Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Hiawatha appearing from the woodlands
- Posed Native Americans depicting Barry's interpretation of Hiawatha, sent to Mr. Landry of Cincinnati who used them to paint his conception of "Hiawatha appearing from the woodlands" which took first place at National Photographers' Convention;...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Iroquois Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Hiawatha, 15th cent.
- [188-?]
- Zuni sand altar in kiva of the north
- Reproduction of a drawing of a Native American Zuni Pueblo sand painting shows a double row of naked figures with a single feather on their heads and outstretched arms inside a circle decorated with feather like designs.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.; Sandpaintings--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.
- [1883 or 1884?]
- The Cheyenne type
- Portrait (profile) of a Native American (Cheyenne) man. He wears a feather in his hair.
- Cheyenne Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.
- [1892]
- War god and goddesses
- Indians of North America--Pictorial works.; Gods--Pictorial works.
- [19--]
- Chief Flat-Iron Sioux
- Reproduction shows a painting (by Joseph H. Sharp, Pine Ridge, South Dakota) of a Native American Sioux man identified as Chief Flat Iron.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Men--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Flat Iron.
- [1900?]
- Chief Flat-Iron Sioux
- Reproduction shows a painting (by J. H. Sharp, Pine Ridge, South Dakota) of a Native American Sioux man identified as Chief Flat Iron.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Men--1900-1910.; Flat Iron.
- [1900?]
- Shop of silversmith
- Reproduction of a painting depicting a silversmith working on a piece of jewelry with a hammer on an anvil, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. Shop interior includes a fireplace, work tables and pottery.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Silversmiths--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Zuni (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Silverwork--New...
- [1901?]
- The day of law
- Native American (Hopi) man sits crossleg on a mesa, a small fire in front of him, overlooking a valley. He wears a loin cloth and a knife on his belt, a feather on his head.
- Hopi Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--1900-1910.
- [1906?]
- Three Crossings Station, Wyo.
- A Pony Express rider gallops away from the Three Crossings Station in Fremont County, Wyoming. This United States Army station has log and stone buildings with a log stockade and a lookout tower. Men camp beside their covered wagons near the...
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Fremont County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Fremont County--1860-1870.; Forts & fortifications--Wyoming--Fremont...
- [1933]
- Navajo sand painting
- Close-up view of a Native American (Navajo) sand painting. The painting shows Yei figures in a symmetrical design.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Sandpaintings--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1894]
- Modern Comanche
- Reproduction of a 1890 painting of a Native American Comanche on horseback along a windy trail. The Comanche man wears a feather in his hair, shirt with neck scarf, blanket around his leggings and has rifle in his saddle.
- Comanche Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Colonel Stobie
- An oil painting of Colonel Stobie. Colonel Stobie is on horseback, a Native American on horseback is behind him. Buttes are in the background, desert vegetation is on the ground below and the sky is blue with white clouds. The frame is rectangular...
- Buttes--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Chief Sitting Bull
- An oil portrait of Chief Sitting Bull by Charles S. Stobie. Chief Sitting Bull wears a headdress with feathers, necklace, sash, fringed tunic and hold a smoking pipe in his hands. The painting has a rectangular varnished wood frame.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Indians mounted or homeward bound
- An oil painting of two Native Americans on horseback. They are surrounded by dry plains vegetation and above them is a sky filled with clouds. The painting is unframed.
- Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Plains--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Black horse, Navajo chief, called American Killer
- An oil painting of Navajo chief, Black Horse. He stands in a the desert next to a horse and wears a full length red robe. Hills are in the background. The rectangular frame is gilded and molded wood.
- Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Horses--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1900-1910.; Black Horse, Navajo Chief.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Battle sketch
- An unfinished sketch of a battle scene. Shows Native Americans, horses and cowboys. The painting is unframed.
- Campaigns & battles--1890-1900.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Horses--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Chief Black Tail Deer
- An oil portrait (three quarters view) of Chief Black Tail Deer. He wears a necklace, red tunic and pendant. The rectangular painting is unframed.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Black Tail Deer, Chief.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Navajo sand painting
- Reproduction of a book illustration of a Native American (Navajo) man at work on a sand painting. The man crouches near a stucco building and a wooden pole fence.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--Spiritual life--1890-1920.; Sandpaintings--1890-1920.; Shamans--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1908]
- Navajo sand painting
- Close-up view of a Native American (Navajo) sand painting. The painting depicts Yei figures in symmetrical, reciprocal positions, with one elongated figure spanning from one end of the painting to another.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--Spiritual life--1890-1910.; Sandpaintings--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1908]
- Red Cloud, Ogalalla Sioux Indian
- Portrait of Red Cloud, (Makhpia-sha, or Maqpeya-luta) Native American Oglala Sioux (Lakota), wearing a feather headdress and buckskin coat with fringe.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Oglala Indians--1890-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1910.; Red Cloud, 1822-1909.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Kup-Pa-On-Na.
