Dance; "Give Aways"; Charlie Landfried, cartwright, ...

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Crow Fair: Morning Parade, Parade Dance

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Schmitts Metzgerei, Chicago, Illinois; Second American Indian Fine Art...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-14, interior of Schmitts Metzgerei; 15-17, unidentified building; 1... More

Agnes Vanderburg's camp, near Arlee, Montana

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Crow Fair: Morning Parade, Parade Dance

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Baking camas bulbs in earthen oven by Agnes Vanderburg at her summer c...

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Agnes Vanderburg ; Gateway ranch outside Arlee, Montana; Old-time fidd...

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Americae nona & postrema pars. Qva de ratione elementorvm: de Novi Orb...

Pts. 2, 3, and illus. have also special title pages. The 1st pt., De Novi Orbis natura, is by José de Acosta. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 168. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no... More

Americae nona & postrema pars. Qva de ratione elementorvm: de Novi Orb...

Pts. 2, 3, and illus. have also special title pages. The 1st pt., De Novi Orbis natura, is by José de Acosta. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 168. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no... More

Americae nona & postrema pars. Qva de ratione elementorvm: de Novi Orb...

Pts. 2, 3, and illus. have also special title pages. The 1st pt., De Novi Orbis natura, is by José de Acosta. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 168. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no... More

Indian Dance Lodge, White Shield, McLean County, ND

Survey number: HABS ND-3 Building/structure dates: 1921 Initial Construction

101 Ranch, State Highway 156 between Ponca City & Marlin, Ponca City, ...

The address has been corrected to read "State Highway 156 between Ponca City & Marland," rather than "State Highway 156 between Ponca City & Marlin." 1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Located ... More

The Torreon, Manzano, Torrance County, NM

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS NM-11 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction

Indian Schoolhouse, County Road 96 (Old Saint Stephens Road), Mount Ve...

Survey number: HABS AL-125 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La Bajada Historic Trails and Roads, Approximately 1 mile East/Northea...

Significance: La Bajada is a prominent geologic and geographic landmark in central New Mexico, and includes trail and road traces that represents major cultural changes resulting from geopolitical activity, tec... More

La Bajada Historic Trails and Roads, Approximately 1 mile East/Northea...

Significance: La Bajada is a prominent geologic and geographic landmark in central New Mexico, and includes trail and road traces that represents major cultural changes resulting from geopolitical activity, tec... More

[View of a Cheyenne village at Big Timbers, in present-day Colorado, w...

Identified as a daguerreotype by Solomon Carvalho of a Plains Indian village in Kansas Territory taken during the Frïemont Expedition in 1853, probably copied by the Mathew Brady studio. This identification was... More

[View of a Cheyenne village at Big Timbers, in present-day Colorado, w...

Identified as a daguerreotype by Solomon Carvalho of a Plains Indian village in Kansas Territory taken during the Frïemont Expedition in 1853, probably copied by the Mathew Brady studio. This identification was... More

Gould Pass Pueblito, Carrizo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The Pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant i... More

Gomez Canyon Pueblito, Gomez Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The pueblitos are small multi roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant i... More

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

Photo shows Little, Oglala band leader, three-quarter length studio portrait, seated, wearing a turkey feather headdress and holding various weapons. Copyright deposit. Forms part of: John C. H. Grabill Collec... More

Edward S. Curtis - Apache girl and papoose

Curtis no. 126. LC no. 34. Copyright by E.S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Upper Kin Klizhin, Kin Klizhin Wash, Crownpoint, McKinley County, NM

Significance: The upper Kin Klizhin community centers on a rectangular sandstone structure associated with the Anasazi culture which flourished one thousand years ago in the Four Corners region of the American ... More

Thomas Gaddis House, 300 yards east of old U.S. Route 119 near interse...

Significance: Fort Gaddis is the oldest known building in Fayette County and the second oldest log building in western Pennsylvania. It was built ca. 1769-74 by Thomas Gaddis who was in charge of the defense of... More

Sacaton Hospital Residence, 315 West Casa Blanca Road, Sacaton, Pinal ...

Significance: It is associated with the US Army's administration of health-related services for Indians in the area from 1875-1935. It was built ca. 1919 as physician's quarters for Sacaton's first health care ... More

Sacaton Hospital Residence, 315 West Casa Blanca Road, Sacaton, Pinal ...

Significance: It is associated with the US Army's administration of health-related services for Indians in the area from 1875-1935. It was built ca. 1919 as physician's quarters for Sacaton's first health care ... More

Fort Belknap Indian Agency, Employees Club, Fort Belknap, Blaine Count...

