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[A method of hunting deer in the Northeast]

Natives using devices for making noise to drive deer and other game towards a fenced area. Illus. in: Les voyages dv sievr de Champlain Xaintongeois, capitaine ordinaire pour le Roy, en la marine [...] / Samuel... More

[Shooting fish on the Amazon, Brazil] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Photo by the Booth Steamship Co., Ltd.

Eskimos hunting walrus, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

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

Edward S. Curtis - A morning chat--Acoma

Four Acoma women with pottery vessels gathered at watering hole. Curtis no. 1189-04. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis.... More

Acoma roadway, New Mexico Boys Ranch

Group of Acoma women, carrying pottery vessels, descending between rock formations.

Edward S. Curtis - A Navaho farm

Patches of corn in garden between canyon walls. H87229 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2038-06. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

[Inuit killing salmon with spears, Canada] - Frank G. Carpenter collec...

Photo by Canadian Geological Survey. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Theodor de Bry - [How they catch fish]

Native men and women in a dugout canoe fishing while others in the background stand in the river and spear fish. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden ... More

[Killing alligators]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Natives attack and kill alligators by ramming a pole down it's throat, turning it over, beating it with clubs, and shooting it with arrows. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gall... More

John Alvin Anderson - On the alert

Rear view of Sioux Indian carrying rifle in front of pony. D20483 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.A. Anderson.

Sartskīi︠a︡ poli︠a︡. Samarkand - Color separation negative, public dom...

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

Edward S. Curtis - From the threshing floor - San Juan

Photograph shows Tewa Indian girl with basket on her head at San Juan Pueblo, now Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico, on large format glass transparency used to make photogravure published in Curtis' The North American ... More

Hopi Indians - Edward S. Curtis - Winnowing wheat

Tewa woman winnowing wheat in front of pueblo building. H71041 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1778-05..

[Gathering hanamh - Papago woman picking cactus fruit with wooden stic...

H99558 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2298-07. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 2, pl. 49.

Edward S. Curtis - Winter hunter[s]--Apsaroke

Two Apsaroke men on horseback riding down a snow-covered hillside. H118537 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2629-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Am... More

Edward S. Curtis - Buffalo berry gatherers--Mandan

H118550 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2831-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curt... More

Edward S. Curtis - Drying Piahe--Yakima

Woman kneeling on ground, blanket spread out and covered with roots. J139654 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3044-09. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [... More

Edward S. Curtis - Seal hunters in canoe at Glacier Bay / Curtis.

Two native Alaskan people in boat. 61316 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Edward H. Harriman. No. X225a.

Indians fishing in the rapids, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29537. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013076. Gift; State Historical Society of Co... More

Edward S. Curtis - Papago cleaning wheat (Winnowing wheat)

H99622 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2297-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Edward S. Curtis - The Bowman--Nootka

Rear view of nude Indian standing on rock in water and aiming arrow. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis. Curtis no.3359-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Cu... More

Buffalo hunt in the wild west - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

A buffalo hunter shooting a buffalo as two Natives ride alongside with spears. Copyright by Muller, Luchsinger & Co., New York.

William Berryman - [Woman beating cassava, Jamaica]

Rear view of black woman in yard, chickens and thatched roof structure nearby. "Jamaica scenery". Library of Congress prints and photographs: an illustrated guide / Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Eskimo fishing in ice - 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.

Eskimo relics found at Cape Band

Photograph showing Inuit implements, probably for hunting or fishing, found during the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. No. 83.

[Harvest at San Juan, New Mexico] / PM.

Kepple, no. 74. White, no. 11. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"[T]hen upon one knee, uprising, Hiawatha aimed an arrow"

A scene from "The song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow showing Hiawatha on one knee aiming an arrow at a deer in the wilderness. Illus. in: The song of Hiawatha / by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Bosto... More

Edward S. Curtis - [Gathering saguaro fruit]

Two Pina women harvesting saguaro cactus fruit, Arizona, one seated on ground at base of tall cactus, the other standing with basket tray on head. H101348 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Lib... More

Hiawatha. As he bore the red deer homeward

Reenactment of Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, showing boy, Hiawatha(?), dragging deer. Possibly photographed by F.E. Moore, Middletown, Ohio. No. 19.

Edward S. Curtis - The fish carrier--Wisham (i.e. Wishram)

A Tlakuit Indian standing on rock at waters edge, wearing ankle length dress and large bag on her back, strap supported on crown of her head. J139658 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3029-09. Forms part of: E... More

Edward S. Curtis - The wokas season--Klamath

Photograph shows a Klamath woman in a dugout canoe resting in a field of wokas, or great yellow water lilies (nymphaea polysepala) used as food, probably in the Klamath Basin area of Oregon. J262565 U.S. Copyri... More

Edward S. Curtis - Fishing from canoe--Hupa

J262591 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3841-A. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30 suppl., v. 13, pl. 447.