- Reproduction of an oil painting of a Native American (Taos) man who sits and works on pottery. He wears leggings, a hair pipe breast plate, and fur pelts over his braided hair.
- Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1890-1920.; Taos Indians--1890-1920.; Potters--1890-1920.; Kup-Pa-On-Na.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Acoma
- View of a painting, possibly on tile, of the sky with personified moon and sun inside a leafy border, in the Native American Acoma Pueblo mission, New Mexico.
- Acoma Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1920.; Acoma (N.M.)--1890-1920.; Interiors--New...
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Indian squaw" or "Indian camp
- An oil painting of Native American woman as she stands in front of a lodge. In the background is a forest of pine trees. The canvas is unfinished with no frame.
- Indians of North America--1890-1930.; Women--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930?]
- A Hopi matron preparing corn for the mill stone
- Reproduction of a painting; Native American (Hopi) woman prepares corn on a metate. Behind her is an adobe building, ristras, and pottery.
- Hopi Indians--Women--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Domestic life--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Snake Dance at Mishongnovi
- Reproduction of a painting; Native American (Hopi) snake dancers at the Mishongnovi Pueblo, Arizona. Dancers wear feathers, face and body paint, armbands and necklaces, kilts. They carry sticks and snakes; a crowd of spectators stand by.
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1930.; Snake dance--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Altar at Shumankwi (?)
- Reproduction of a painting depicts a Native American Zuni Pueblo altar with men sitting inside a ceremonial room with ritual objects including pottery, prayer sticks, kachinas, feathers, and projectile points or arrowheads, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Zuni Indians--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Zuni (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Kivas--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--New...
- [between 1900 and 1902?]
- Indians of the southwest
- Reproduction of an oil painting; shows Native American men (one wearing a feather headdress) reading a letter. Signature reads: "J. H. Sharp" (Joseph Henry Sharp).
- Indians of North America in art--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Religion - penitentes - "The Whippers" by Herbert Geer
- Reproduction shows an oil painting called: "The Whippers," by Herbert Geer, depicting Native Americans running; an adobe church or mission is in the background.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Taos Indian at fireplace
- Photograph of a painting by E. Irving Couse shows a Native American (Taos Pueblo) man as he kneels before a lit fireplace and a large decorated pot; he wears a loincloth, armband, and moccasins. A painted symbol in upper left corner reads: "Santa...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Public relations--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1900-1920.; Taos Indians--1900-1920.; Fireplaces--1900-1920.
- [between 1900-1920?]
- Hopi Snake Dance, Arizona
- Reproduction of a painting shows a Native American Hopi Pueblo Snake Dance with dancers wearing kilts and body paint, carrying snakes in their mouths and hands, Hopi Mesas, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1900-1910.; Snake dance--Arizona--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Hopi man at Grand Canyon
- Native American (Hopi) man in a loincloth, stands on an outcropping overlooking the Grand Canyon, Arizona. One arm is outstretched.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1900-1920.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1913?]
- The Wagon Box Fight
- A view of the Box Wagon Fight, between United States Army and Native American Sioux and Cheyenne warriors, August 2, 1867, Wyoming. A corral of wagon boxes helped the troops defeat the Sioux.
- Cheyenne Indians--War--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Dakota Indians--War--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Wagon Box Fight, Wyo., 1867.; Campaigns & battles--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--1860-1870.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Princess Susan, sister of High Cheif [sic] Ouray, Ute
- Reproduction of a painting of Princess Susan, Native American Ute, sister of Chief Ouray, wearing buckskin with fringe, jewelry and a headband.
- Ouray--Family.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1910.; Photomechanical prints.; Susan, Princess.
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- Thornburgh massacre
- An oil painting the depicts the Thornburgh massacre (Colorado). Shows a battle scene with Native Americans and the American Cavalry, covered wagons, horses, dead men and horses and a fire.
- Milk Creek (Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colo.), Battle of, 1879.; Campaigns & battles--Colorado--1870-1880.; Cavalry--Colorado--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--War--Colorado--1870-1880.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Joseph Walker on left, Arapeen on right
- Reproduction of a sketch shows head and shoulders portrait of mountain man Joseph Walker and Arapeen (Arrapeen,) Native American Ute.
- Indians of North America--1850-1860.; Ute Indians--1850-1860.; Arrapeen.; Walker, Joseph, Mountain man.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Colorow
- Reproduction of head and shoulders portrait painting of Colorow, Native American, (White River Band) Chief of the northern Utes; he wears a hair pipe breastplate and choker.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Colorow, ca. 1810-1888.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- My horse, Dave Dapple Gray, on detail the day of the massacre
- Reproduction of a painting of the December 21, 1866 fight between the Native American Oglala Dakota Sioux and William J. Fetterman's troops. Shows a wagon and dead bodies, Native Americans with bows and arrows and on horseback, and a wounded horse.
