Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- A photo of some of the Attawa Indian boys taken in the early opening of the school
- Native American Iowa (Ioway) boys pose with their white instructor beside their clapboard school. The boys wear short cropped hair, sack jackets and trousers, two sit in chairs.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--1890-1900.; School children--1890-1900.; Teachers--1890-1900.
- 1870
- Ignacio- Ute
- Outdoor portrait (head and shoulder) of Ignacio, a Native American (Ute) man. He wears a printed shirt, vest with badge, a woven choker, scarves in braided hair, and a leather skull cap with a braided border and a feather.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Ignacio, Ute Chief.
- 1890
- The capture and killing of Sitting Bull
- Shows the arrest attempt of Sitting Bull on December 15, 1890 and the fight that broke out between Native American Sioux and U.S. Army soldiers wearing uniforms. Sitting Bull, the Hunkpapa Lakota leader was killed by Agency police.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Fighting--1890-1900.; Soldiers--1890-1900.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Death & burial.
- 1890
- Apaches
- A group of Native American (Apache) men and women sit on and near a wooden porch, in either Arizona or New Mexico. Some of the women wear bonnets.
- Apache Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Apache scout, U.S. troops
- Outdoor standing portrait of a Native American Apache policeman in uniform with a badge, ammunition belt and handgun.
- United States. Army--People--1890-1900.; Apache Indians--1890-1900.; Indian reservation police--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Police--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Apache scout, U.S. troops
- Outdoor standing portrait of a Native American Apache policeman in uniform with a badge, ammunition belt and handgun; posed shooting a bow and arrow.
- United States. Army--People--1890-1900.; Apache Indians--1890-1900.; Bow and arrow--1890-1900.; Indian reservation police--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Police--1890-1900.
- 1890
- On the cattle range what's the show for a Christmas dinner, chief?
- A man with fur chaps, gauntlets and a wide brimmed hat, holds the reins of his horse and stands in front of a Native American man at the entrance to a tepee. Shows a tomahawk on the ground and tepees at a camp in snowy woods.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Horses--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.
- 1890 December 20
- Some of the principle men of the tribe
- White Cloud, with the bear claw necklace, poses with other Native American Iowa (Ioway) men outside his log house; a young girl sits in front of them, and a boy stands off to the side. The men wear leggings, trousers, sack jackets, cotton tunics,...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--Children--1890-1900.; White Cloud, Iowa Chief.
- 1890 May 1
- Iowa Indian out hunting
- A Native American Iowa (Ioway) boy poses on his saddled horse in a field; he wears a shirt, vest, breechcloth, leggings, a feather hair ornament, and holds a bow and arrow. He has the horses reins in his mouth.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1890 May 1
- Crossing the swamp, at the Ioways village
- A white couple in a horse-drawn buckboard and a Native American Iowa (Ioway) boy on a horse pose in swamp water near a Ioway village.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1890 May 1
- A wigwam, at the Ioways vilage [sic]
- A Native American Iowa (Ioway) man and woman pose outside their tepee with a log fence around it, Ioway village.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.
- 1890 May 1
- White Clouds home, Ioway vilage
- Chief White Cloud poses with other Iowa (Ioway) Native Americans outside his log house, Ioway village, Oklahoma. White Cloud wears a shirt, blanket, headdress, and bear claw necklace, the other men and women are dressed in Euro-American style...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--1890-1900.; Log cabins--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; White Cloud, Iowa Chief.
- 1890 May 1
- Plenty Horses trial
- Studio portrait (sitting and standing) of Plenty Horses, Living Bear, Bear-That-Lays-Down, He Dog, Jack Red Cloud, Broken Arm, White Moon, and Rock Road, Native American (Sioux, Cheyenne, and Oglala Lakota) men. The men wear suits. Four men hold...
- Cheyenne Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Bear That Lays Down.; Broken Arm.; He Dog, 1837-1936.; Living Bear.; Plenty Horses, d. 1933.;...
- 1891
- Plenty Horses, Slayer of Lieutenant Edward Casey, U. S. A.
- Head and shoulders portrait of Plenty Horses, a Native American Sioux man, wearing a neck scarf.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Plenty Horses, d. 1933.
- 1891
- Living Bear, father of Plenty Horses
- Head and shoulders portrait of a Native American (Sioux) man, identified as Living Bear.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Living Bear.; Plenty Horses, d. 1933--family.
- 1891?
- The marriage of Beautiful Snow
- A white preacher performs a marriage ceremony for a Native American woman, identified as Beautiful Snow, and a cowboy. The couple is holding hands, but the cowboy is smoking and looking off into the distance.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Weddings--1890-1900.; Beautiful Snow.
- 1891?