Significance: The Employee's Club building is significant because of its association with 1920s construction at Fort Belknap and the development of standardized plans for agency buildings. The Employee's Club ... More

Phoenix Indian School, Dairy-Milking Shed, Northeast Corner of Central...

Significance: The Dairy is one of the two buildings remaining from the earliest phase of building on the site, and is one of the last surviving records of the vocational training activities on the site that pre... 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

Phoenix Indian School, Cottage, Northeast Corner of Central Avenue & I...

Significance: Once flanked by two similar structures to the south, by 1990 the Cottage was the only remaining building on the east side of Redwing Place. It was the last surviving example of this kind of struc... More

A view of Col. Johnson's engagement with the savages (commanded by Tec...

Print showing the battle between American forces under the command of Colonel Richard M. Johnson and Natives allied with the British under the command of Tecumseh. At center is detailed action with Johnson on h... More

Edward S. Curtis - The lost trail--Apache

Five Apaches on horseback in a half circle, in open area with sparse vegetation. H33846 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 117. LC no. 28. Copyright by E.S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Li... More

Fort Totten, 12 miles southwest of Devils Lake City off Route 57, Devi...

Significance: The Fort Totten State Historic Site, administered by the State Historical Society of North Dakota (State Historical Board), is one of the best preserved military posts of the Trans-Mississippi Wes... More

Antelope House Ruin, Canyon del Muerto, Chinle, Apache County, AZ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N553 Survey number: HABS AZ-157

Compressor Station Pueblito, Superior Mesa, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, ...

Significance: The pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant in... More

Compressor Station Pueblito, Superior Mesa, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, ...

Significance: The pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant in... More

Phoenix Indian School, Memorial Hall, Northeast Corner of Central Aven...

Significance: Memorial Hall was the second major building on the site to employ Mission Revival style, and like the first example, the Dining Hall, it was carried out in red brick. It was also sited, parallel ... More

Phoenix Indian School, Memorial Hall, Northeast Corner of Central Aven...

Significance: Memorial Hall was the second major building on the site to employ Mission Revival style, and like the first example, the Dining Hall, it was carried out in red brick. It was also sited, parallel ... More

Pueblo of Zuni, Central & Original Portion, Vicinity of State Roads 32...

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Thomas Asylum for Orphan & Destitute Indians, Dining Hall, Route 438, ...

Significance: The Administration Buildings was the central structure in the new school plan devised following the school's transfer to the New York State Department of Welfare's jurisdiction in 1898. The school... More

Thomas Asylum for Orphan & Destitute Indians, Dining Hall, Route 438, ...

Significance: The Administration Buildings was the central structure in the new school plan devised following the school's transfer to the New York State Department of Welfare's jurisdiction in 1898. The school... More

Agency Employee House, Spalding, Nez Perce County, ID

Significance: This house is one of the employee residences constructed for the Nez Perce Indian Agency in 1896. / Hip-roofed; center of main roof is flat, 6"-8" dry stone wall foundation; brick chimney. Most o... More

"Red Cloud and American Horse." The two most noted chiefs now living

Two Oglala chiefs, American Horse (wearing western clothing and gun-in-holster) and Red Cloud (wearing headdress), full-length portrait, facing front, shaking hands in front of tipi--probably on or near Pine Ri... More

Woman making snow shoes, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

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

Three of Uncle Sam's Pets. We get rations every 29 days. Our pulse is ...

Three Lakota teenage boys in western clothing, sitting near a tree--probably on or near Pine Ridge Reservation.

Hardman Farm, Intersection of State Highway 75 & State Highway 11, Hel...

Significance: Constructed in the Santee-Nacnonchee Valley of Northern Georgia between the late 1860s and WWI, the Hardman Farm Complex illustrates its significance in a variety of ways. The complex itself, incl... More

Hardman Farm, Intersection of State Highway 75 & State Highway 11, Hel...

Significance: Constructed in the Santee-Nacnonchee Valley of Northern Georgia between the late 1860s and WWI, the Hardman Farm Complex illustrates its significance in a variety of ways. The complex itself, incl... More

Hardman Farm, Intersection of State Highway 75 & State Highway 11, Hel...

Significance: Constructed in the Santee-Nacnonchee Valley of Northern Georgia between the late 1860s and WWI, the Hardman Farm Complex illustrates its significance in a variety of ways. The complex itself, incl... More

Indian hunter / Lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

American Indian standing on dead bear with bow drawn back. No. 103. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3297

Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Ramparts, 6539 San Jose Road,...