- Dakota Indians--War--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866.; Indians of North America--War--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Oglala Indians--War--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Fetterman, William J.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Rendezvous - Indians and trappers, upper Green River, Wyo.
- View of a rendezvous near the Green River in Sublette County, Wyoming. Shows mountain men (trappers) and North American Indians, on horseback and on foot, near groups of tepees located along the river. A horse pulls a travois near a group of Indian...
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--Sublette County--1820-1840.; Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--1820-1840.; Sublette County (Wyo.)--1820-1840.; Wind River Range (Wyo.)--1820-1840.; Fur trade--Wyoming--Sublette County--1820-1840.; Indian...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Upper California crossing of the Platte River [sic], Neb.
- View of a wagon train on the Overland Trail. Conestoga wagons approach or ford the South Platte River at the Upper California Crossing in Sedgwick County, Colorado. Shows ox-driven wagons, people camped beside wagons, and North American Indians on...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Sedgwick County--1860-1870.; Overland Trails--1860-1870.; Sedgwick County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Camping--Colorado--Sedgwick County--1860-1870.; Covered...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Pawnee village, evening ceremonial
- North American Indian (Pawnee) men and women sit and stand on and near earthen lodges at sunset probably in Nebraska. They are wrapped in blankets. Shows fences made of twigs or brush, and a plaza with an American flag that flies near the entrance...
- Earth houses--Nebraska--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Structures--Nebraska--1860-1880.; Pawnee Indians--1860-1880.; Earth lodges--Nebraska--1860-1880.; Lodges--Nebraska--1860-1880.; Rites & ceremonies--Nebraska--1860-1880.; Sunrises &...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Old Fort Bridger, Wyo.
- View of Fort Bridger on the Oregon Trail in Uinta County, Wyoming. Shows a stockade with log buildings and another with horses. A wagon train is camped in a circle near the Blacks Fork river. Horses and oxen graze nearby. A Conestoga wagon fords...
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--Fort Bridger--1850-1870.; Blacks Fork (Utah and Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Fort Bridger (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Fort Bridger State Historic Site (Fort Bridger, Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.;...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Pony Express rider, 1861
- A Pony Express rider is pursued by mounted North American Indians beside the Sweetwater River in probably Natrona County, Wyoming. The Pony Express rider wears a hat, buckskin jacket, fringed gauntlets, and boots with spurs. He holds a pistol.
- Indians of North America--War--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Pony express--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Push-ma-ta-ha, Chactan warrior
- Reproduction of a lithograph of a painting depicts Pushmataha, Choctow Native American tribal chief, wearing a military jacket with epaulets and ruffled shirt and short cropped hair. Pushmatah (also known as Apushamatahubib, Warrior's Seat Is...
- Choctaw Indians--1830-1840.; Indians of North America--1830-1840.; Military officers--1830-1840.; Pushmataha, ca. 1764-1824.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Ledagie, a Creek Chief
- Reproduction of a lithograph of a painting by C. B. King depicts Ledagie, Native American Creek, tribal chief, wearing a loose jacket with armbands, necklace, turban hat with plumes.
- Creek Indians--1840-1850.; Indians of North America--1840-1850.; Tribal chiefs--1840-1850.; Ledagie, Creek Chief.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Me-na-wa, a Creek warrior
- Reproduction of a lithograph of a painting by C. B. King depicts Me-na-wa, Native American Creek warrior wearing face paint, a loose striped jacket, hat with plume, and beaded purse.
- Creek Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Me-na-wa, Creek warrior.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Ration Day at Standing Rock
- A large group Native American Sioux gather at the Standing Rock Indian Agency on ration day. They are wrapped in blankets, one man wears a fur cap. A uniformed soldier talks with a white man and a Sioux man.
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Food relief--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- "We discovered in a little ravine three men lying dead with their bodies full of arrows
- U. S. Army soldiers on horseback overlook a ravine with three slain men, stripped naked, and shot full of Native American Sioux arrows.
- Dakota Indians--War--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--1890-1900.; Dead persons--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Soldiers--1890-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Custer's last stand
- Native American Lakota Sioux, Crow, Northern, and Cheyenne, defeat General Custer standing center, wearing buckskin, with few of his soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry still standing, Little Bighorn Battlefield, June 26, 1876 Little Bighorn River,...
- Cheyenne Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Crow Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Montana--1870-1880.; Teton Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--Montana--1870-1880.; Custer,...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- A Cheyenne warrior
- A Native American (Cheyenne) man on horseback holds a rifle and wears moccasins, fringed leggings and shirt, and a feather headdress.
- Cheyenne Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Horseback riding--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Tomahawk and sabre, or even odds
- A Native American (Plains) man, who holds a tomahawk, and a white cavalry man, who holds a sword, fight. Other combatants are nearby.
- Indians of North America--War--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.
- [between 1940 and 1960]