- Tabby, Chief of the Utes
- Vignette head and shoulders portrait of a Native American Ute man, identified as Tabby. The elderly man has a full head of hair, long whiskers at each corner of his mouth, and wears a kerchief, overcoat, shirt, and vest.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Uinta Indians--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Tabby, Chief.
- 1892
- Conjuring back the buffalo
- A Native American Sioux man wearing leggings stands on a slope with buffalo skulls; he raises a skull above his head.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Shamans--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Rev. Sherman Coolidge, D. D. A native Arapahoe.
- Studio portrait of Reverend Sherman Coolidge, D. D. (Native American Arapaho). He wears a clerical robe.
- Arapaho Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clergy--1890-1900.; Coolidge, Sherman.
- 1893
- Chief Piah selected by Bureau of Ethnology as typical Ute
- Studio portrait (profile, sitting) of Chief Piah (Peter Snow), Native American man (Ute); wears stripped shirt, hair pipe choker, metal hoop earring and braided hair.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Piah, Ute Chief.
- 1894
- Severo's wife
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Severo's wife (Natz-chi-ve-rat), Native American woman (Ute); wears printed blouse, wide leather belt decorated with metal, printed clasped shawl, hair pipe choker, and metal and bead earrings.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Natz-chi-ve-rat.
- 1894
- Chief Severo Captain of Indian Police
- Studio portrait (sitting, 3/4) of Chief Severo (Aaron Bear), Native American man (Ute); wears white shirt, dark vest, and hair pipe choker; metal badge reads "Indian Police" on vest.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Severo, Chief.
- 1894
- Chief Piah selected by Bureau of Ethnology as typical Ute
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Chief Piah (Peter Snow), Native American man (Ute); wears striped shirt, hair pipe choker, one hoop earring, and braided hair.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Piah, Ute Chief.
- 1894
- Pevige
- Studio portrait of Pevige (sitting), Native American man (Ute), wears shirt, dark vest; badge reads "Indian Police" pinned on vest; hair pipe choker and scarf around neck; braided hair covered with fur pelts.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Pevige, Ute Indian.
- 1894
- Chief Severo Captain of Indian Police, Ute
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Chief Severo (Aaron Bear), Native American man (Ute); wears shirt and vest, and hair pipe choker; metal badge reads "Indian Police" on vest.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Severo, Chief.
- 1894
- Piah and his son Capitanito
- Piah and his son Capitanito Native Americans (Ute), pose for a portrait on a porch near a tepee, possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Piah wears beaded moccasins, fringed leggings, striped shirt, blanket draped across...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Capitanito.; Piah, Ute Chief.
- 1894
- Riding with blanket
- Outdoor portrait of Native American (Ute) man (on horseback); he wears beaded moccasins, fringed leggings, and is wrapped in a dark blanket; rifle is in saddle holster; horse has saddle, bridle decorated with metal, and blanket.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Wife of Severo
- Studio portrait of Severo's wife (Natz-chi-ve-rat), (sitting, profile) Native American woman (Ute) wearing printed shirt, clasped shawl, hair pipe choker, and metal earring.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Natz-chi-ve-rat.
- 1894
- Sunshine and Shadow Cerette and Capitanito
- Studio portrait of two Native Americans (Ute), children of Chief Severo, Cerette (possibly Isareta) and Capitanito, pose seated on a cushion. The boy wears a beaded choker, shirt, breastplate, leggings, necklaces, and moccasins. The girl wears a...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--11890-1900.; Capitanito.; Isareta.
- 1894
- Ute group
- Native American Ute men and a woman pose, Julian and his wife on left. Clothing includes: blankets, hair and pipe bone breastplates, chokers, fur pelts, silver belts and beaded moccasins. Man, center, holds a club with feathers.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Buck, Julian.
- 1894
- Julian and wife
- Standing studio portrait of two Native Americans (Ute), Julian Buck and his wife. She wears a beaded shawl over a dress with a beaded belt and bag. He wears a long shirt, leggings, hair & pipe bone breastplate, choker, and blanket and holds a...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Buck, Julian.
- 1894
- Flanked
- An oil painting of a battle scene between a cowboy and Native Americans in a valley or on a pass. The cowboy leans against a rock and holds a pistol; a rifle is next to him. Two Native Americans on horseback are in the background. Spent arrows...
- Campaigns & battles--1890-1900.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Festival of Mountain & Plain
- Native American (Ute) girls walk between tepees at the first Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. Ute families sit and stand nearby.
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.;...
- 1895
- Ute Indians, from southern Colorado
- Studio portrait of Buckskin Charlie, a Native American man (Ute), costume includes fur, feathers, and a hair pipe breastplate.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.
