Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Black Bear Jr. Arapahoe
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Black Bear Junior, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He holds a tomahawk pipe and wears a fur pelt and body paint.
- Arapaho Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Body painting--1900-1910.; Calumets--1900-1910.; Black Bear, Son of Chief Black Bear.
- 1900
- Clear Sioux
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Clear, a Native American (Sioux) man. He poses with a bow and arrows and wears body paint, a breechcloth, armbands, fur pelt decorated with medals, and a headdress with a taxidermy bird and feathers.
- Bow and arrow--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Body painting--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Clear Dakota Indian.
- 1900
- Buckskin Charley's wife
- Portrait of a Native American (Ute), possibly the wife of Buckskin Charlie, costume includes a plaid blanket, she holds feathers.
- Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Colonel Wm F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) rehearses Summit Springs Battle
- Native Americans, Carlo Myles, Nobby Clark, and William F. Cody rehearse for a reenactment of the Battle of Summit Springs. A Native American man and woman stand near a partially constructed tepee. The woman wears a dress decorated with elk teeth...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--1900-1910.; Cheyenne Indians--Performances & portrayals--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Summit Springs (Colo.), Battle of, 1869--Commemoration.; Historical reenactments--1900-1910.; Horseback...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Indians, Dakota
- Two white women wearing long skirts and necklaces with crosses pose outside a tepee with a Native American Sioux man with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, he wears a hair pipe breastplate, vest with quillwork and leggings.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--People--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Pahaka's (Buffalo Bill) farewell salute
- Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody) rides at the head of a group of Native American (Sioux) men on horseback as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The Sioux men hold staffs decorated with feathers and wear moccasins, beaded leggings, and feather...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [1907?]
- Big Head
- Studio portrait (standing), of Big Head, a Native American (Cheyenne) man. He holds a revolver and shield and wears a breechcloth, ammunition belt, body paint, and a feather roach.
- Cheyenne Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Body painting--1900-1910.; Shields--1900-1910.; Big Head.
- 1901
- Crazy Head
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Crazy Head, a Native American (Cheyenne) man. He wears a beaded shirt, a necklace with a beaded and fringed fur pelt pendant, and a beaded feather headdress.
- Cheyenne Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Crazy Head.
- 1908
- Large group of Cheyenne Indians, Wild West Show
- A photomechanical reproduction of a stereographic view; shows a group of Native American (Cheyenne) men, women, and children as they pose on a sidewalk near a building. The men all wear feather headdresses and fur pelts over their braids. The women...
- Cheyenne Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Children--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Two Moons as chief of the Cheyennes, gives a striking portrait
- Studio portrait (profile) of Two Moons, a Native American (Cheyenne) man. He wears a beaded feather headdress that is partially covered with a fur pelt.
- Cheyenne Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1900-1910.
- 1907
- The writer of the Bent articles, George Bent, and his wife Magpie
- Portrait of George Bent, a mixed-blood who chose to live and fight as a Cheyenne warrior, with his wife Magpie. Bent wears a suit and moccasins, he has a moustache. Magpie wears a dress decorated with elk teeth, quillwork and fringe, and a hairpipe...
- Cheyenne Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Warriors--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.; Bent, George, 1843-1918.; Magpie, wife of George Bent.
- 1906 March
- Signs, Dull Knife's provocation
- A Native American (Northern Cheyenne) man and a white soldier stand next to a dead horse whose throat has been cut.
- Cheyenne Indians--War--1900-1910.; Indian scouts--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Soldiers--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Geronimo- the greatest Indian chief- as a U. S. prisoner
- Geronimo, a Native American (Chiricahua Apache) man, a U. S. prisoner, poses outdoors near a group of tents. He wears a woven blanket and beaded cap.
- Chiricahua Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Prisoners--1900-1910.; Shamans--1900-1910.; Geronimo, 1829-1909--Capture & imprisonment--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Geronimo
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Geronimo, a Native American (Chiricahua Apache) man. He wears a bead choker and a medal pendant.
- Chiricahua Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Shamans--1900-1910.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.
- [between 1902 and 1909]
- Salish Indians
- Portrait of a Native American (Coastal Salish) woman standing next to a canoe on a rocky beach. She wears a loose skirt, striped shirt, and shawl. The dug-out canoe contains plants and an oar.
- Coast Salish Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Canoes--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Quanah Parker's family
- Shows Chief Quanah Parker with three of his wives, a son and a baby in a cradleboard. Parker, a Native American Comanche chief led the last tribe in the Staked Plain to come into the reservation system, wears a suit and hat. His wives are wrapped...