Eskimos skinning a seal, Alaska

Picryl description: Public domain image of famine, hunger, powerty, refugees, people suffering, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Theodor de Bry - Their manner of fishing in Virginia

Native men and women in a canoe fishing while others in the background stand in the river and spear fish. Illus. in: A brief and true report of the new found land of Virginia: of the commodities and of the natu... More

A load of fuel--Zuni, New Mexico Boys Ranch

Zuni man beside burro laden with firewood. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Acoma water girls

Five Acoma girls, with pottery vessels balanced on their heads, walking on a rocky hillside. Curtis no. 1164. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American I... More

Edward S. Curtis - Hopi water girls

Five Hopi girls getting water in jugs. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2008-06.

Eskimos Refreshments, Alaska

Photograph shows an Eskimo woman sitting outside a tent, breastfeeding a baby.

[Pima woman, with burden basket on back, walking away from camera, Pim...

H99533 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2229-07. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, Suppl., v. 2, pl. 43.

Edward S. Curtis - Qahatika women resting in Harvest Field--Qahatika

Three Qahatika women sitting on ground with kiho carriers and pot nearby, saguaro cacti and mountains in background. H102117 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress) Curtis no. 2... More

Plowing scene in Palestine - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpa...

Men plowing with a team of cattle. J176937 U.S. Copyright Office. No. U-134114.

Edward S. Curtis - Quinault berry picker

J182538 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3449-12. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 9, p. 68.

Edward S. Curtis - Ready for the cast--Qagyuhl

Two Kwakiutl people in a canoe, one preparing to spear a fish. J197478 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from: The North American Indian. Curtis no. 3591. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congr... More

Mrs. Kleinschmidt with two Eskimo girls on a hunt, Alaska

Photograph shows one Eskimo young woman in a kayak while a second one stands with the photographer's wife, all in traditional dress. J273235 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright Frank E. Kleinschmidt.

Edward S. Curtis - Gathering Seeds--Coast Pomo

Cecilia Joaquin, Pomo woman, full-length portrait, standing, using seed beater to gather seeds into a burden basket. J268433 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3997. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (L... More

Edward S. Curtis - Getting water--Apache

An Apache person fills container with water while two horses wait on the banks. H33858 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 132. LC no. 68. Copyright by E.S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Lib... More

Eskimo hunters cutting up a walrus, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collec...

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.

Along the river at St. Pierre - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

H19192 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mohave woman carrying water on her head and holding child]

H34037 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 140. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30 Suppl., v. 2, plate 58.

Edward S. Curtis - The fruit gatherers

Two Tewa girls picking fruit with basket, bowls on the ground. H70993 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1720-05.

Edward S. Curtis - The cornfield

Apache woman hoeing rows of corn with an infant in a cradleboard with large visor on her back. H87124 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1890-06. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

A Hopi cornfield, "The man with the hoe"

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

Edward S. Curtis - A smoky day at the Sugar Bowl--Hupa

Hupa man with spear, standing on rock midstream, in background, fog partially obscures trees on mountainsides. J262589 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from caption card and item. Curtis no. 3849. Forms part of: Ed... More

Edward S. Curtis - Fishing platform on Trinity River--Hupa

Photograph shows a Hupa man sitting on a platform on a rocky cliff, handling a fishing net. J262598 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3816-B. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). P... More

Edward S. Curtis - Fishing from a platform

Hupa Indian on platform over water using fishing net. J262673 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3835-A. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] ... 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

[Bushū senju], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the weir at Senju in the province of Musa with two people fishing and a man leading a horse carrying rice seedlings for planting in the distant rice paddies; Mount Fuji in the background Title from ... More

1867--The evolution of the West in four decades--1907 / J.L. Loveday.

Indians spearing buffaloes. G14398 U.S. Copyright Office.

Shop-no gun Indian sugar camp - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Photograph of a photographic print labeled "Henry Stevens." "X 144" and "19628" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Edward S. Curtis - The Root Digger--Yakima

Woman in long polka dot dress, cloth around head, basket tied at waist, bending over in field, holding pointed stick. J139729 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3043-09. Published in... More

Edward S. Curtis - Kutenai duck hunter

Kootenai man seated in bow of canoe nestled in sparse rushes. J139688 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3192-10. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Americ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Lifting the net--Quinault

Two Quinault Indians in a canoe collecting fish from a net. J182550 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3409-12. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Fishing camp--Skokomish

Skokomish couple outside house made of reed mats, one seated beside canoe that has been pulled onto the riverbank, the other standing holding a paddle. J182572 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3474-12. Forms p... More

Edward S. Curtis - Shores of Walker Lake--Paviotso

Paviotso man standing on rock, fishing with spear in Walker Lake. J270862 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 4135. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Americ... More

Calling a moose--Cree - Public domain portrait print

Cree man in woods blowing horn. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Native Americans collecting sap and cooking maple syrup in pots, till...