- 1895 October 17
- The Vedette
- An oil painting of a Native American on a horse on a bluff who looks out over a valley. An encampment of tepees are in the valley below and mountains are in the background. The painting is on an unframed rectangular stretched canvas.
- Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Running Crow
- An oil portrait of Native American Running Crow. He rides a white horse. Mountains are in the background, large rocks are on the landscape and the sky is filled with white and gray clouds. The rectangular frame is gessoed and gilded wood.
- Running Crow.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Julian, son of Buckskin Charlie, and family
- Native American (Ute) girl, woman, and man pose outdoors for a portrait (standing); unidentified girl wears beaded moccasins and pants, striped dress, beaded belt, dark clasped shawl with (possibly) medal, and metal earrings; woman wears beaded...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Julian, son of Buckskin Charlie, and family
- Outdoor portrait (sitting, standing) of Native American (Ute) girl, woman, and man; unidentified, girl wears moccasins and pants, striped dress, dark clasped shawl with possibly medal, and metal earrings; woman wears printed dress, and clasped...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Julian, Ute Indian.
- 1896
- Pevige
- Studio portrait (seated, profile) of Pevige, Native American man (Ute); wears dark shirt and vest, hair pipe choker and scarf on neck, fur pelts cover braided hair.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Pevige, Ute Indian.
- 1896
- Group of Utes
- Unidentified Native American (Ute) man and woman pose outdoors and stand behind outspread blanket; man wears moccasins, leggings, print shirt underneath overshirt, pelt with concho, breechcloth, and fur pelts cover braided hair; woman wears blanket...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Group of Utes
- Two unidentified Native American (Ute) men pose outdoors; one man wears a dark three piece suit with tie, vest with medal and decorated watch chain, jacket deocrated with fringed pennant, metal earrings, wide-brimmed hat, and scarves tied to...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Moquette and Polonegro
- Two Native American men (Ute), pose outdoors with outspread blanket; one (possibly Moquette) wears moccasins, beaded leggings, breechcloth, striped long shirt, hair pipe breast plate, scarf around neck, earrings, fur pelt and feather headdress; one...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Moquette.; Polonegro.
- 1896
- Moquette and Polonegro, Utes
- Two Native American (Ute) men, Moquette and Polonegro, stand on blankets in front of a house. One wears a hair and pipe bone breastplate, long striped shirt, fur cap, feathers and holds a straw hat. The other wears a hat, vest, tie and medal.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Moquette.; Polonegro.
- 1896
- Indian Chiefs
- Native American (Sioux) men; Rocky Bear, Black Fox, Kills in Winter, Flat iron (medicine man), Bear Foot, Lone Bear, and Poor Elk, performers in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose outdoors with white men. The Sioux men hold spears and painted...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.
- 1896
- A Pueblo silversmith
- Reproduction of half-tone shows a Pueblo Native American silversmith working with a hammer at his bench inside an adobe structure with a boy and girl. Interior includes a fireplace, hand bellows and anvil made from a section of railroad rail, with...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Silversmiths--1890-1900.; Silverwork--1890-1900.
- 1896?
- Chief Mountain - Blackfeet
- Studio head and shoulders portrait of a Native American (Blackfeet, Siksika) man, identified as Chief Mountain. He wears a blanket around his waist, a fringed hide shirt, bead necklaces accented by strips of fur, hair decorations of fur and...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Siksika Indians--1890-1900.; Mountain, Siksika Chief.
- 1898
- Eneas Michel - Flatheads
- Standing studio portrait of a Native American Flathead (Salish) man, identified as Eneas Michel. He wears moccasins, beaded leggings, a breech cloth, a woven blanket around his waist, a fringed shirt, a kerchief, earrings, and braided hair. In his...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Salish Indians--1890-1900.; Michel, Eneas.
- 1898
- Antoine - Flatheads
- Standing studio portrait of a Native American Flathead (Salish) man, identified as Antoine. He wears a woven blanket over a plaid shirt, earrings, a wide brimmed hat with peacock feathers in the band, beaded braid decorations, and holds a bow and...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Salish Indians--1890-1900.; Antoine, Salish Indian.
- 1898
- Antoine Moise - Flatheads
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Flathead) man, identified as Antoine Moise. He wears a floral print shirt, a vest, necklace, strips of fur around his braids, and a traditional Flathead hair style.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Salish Indians--1890-1900.; Moise, Antoine.
- 1898
- Louison - Flatheads
- Studio portrait of a Native American Flathead (Salish) man, identified as Louison. He is an elderly man wearing a hide shirt with beaded decoration and has long straight hair with an eagle feather in it. He holds a cylindrical object with fur...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Salish Indians--1890-1900.; Louison, Salish Chief.
- 1898