- Comanche Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Boys--1900-1910.; Cradleboards--1900-1910.; Families--1900-1910.; Infants--1900-1910.; Spouses--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1900-1910.; Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911.; Parker, Quanah,...
- 1905
- Death Valley Scott, with mustache
- A group of men, including "Death Valley Scott," rides horses in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The group includes an American cowboy (Scott), a Mexican vaquero, a Native American, and a Russian Georgian Cossack. They are members...
- Cossacks--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Gauchos--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Death Valley Scott.
- [1901]
- Indian playing ping pong
- Two Native American men play ping pong in the foreground with a crowd of men watching them. The two men playing wear feather headdresses. Several men in the audience also wear feather headdresses. One man wearing a suit in the center midground...
- Cossacks--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Gauchos--1900-1910.; Table tennis--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- The modern curio peddler, Little Bear, Chief of the Crees
- Standing portrait of Little Bear, chief of the Cree Native Americans carrying a staff, bow and arrows and a sack; he wears trousers, jacket, hat with scarves tied around his head and shoulders.
- Cree Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1900-1910.; Little Bear, Cree Chief.
- 1907
- In war dress
- A Native American (Crow) man poses outdoors near a tent. He wears body paint, a breechcloth, and beaded leather belt.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Body painting--1900-1910.; Breechcloths--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Medicine Crow's squaw
- Medicine Crow's wife and son, Native American (Crow), pose outdoors on a wooden crate. Medicine Crow's wife wears a fringed dress decorated with elk teeth, and bead earrings. Men with horses and a mother and daughter are nearby.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Boys--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Mothers & children--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.; Medicine Crow--Family.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Little Crow Indian cemetery, on Oak Creek
- An elderly Native American (Crow) stands near a grave at the Little Crow Indian Cemetery on Oak Creek, possibly Wyoming. Other grave stones are in the area, a wooden church building is in the background on a vast plain.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Cemeteries--1900-1910.; Graves--1900-1910.
- 1908?
- Mother and child
- A Native American (Crow) woman poses with her child near a tepee. She wears moccasins and a blanket.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Children--1900-1910.; Mothers & children--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Girls
- Two young Native American (Crow) women and a girl sit on horseback. The girl and one of the women wear dresses with elk teeth and blankets. The horses have beaded tack.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Pretty Weasel and Singing Beauty
- Pretty Weasel, who is pregnant, and Singing Beauty, Native American (Crow) women, pose outdoors. Singing Beauty wears beaded moccasins, a belt, dress decorated with elk teeth, and bead necklaces. A man on horseback is nearby.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Pregnant women--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.; Pretty Weasel.; Singing Beauty.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Washing meat
- A Native American (Crow) man washes meat by a ditch. Children and a woman are nearby.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Crow warrior old style hairdress
- A Native American (Crow) man poses outdoors on horseback. He wears leggings, a blanket, armbands, and feather roach. Tents, tepees, and men on horseback are nearby.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Hairstyles--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.
- 1900
- The Sentinel
- A Native American (Crow) man poses on horseback, on a ledge over an encampment, silhouetted against a sunset. He carries a staff and wears a headdress. Shows tepees.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.
- 1907
- The raiders
- Three Native Americans (Crow) on horseback pause to let their mounts drink from a stream. The men wear heavy clothing including blankets, coats, and fur.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.; Streams--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Night fire
- Night view of a Native American (Crow) wrapped in a blanket, he stands in front of a tepee with his back to a camp fire.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.
- 1907?
- The Other Medicine, Crow Indians
- Head and shoulders profile studio portrait of a Native American (Crow) man, identified as The Other Medicine. He wears long braids and holds a tomahawk and arrows across his chest.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Other Medicine.
- 1905
- Crow Indians
- View of an unidentified Native American (Crow) man on the banks of an unidentified river (possibly the Little Big Horn). He is bending over with one hand in the water and wears only a breech cloth.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Rivers--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Dancing in the firelight
- Night view of a group of Native American (Crow) men dancing around a fire near tepees. One man plays a drum which he holds in his hand as four others circle. The dancer's wear breast plates, breech cloths, feather bustles, and head wear that...
