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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

"Mangas" - Drawing. Public domain image., portrait of american indian ...

Full lgth., standing, facing front; with rifle. Warm Spring Apache chief. Hand-colored photoprint copyrighted by A.F. Randall. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Indians.

Chihuahua. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Full lgth., seated, facing slightly right; holding rifle. Chiricahua chief. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - [Calico - Oglala, head-and-shoulders portrait, faci...

Published in Edward S. Curtis, North American Indian, vol. 3, p. 2. No. 2551-07.

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

Susan, Rotorua / JM 175., Head and Shoulders Portrait - Frank G. Carpe...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Maori woman from Rotorua, New Zealand, in traditional clothing. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.

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.

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

Destinn - "Aida", George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

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

[Iron White Man, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]

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

[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

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

[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

Pah Toi [B] - Public domain portrait print

Pah Toi (White Clay), Taos Indian, half-length portrait, facing front.

Lawyer-Nez Perce, Native American, Indian Chief

Half lgth. portrait of Indian, facing front. Photogravure by John Andrew & Son. Photograph copyrighted by E.S. Curtis. Illus. in: Curtis, North American Indian, suppl. vol. 8, plate 264. RBD - Folio Collection.... More

Okúwa-Tse ("Cloud Yellow") - San Ildefonso

Head and shoulders, facing right. Photoprint copyrighted by Edward S. Curtis. Illus. in: Edward S. Curtis, North American Indian, v. 17, pl. 582. Ref. copy may be in P&P Ref. - E77.C98 Suppl. P&P. This record c... More

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

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).

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.

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 - 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.

Indians horseback riding, black and white photograph, 1909. Washington...

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

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

Nez Percé matron. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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

[Gaby Deslys, 1884-1920, full length, seated, facing slightly left, we...

J179664B U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by White Studio, N.Y. No copyright renewals. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fashions [1913]; BI; Photog. In... More

The lookout, Native Americans

Indian on horseback. Repro. of photoprint copyrighted by W. Herbert Dunton. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cowboys; Indians; Publ. Ind.

[Daughter of Chief Kamakur, Nez Percé tribe, half-length portrait, fac...

J207489 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by L.V. McWhorter, North Yakima, Wash.

[Baby Lone, Kickapoo medicine man, half-length portrait, facing right,...

No. 12662-S. Photograph by Central News Photo Service. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plenty Coos, 11/8/21 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawas - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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

Edward S. Curtis - A Klamath head-dress

Klamath man, bust portrait, facing front, wearing head dress. J262608 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 3931-A. Published in: The North American Indian / Edwar... More

[Calvin Coolidge and group with Native Americans. White House, Washing...

A group of people standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chief Red Tomahawk all smiles after meeting President Hoover. Chief Re...

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

Chemawa Indian School, 5495 Chugach Avenue, Salem, Marion, OR - Bureau...

Significance: Chemawa Indian School is the oldest, continuously operating non-reservation boarding school in the United States. Survey number: HABS OR-129 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 92001333

Mural showing Native Americans on horseback by artist Crumbo at the In...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The 7 story building is of steel frame construction, clad in granite and limestone. It consists of a north-south core which bisects... More

Native Americans at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a group of people standing in front of a building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Gen... More

Mural showing Native American woman by artist Velino Herrara at the In...

[Native Americans at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

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

Postcard of Young Paiute Indian. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Coll...

Public domain photograph related to Native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by t... More

Scene from authentic Native American dances at the Indian Village on t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Western celebration that is viewed by an estimated 200,000 onlookers and throngs of tourists each year in a city of 62,000 people ... More

Million Native American March, June 27, 2003, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Some in attendance were completing a 3,200-mile walk fr... More

Erwin J. De Luna, a Taos Pueblo and Navajo, at the Celebrations of Tra...

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

Members of the Native American Women Warriors, a Pueblo, Colorado-base...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Left to right, all U.S. Army: Capt. Calley Cloud, a Crow, based at Fort Riley, Kansas; Spc. Krissy Quinones Cloud, Crow, Fort Carson, ... More

Tino Trujillo, left, of Pueblo, Colorado, and Skuya Fast Horse of Fort...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Trujillo is a Mescalaro Apache, whose tribe is based in New Mexico; Ms. Fast Horse's tribe is the Lakota Sioux, centered in South Dako... More

Pow Wow, Lafayette, Rhode Island - Folklife project collection

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

Geronimo, Native American, Indian Chief

Photoprint copyrighted by A.B. Canady. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI (Indians); Shelf.

Pah-ge, a Ute Squaw, of the Kah-poh-teh band, northern New Mexico.

Caption number on back of stereo: No. 39. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1874; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding.

"Little," the instigator of Indian revolt at Pine Ridge, 1890 / photo ...

Little, Oglala band leader, full-length studio portrait, seated, facing left, wearing turkey feather headdress, holding rifle and bow and arrows on lap.

Edward S. Curtis - Pretty Paint, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Pretty Paint, Crow man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Curtis no. 215-05. LC no. 53. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

[An Apache girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing be...

Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 127. LC no. 86. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Young Hairy Wolf--Apsaroke, Head and Shoulders Port...

Young Hairy Wolf, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Curtis no. 211-05. LC no. 51. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Quniaika--Mohave, Head and Shoulders Portrait

A Mohave man, head-and-shoulders portrait, draped in blanket, facing front.

Ta-noats, sub-chief of the Nu-aʹ-gun-tits

No. 74. Written on back: office. Title from label on back of item. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. Par... More

[Joe Black Fox, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]

Joe Black Fox, half-length portrait, facing front, cigarette in his right hand.

[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

Edward S. Curtis - Black Eagle--profile, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Black Eagle, Nez Percé man, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile. Curtis no. 247-05; LC no. 61. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Coolidge Dam, Gila River, Peridot, Gila County, AZ - Bureau of Indian ...

Significance: Coolidge Dam remedied the water needs of the Pima and Maricopa Tribes on the Gila River Reservation, and also provided water for the neighboring Anglo community. Structurally, Coolidge Dam was th... More

Coolidge Dam, Gila River, Peridot, Gila County, AZ - Bureau of Indian ...

Lee Moorhouse - Lucy Coyote - Public domain portrait

Photograph shows Lucy Coyote, an American Indian woman, half-length portrait, facing right. 1810 U.S. Copyright Office. On back: "Photo by Lee Moorhouse." Copyrighted Jan. 19, 1900 by Lee Moorhouse. No. 98. WSUNA

[Group of Native Americans (possibly Winnebago) wearing blankets, some...

On verso: C.L. Hamilton. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Cherokee payments(?). Several men seated around table counting coins;...

Public domain photograph related to Native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Sitting Bull, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing front, ho...

Photo copyrighted 1881 by O. S. Goff. Caption on mount: Sitting Bull.

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico. The old governor

Half lgth., facing right. Photoprint copyrighted by Charles F. Lummis. No. 606. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

A man of Fiji, head and shoulders profile

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

[Parrum - Ute man, half-length portrait, facing front, holding feather...

66435 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph by Rose and Hopkins, Denver, Colorado. No. 167.

[John Comes Again, half-length portrait, facing left]

No. 274. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Klickitat brave / Gifford, The Dalles, Oregon.

Indian, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing native dress. 40968 U.S. Copyright Office. WSUNA

[Last Horse, half-length portrait, facing right; wearing body paint an...

No. 410. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Comes Again [Sioux?], portrait of american indian man

1/2 length, peace pipe in hand, facing left. 74152 U.S. Copyright Office Photo by Heyn. #399. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indian tribes Sioux?; Indians Pe... More

[Dolly Bird Head and Joseph Bird Head, full portrait]

60085 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Heyn. #186. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Nez Percé man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing bea...

Edward S. Curtis Collection. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lee Moorhouse - Yakima squaw and papoose

Photograph shows a Yakima Indian woman, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, wrapped in blanket, holding a baby in a cradleboard. 6684 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted Mar. 24, 1900 by Lee Moorhouse. ... More

[Whirling Horse, American Indian], portrait of american indian man

Whirling Horse, probably a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing headdress. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplicat... More

Papoose White Bull / Heyn & Matzen, Chic.

Portrait of baby in beaded cradleboard propped up against studio prop tree trunk. D10828 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Heyn and Matzen, no. 1643. Title transcribed from item.

Lee Moorhouse - [Po-ca-tel-lo, Yakima or Umatilla Indian, from Oregon,...

1811 U.S. Copyright Office. Photoprint by Lee Moorhouse. WSUNA Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Navajo Indian blanket - Public domain textile painting

Date range from LOT 12999 group record. No. 207. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Alvin Anderson - Chief American Horse

Lakota Sioux Indian in feather headdress, half-length portrait, facing left. D24370 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.A. Anderson. No. 934.

Lee Moorhouse - Canoeing on the Columbia

Two Indians in canoe in river. From Moorhouse. WSUNA Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Chief Red Cloud, bust portrait, facing left, arms folded]

D12833 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Heyn. #1081. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: JK; Shelf.

Pagre, Ute - Public domain print

Half-length portrait of young Ute man. H23965 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.H. Tammen.

Pueblo Indians selling pottery, Native Americans

Photograph shows Native American women, posing with large jars on their heads, offering pottery for sale to tourists. Travelers and railroad staff pose with them beside a train. Date from copyright statement.... More

Indian chief / by Gertrude Käsebier., portrait of american indian man

Illustration shows portrait of Native American man in headdress and robe.

HOLLOW, HORN BEAR - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a native american man, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active dates... More

INDIANS: JOHN TWOMOON - An old black and white photo of a native ameri...

An old black and white photo of a native american man, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active ... More

Edward S. Curtis - [Ndee Sangochonh, Apache Indian, half-length portra...

H87135 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1902-06.

[Ellie Ganado, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

H73702 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Fred Harvey. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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