Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 2nd pueblo Taos arts & crafts painting
- View of an unidentified Native American (Taos Pueblo) man painting on a canvas on an easel; his outfit includes a feather headdress. Adobe walls and an oven are to the sides.
- Headdresses--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- 2nd Pueblo Taos bridges Pueblo Creek
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows Native American adults and a dog on a Pueblo Creek bridge, and adobe dwellings.
- Indians of North America--Children--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pedestrian bridges--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 2nd Pueblo Taos church
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows the San Geronimo de Taos Mission (with belfry, bell, and adobe entrada), Native American (Taos Pueblo) women and children, and whites in a car.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Taos...
- 1917
- 2nd pueblo Taos fiesta
- View of Rio Puerco (Pueblo Creek), Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows a Native American (Taos Pueblo) woman in a blanket bending over the water. Horse-drawn wagons and white people are in the background.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Rio Pueblo de Taos (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.;...
- 1917
- 2nd Pueblo Taos fiesta dances
- View of Native Americans (Taos Pueblo) during a festival at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows men, women, and children atop adobe pueblo dwellings, white spectators, and a cloth canopy.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Festivals--New Mexico--Taos...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- 2nd Pueblo Taos streets
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo dwellings, scaffolds, ovens, a Native American (Taos Pueblo) woman, White men and women, and Pueblo Peak.
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--1920-1930.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 2nd Pueblo Taos streets
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows Native American women and children, a bridge over Taos Creek, and adobe pueblo dwellings with ovens and balconies.
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 2nd pueblo Taos transportation
- View of Native American (Taos Pueblo) children and teenagers climbing on a wagon at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--Taos...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- 31. Navajo Indians Shiprock
- A group of Native American (Navajo) men, a woman, child, and baby in a cradleboard pose outdoors near an unhitched wagon at Shiprock, New Mexico. The men are wrapped in woven blankets and wear headbands. The woman wears a dress and shawl. The girl...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1890-1910.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Cradleboards--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1908]
- 33. Navajo Indian girl at Shiprock
- Native American (Navajo) woman poses outdoors on horseback at Shiprock, New Mexico. The woman wears a dress and shirt. The horse has a saddle, bridle, and blanket.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1890-1910.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1908]
- 48. Indian Hogan.
- View of a Native American (Navajo) hogan. The wood and earth covered hogan stands on a rocky desert landscape.
- Hogans--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1920.; Navajo Indians--Structures--1890-1920.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915]
- 7th Cav coming into camp from Wounded Knee fight with Big Foots Band, Pine Ridge Agcy S.D.
- View of the Seventh Cavalry on horseback riding in a long column over the plains enroute to the Native American Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota.
- United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Miniconjou Indians--War--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Wounded...
- [November 1890?]
- 9th Cav camp at Wounded Knee, S.D.
- Black and white members of the Ninth Cavalry (Buffalo Soldiers) pose in their wall tent camp during the Native American Sioux campaign on Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. Hay has been scattered over the snow-covered ground for horses covered...
- United States. Army. Cavalry, 9th.--1890-1900.; African Americans--Military service--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government...
- [1890 or 1891]
- [Group of Piegan Indians] [art original].
- Piegan Indians--Pictorial works.; Indians in art.; Indians of North America--Pictorial works.; West (U.S.)--In art.; Oil paintings.
- 1867
- [Indian burial] [art original].
- Painting, American.; Indians of North America--Pictorial works.; Indians of North America--Funeral customs and rites.
- 1904
- [Indian camp in the mountains] [art original].
- Indians in art.; Indians of North America--Pictorial works.; Mountains in art.; Painting, American.; Oil paintings.
- 1889
- [Indian ledger drawing] [art original].
- Crayon drawing.; Pencil drawing, American.; Indians in art.; Indians of North America--Pictorial works.
- [n.d.]
- [Indians in doorway of adobe houses] [art original].
- Adobe houses.; Indians in art.; Pueblo Indians--Pictorial works.; Indians of North America--Dwellings--Pictorial works.; Oil paintings.
- [n.d.]
- [Indians] [art original].
- Indians of North America--Pictorial works.; Indians in art.; Watercolor painting, American.
- 1891
- [Red Cloud and William Blackmore on an excursion on the Potomic River, June, 1872 [art original].
- Blackmore, William, d. 1878.; Red Cloud, 1822-1909.; Indians in art.; Painting, American.; Indians of North America--Pictorial works.; Oil paintings.
- 1872
- [Three Indians on horseback].
- Indians of North America--Pictorial works.; Indians in art.; Watercolor painting, American.
- 1889
- [Totem design] [original print] / Unknown.
- Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific.; Totems--Pictorial works.; Woodcuts.