- Crow Indians--Dance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Campfires--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Crow dancers
- Two Native American (Crow) men pose in dance costumes near a tepee, other men look on. The dancers wear kilts, moccasins, fur around their ankles, bells, breast plates, necklaces, and ornamental head gear. Shows white men in the background, one...
- Crow Indians--Dance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1910.
- 1900?
- The Owl Dance - Crow only
- Native American (Crow) men and women stand with arms around each others waists and their backs to the viewer as they perform the Owl Dance, an exclusively Crow ceremony. The wear a mix of traditional and Euro-American dress, costume items of note...
- Crow Indians--Dance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Crow Indian dance
- Native American Crows dance probably in southern Colorado; costume includes feather headdresses.
- Crow Indians--Dance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1901?]
- Bull Goes Hunting
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Crow) medicine man, identified as Bull Goes Hunting. He was also known to tribesmen of the Whistling Waters clan as Sees the Living Bull and Goes Around All the Time. He has a bird painted on his hide shirt,...
- Crow Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Aged persons--1900-1910.; Shamans--1900-1910.; Bull Goes Hunting, Crow medicine man.
- 1906
- Dakota dance
- Native American (Sioux) men dance, the Sioux men wear feather headdresses and bustles, spectators stand nearby. Prominent signs read: "Big Cut In Pri[ces]", "Tom Sweeney Hardware Company", "Clothing, Boots, & Shoes Harness & Saddle New & Second...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indian dance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Sioux dancers
- Native American (Sioux) men dance, they wear feather headdresses and bustles while spectators look on. Prominent signs read: "Big Cut In Pri[ces]", "Tom Sweeney Hardware Company", "Clothing, Boots, & Shoes Harness & Saddle New & Second Hand", and...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indian dance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Looks Cloud
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Looks Cloud, an elderly Native American (Sioux) man. He wears a blanket, earring, and feather roach.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Aged persons--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Looks Cloud, Dakota Indian.
- 1900
- Black Bull Sioux Chief
- Studio portrait (standing) of Black Bull, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears moccasins and a scarf around his neck, and rests his hand on the back of a chair.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Black Bull.
- 1900 July 13
- Dakota dancers
- Native American (Sioux) men and women wait to dance, the Sioux men wear feather headdresses, spectators stand nearby. Prominent signs read: "Big Cut In [Prices]", "Tom Sweeney Hardware Company", "Clothing, Boots, & Shoes Harness & Saddle New &...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Dakota dancers
- Native American (Sioux) men and women wait to dance, the Sioux men wear feather headdresses and hold staffs decorated with feathers, spectators stand nearby. Prominent signs read: "Big Cut In [Prices]", "Tom Sweeney Hardware Company", "Clothing,...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Conversation
- A Native American (Sioux) man and woman talk with a white man. The Sioux man wears a feather roach and a blanket.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Blue Bird Sioux
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Blue Bird, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears a painted buckskin shirt decorated with short fringe.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Blue Bird, Dakota Indian.
- 1900
- Oscar T. Dog- U. S. A.
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Oscar T. Dog, a Native American (Dakota Sioux) man. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, armbands, and vest, and a beaded feather headdress. A blanket is draped across his lap. He holds a beaded tobacco bag.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Dog, Oscar T.
- [1909?]
- Henry Lone Bear
- Studio portrait (standing) of Henry Lone Bear, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, armbands, vest, a beaded and feathered headdress, a hair pipe breast plate, and a fur pelt decorated with metal over his shoulders....
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Lone Bear, Henry.
- [1909?]
- Eagle Man Sioux
- Eagle Man, a Native American (Sioux) poses for a studio portrait, he wears a fringed shirt, a beaded necklace, and feathers in his hair; he holds a wooden rifle from which a bunch of feathers hang.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Eagle Man.
- 1900
- Little Wolf, Little Kula, and Captain C. Lyon Berg
- Studio portrait (standing) of Captain Charles Lyon Berg, Little Wolf, and Little Kuhla, a white man, and Native American (Chyenne) man and girl. Little Wolf wears beaded moccasins, a blanket around his waist, and a feather headdress. Little Kuhla...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Girls--1900-1910.; Military scouts--1900-1910.; Little Kula.; Little Wolf, d. 1904.; Berg, Charles Lyon.
- 1908
- Chief Blue Horse Sioux
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Blue Horse, an elderly Native American (Sioux) man. He holds a calumet and staff and wears a fringed shirt with quill work and a beaded feather headdress.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Aged persons--1900-1910.; Calumets--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Blue Horse.
- 1900