Illus. in: Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps / Joseph Francois Lafitau. Paris : Saugrain l'aîne [etc.], 1724, vol. 2, pl. 7, opp. p. 154.

[Print speciman of American Indian man on horseback killing bison] / A...

Illus. in: Lithography, engraving and printing establishment of Augs. Kollner : designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer, [p. 7]

An old photo of a road and a picture of a mountain The Pathway of the ...

Photographs show pyramids and untitled scene of Mexican people working at a river. Titles from items. Photographed in 1883 or 1884 during the time that Jackson traveled to Mexico on a commission from the Mexica... More

Filipinos planting rice, Philippine Islands - Frank G. Carpenter colle...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Doomed. Public domain reproduction., portrait of american indian man

Native American man on horseback spearing buffalo.

Hopi matron at well / Frederick I. Monsen ... New York.

H103826 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - [Maricopa women gathering fruit from Saguaro cacti]

Three Maricopa women with baskets on their heads, standing by Saguaro cacti. H99646 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. X2206-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

[Indians hunting bison on horses covered with bisonskins]

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

[The king of the seas in the hands of the Makahs, Neah Bay(?), Washing...

J151803 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Fishing with a Gaff-hook--Paviotso

J270861 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 4136. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis... More

William Berryman - [Woman beating cassava, Jamaica]

Eskimo fishing in ice - 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.

Theodor de Bry - [How they cook their fish] / T.B.

Native men cooking fish on a wooden frame over a fire. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... / Erstlich in engelländischer Sprach besch... More

[Bird's-eye view of Boston, Massachusetts, with two vignettes of Nativ...

Similar view of Boston incorporating lower left vignette of Native hunting was engraved by J. Turner and published in the American Magazine, 1745 August, title page.

[View of Boston] / J. Turner. - An open book with a picture of a town ...

Print shows bird's-eye view of Boston, Massachusetts, with view of Native hunting and a palm tree in the foreground. Illus. in: The American Magazine and Historical Chronicle. Boston : Printed and sold by Roge... More

Toilers of the plains / drawn by F.H. [i.e., H.F.] Farny.

Print shows Native women gathering wood on the Plains. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 28, no. 1435 (1884 June 21), p. 393. Signed on block: Farny.

Edward S. Curtis - Washing wheat--San Juan

Two San Juan Indians dipping baskets of wheat into an acequia, or irrigation ditch, to dissolve dirt and to float away debris from the wheat kernels. Curtis no. 1762-05. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collect... More

Acoma water carriers, New Mexico Boys Ranch

Four Acoma Indians gather to collect water. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - [Saguaro fruit gatherers--Maricopa]

Three women, two of them with baskets on their heads, standing by cactus plant, Arizona. H99648 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2209-07. Published in: The North American Indian / ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Broken fish-weir

J262667 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3818. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis,... More

Edward S. Curtis - Fish-weir across Trinity River--Hupa

J262586 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3854-B. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30 suppl., v. 13, pl. 459.

Edward S. Curtis - Cutting up a beluga--Kotzebue

Three women cutting up a beluga whale. J299920 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress) Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. C... More

Edward S. Curtis - Berry pickers, Kotzebue

Two Eskimos wearing hooded full-length fur parkas bent over picking berries from plants on the ground. J299914 U.S. Copyright Office. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published... More

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...

Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Native Americans during buffalo hunt. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congres... More

Sartskīi︠a︡ poli︠a︡. Samarkand - Color separation negative, public dom...

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

[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

Upernivik [i.e. Upernavik], Greenland, July, 1881 / G.W. Rice photo.

Photograph showing village during the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. Public domain photograph - historical image of Canada, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eskimo relics found in the vicinity of Conger / G.W. Rice photo.

Photograph showing implements, probably for hunting or fishing, found during the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. No. 129.

Edward S. Curtis - [The mountain sheep hunter--Sioux]

Man standing holding a rifle and a bow. H66975 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. X1457-05. Copyright under title "The Sentinel." Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. ... More

Ainu fishermen on their primitive boats, Yezo, Japan

H80484 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co. No. 4012.

Edward S. Curtis - [Gathering hasen--Qahatika]. Book illustration from...

Woman using long pole to harvest cactus fruit, Arizona. H99559 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2337-07. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.... More

Edward S. Curtis - Gathering abalones--Nakoaktok

Kwakiutl woman gathering abalones, Washington. J150192 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3348-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edwa... More

Battlefield of Bethzur (north of Hebron) - Palestine

Shepherds and dog tend to flocks of goats and sheep. J176940 U.S. Copyright Office. No. U-127340.

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 - 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.

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