- [n.d.]
- [Young] White Bull
- Studio portrait of Young White Bull a Native American (Minniconjou Sioux) boy in a squatted action pose on a woven blanket, holding a rattle. He wears a roach with feathers, kilt, fur belt, moccasins, face paint, beaded arm and wrist bands, and a...
- Dakota Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Boys--1910-1920.; Young White Bull.
- [1913?]
- "Big Alec's" wife and her garden
- A Native American (Paiute) woman, identified as the wife of Big Alec, stands in a cultivated garden, Deep Creek, Nevada. She wears a scarf over her head, and a print blouse and skirt, and holds a garden tool. Family members stand in the background.
- Indians of North America--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Paiute Indians--Women--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Deep Creek (Nev.)--1910-1920.; Gardening--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Women--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Big Alex--Family.
- 1913
- "Big Alec", wife, three sons, and daughters-in-law
- Native American (Paiute) man, identified as Big Alec, with his wife, three sons, and two daughters-in-law, in Deep Creek, Nevada. The men wear shirts and dungarees, Big Alec wears suspenders, the youngest son wears a jacket with a ribbon on the...
- Indians of North America--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Paiute Indians--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Deep Creek (Nev.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Families--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Women--Nevada--Deep...
- 1913
- "Big Jim's" cabin and daughter
- A Native American (Shawnee) woman holds a baby, identified as the grandson of Chief Tecumseh, outside of a small log cabin, possibly in Oklahoma. She wears a full length print dress and a scarf around her neck. A white woman stands next to her.
- Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813--Family.; Indians of North America--Women--Oklahoma--1880-1910.; Shawnee Indians--Children--Oklahoma--1880-1910.; Log cabins--Okahoma--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- "Billy" a Shoshone warrior
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Billy, a Native American (Shoshone) man. He wears a blanket over his lap, a shirt, scarves over his braids, and a beaded necklace.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Shoshoni Indians--1860-1870.; Billy Shoshone Indian.
- 1867
- "Butterfly Dance" of the Hopi [sic] Indians
- View of Native American Pueblo men and women dancers; the men wear kilts, moccasins, bells, and carry rattles; the women wear mantas, moccasins, tablet headdresses (tablitas), and carry feathers. Shows singers and a drum.
- Indians of North America--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--1920-1930.; Ceremonial dancers--1920-1930.
- 1933
- "Catalla Wa Cheepee" a Squaw Dance S...? P.R. Ag
- Native American Lakota Sioux women gather in a circle, possibly to play a game of dice on the ground, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. The Presbyterian church shows on the east end of agency's main street.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Women--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--Pine...
- 1891 May 8
- "Cecile," a Flathead belle
- Sitting portrait of a Native American Flathead (Salish) woman, identified as Cecile. She wears an elaborately stitched and beaded dress, large circular earrings, a necklace, and a long, patterned bone (?) ornament around her neck.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Salish Indians--Women--1880-1910.; Cecile,--Salish woman.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- "Cheyenne Lodge" (& surroundings)
- A Native American (Cheyenne) woman sits near a tepee. Near the tepee is a wood cooking tripod and a wood and brush drying rack from which meat and hide hangs. A metal pot is on the ground near the tripod. Other tepees are in the distance.
- Cheyenne Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Tipis--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- "Dick" Wilson- controversial council pres
- Dick Wilson, a Native American (Oglala Sioux) man, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, and a white man stand near a marble monument during the 1973 AIM occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Dick Wilson wears a beaded necklace with a...
- American Indian Movement--1970-1980.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Oglala Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Wilson, Dick, Dakota Indian.
- [1973]
- "Dutchy," the avenger of Capt. Crawford's death
- Seated outdoor portrait of Dutchy, a Native American Chiricahua Apache scout for the U.S. Army during the Crook campaigns; posed with a rifle and ammunition belt.
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indian scouts--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Military scouts--1880-1890.; Dutchy Chiricahua Indian.
- [1882?]
- "End of an Era" statue
- View of "The Closing Era," a bronze statue by Preston Powers at the State Capitol building, Denver, Colorado. It is a life-size bronze reproduction of a Native American male standing over a buffalo slain by the spear he holds in his hand.
- Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Powers, Preston.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- "Estufa" in south pueblo Taos
- Rooftop view of Native American adobe buildings and a closed kiva at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The buildings have canales and vigas. Hornos, wooden platforms, and ladders are nearby.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Kivas--New...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- "Estufa" Pueblo de Taos N.M.
- A Native American (Taos) man poses by a ladder at the entrance to a kiva at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Adobe buildings are in the distance.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Kivas--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- "First Choice"-Dance at San Ildefanso [sic]
- Native Americans of San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, perform a dance wearing costumes with headdresses; other Native Americans and white people gather in a circle around the dancers.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1900-1920.; Tewa Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1900-1920.; San Ildefonso (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Ceremonial dancers--New...