Significance: The ramparts were an important part of the San Jose Mission, for their sole purpose was to protect the mission inhabitants against attacks by hostile Indians. All 18th century Spanish missions inc... More

Edward S. Curtis - The mealing trough--Hopi

Photo shows four young Hopi Indian women grinding grain. Title from caption card and item. Curtis no. 1973-06. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Copr. Paul Wernert [i.e. Weinert] and gunners of Battery "E" 1st Artil...

Seven Lakota scouts and four uniformed Euro-Americans posed behind an artillery piece or Hotchkiss gun, probably in the Pine Ridge Reservation near Wounded Knee, South Dakota. The cannon are Hotchkiss Mountain ... 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.

Beef issue to Indians. Taken at Pine Ridge, Jan. 18 '91

Long row of Lakota men on horseback, ready to rope cattle. 10029W1 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

The Indians delivering up the English captives to Colonel Bouquet near...

Print shows Natives returning captive British children to Colonel Henry Bouquet Printed on plate at top right: p. 28. Printed on plate at bottom left: 204. Illus. from: An historical account of the expedition ... More

Indian chiefs, 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.

Thomas Asylum for Orphan & Destitute Indians, Administration Building,...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-20th century drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

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

An old photo of a native american man, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. an... More

Edward S. Curtis - The wife of Ow High

Wife of Ow High, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Curtis no. 242-05. LC no. 88. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Pueblo Bonito, South terminus of NM56 & North terminus of NM164, Nagee...

Photo no. HABS NM-30-1 was originally part of HABS NM-163. It was moved to this survey after it was recognized that the image is of Pueblo Bonito (this survey), not Pueblo del Arroyo (HABS NM-163). (12/16/03,... More

Pueblo Bonito, South terminus of NM56 & North terminus of NM164, Nagee...

Photo no. HABS NM-30-1 was originally part of HABS NM-163. It was moved to this survey after it was recognized that the image is of Pueblo Bonito (this survey), not Pueblo del Arroyo (HABS NM-163). (12/16/03,... 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

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

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...

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Mummy Cave, Navajo Indian Reservation, Chinle, Apache County, AZ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS AZ-72

Episcopal Mission, Santee, Knox County, NE

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Der ander Theil, der newlich erfundenen Landschafft Americae, von drey...

Imprint from special t.p. for plates. The general title is printed within the engr. border used for the 1st Latin ed., and the engr. imprint of that ed. (Francoforti ad Moenvm, Typis I. Wecheli, sumtibus T. de ... More

Thomas Asylum for Orphan & Destitute Indians, Dormitory, Route 438, Ca...

Significance: Four dormitories, two for girls and two for boys, were built from the same plans to house students at the Thomas Indian School during the ca. 1900 building expansion which occurred after the schoo... More

Olympic National Park Road System, Port Angeles, Clallam County, WA

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Olympic National Park Road System, Port Angeles, Clallam County, WA

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Olympic National Park Road System, Port Angeles, Clallam County, WA

Picryl description: Public domain view of a mountain range, mountainous landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Indian Agency House, Portage, Columbia County, WI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17 Survey number: HABS WI-16 Building/structure dates: 1832 Initial Construction

Hiawatha polka - by C.L.Peticolas - American sheet music, 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

[Jemez Pueblo Indians in a ceremonial dance, New Mexico] / Simeon Schw...

Copyright by Simeon Schwemberger. No. 8. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hooded Fireplace Pueblito, On a northern point of Superior Mesa about ...

Significance: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and subsequent Spanish reconquest of 1692 forced many pueblo tribes to flee northwestward and seek temporary refuge in the traditional homeland of the Navajo, Dinetah. Ho... More

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Montezuma Castle is a cliff dwelling constructed by the Sinaguan people of Arizona's Verde Valley in the late 12th century. The Sinaguan culture thrive... More

Lowell Canal System, Merrimack & Concord Rivers, Lowell, Middlesex Cou...

Significance: The City of Lowell is generally considered to be the birthplace of large-scale manufacturing in the U.S. Begun as a transportation canal, the Lowell Canal System evolved, during the 19th century,... More

Lowell Canal System, Merrimack & Concord Rivers, Lowell, Middlesex Cou...

Significance: The City of Lowell is generally considered to be the birthplace of large-scale manufacturing in the U.S. Begun as a transportation canal, the Lowell Canal System evolved, during the 19th century,... More

Lowell Canal System, Merrimack & Concord Rivers, Lowell, Middlesex Cou...

Significance: The City of Lowell is generally considered to be the birthplace of large-scale manufacturing in the U.S. Begun as a transportation canal, the Lowell Canal System evolved, during the 19th century,... More