- [between 1900 and 1912?]
- "Flatheads," So-Sa and family
- A Native American Flathead (Salish) man, identified as Sosa, poses with his family in front of a tepee. There are two men, a woman, and two children. The men wear moccasins, leggings, shirts, necklaces, and fur bound braids. One of them wears a...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Families--1900-1910.; So-sa.
- 1907
- "Good-bye" Joseph
- "Good-bye" Joseph (Joe Isadore Woodcock), a Native American young man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses for an informal portrait. The young man wears his hair in braids, has several beaded necklaces hanging around his...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Woodcock, Joe Isadore.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- "Home of Mrs. American Horse" visiting at Mrs. A's home in hostile camp
- View of American Horse's wife with other Native American Sioux (Lakota) women and children sitting around a cooking pot on an iron tripod inside a pole tepee framework with the canvas lowered. Other tepees, cooking pots, wagons, show in the camp.
- American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908--Family.; Dakota Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.
- 1891
- "Katalla Wachee-pee," a Squaw Dance at P.R. Agency, S.D. 4th of July, A.D. 1891
- Native American Lakota Sioux women gather in a circle possibly to dance, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. Spectators on horses and bleachers show in background.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Dance--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--Pine...
- 1891 July 4
- "Lo, the poor indian," - a company of Ute braves
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a portrait of Native American Utes standing and sitting in two rows.
- Indians of North America--1820-1830.; Ute Indians--1820-1830.
- [1826]
- "Loma" a prosperous Indian farmer
- Standing portrait of a Native American Flathead (Salish) man, identified as Loma Joscum. He stands in the entryway of a tepee shielding his eyes with his right hand. In his left hand he holds a rifle. He wears moccasins, leggings, a breech cloth,...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Farmers--1900-1910.; Joscum, Loma.
- 1907
- "Medicine Wheel" in mountains near Sheridan, Wyoming
- View of a Native American medicine wheel on Medicine Mountain in the Big Horn Mountains, Big Horn National Forest, near Sheridan Wyoming. It was constructed using medium to large size stones, has a circular perimeter, a raised central point, and...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Wyoming--1910-1920.; Medicine wheels--Wyoming--1910-1920.; Medicine Mountain (Wyo.)--1910-1920.; Medicine Wheel National Historic Landmark (Wyo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological...
- 1917
- "Mint," Crow Agency, Mont.
- A Native American (Crow) man identified as Mint poses probably at Crow Agency (Big Horn County), Montana. He wears a long feather headdress and headpiece with antlers and fur, a decorative breechcloth over leather leggings, and moccasins. He holds...
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Men--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Crow Agency (Mont.)--1880-1900.; Indian encampments--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Men--Montana--Crow...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- "Na-tuen-de" Apache maiden
- Standing studio portrait of Na-tu-ende, Native American Apache woman, posed with baskets and wearing a fringed buckskin shirt over her dress.
- Apache baskets--1880-1890.; Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Baskets--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Na-tuen-de.
- [1884?]
- "Nachez" Nai-chi-ti (son of Cochise) & wife, chief of Chiricahua Apache
- Studio portrait of Nachez, (Naiche) a Native American Chiricahua Apache chief and his wife. He holds a rifle; his wife stands at his side wearing a ruffled skirt, blouse and head scarf.
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Spouses--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Cochise, Apache chief, d. 1874.--Family.; Nachez.
- [1884?]
- "Nachez" Nai-chi-ti Chiricahua chief, son of Cochise
- Standing studio portrait of Nachez, (Naiche) a Native American Chiricahua Apache chief with a woven blanket wrapped over his shirt and holding a rifle.
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Cochise, Apache chief, d. 1874.--Family.; Nachez.
- 1884
- "Nal-Tzuck-chi" Apache squaw, spy in Chiricahua campaign
- Seated studio portrait of Nal-Tzuck-ich, (Cut Nose) a Native American Chiricahua Apache woman posed wearing a ruffled skirt and polka-dot blouse, with a beaded bag, prop cactus and a pitch covered basket jar. The fleshy part of her nose has been...
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Noses--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Cut Nose.
- 1883
- "Oke Doke" = Plenty Holes at Fort Peck Reservation, Montana
- Portrait of Plenty Holes, "Oke Doke", an elderly Native American Sioux man, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, trousers, and soft hat, in front of a log cabin, Fort Peck Reservation, Montana.
- Dakota Indians--Montana--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Montana--1930-1940.; Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Mont.); Aged persons--Montana--1930-1940.; Plenty Holes.
- August 1936