Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Indian boys dancing
- A Native American man sits on the ground near four Native American children dancing in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The four children wear feather headdresses. Two of them wear breastplates,...
- Indians of North America--Children.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Indians of North America--Dance.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Sunshine, Crow, as child, full length
- Full length standing studio portrait of Sunshine, Crow girl, dressed in elk teeth waist and wearing earrings.
- Indians of North America--Children.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sunshine.; Crow Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified Indian boy, seated, wearing decorated vest
- Full length studio portrait of unidentified Native American boy, seated on rocks, wearing decorated vest, hat and boots.
- Indians of North America--Children.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- White Clover
- Full length studio portrait of White Clover, Crow girl, standing in front of painted backdrop, wearing beaded dress and earrings.
- Indians of North America--Children.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; White Clover.; Crow Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- White Face's daughter, Dakota, as child, similar view
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Dakota girl, wearing necklace.
- Indians of North America--Children.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- White Face's daughter, Dakota, as child, bust
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Dakota girl, wearing necklace.
- Indians of North America--Children.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- White Face's daughter, Dakota, as child, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Dakota girl, wearing long necklace and belt, standing in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Children.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Two unidentified Indian women, seated, one holding fan
- Full length studio portrait of two unidentified Dakota women, seated in front of painted backdrop. Both wear dresses, blankets around their shoulders, long belts, bead and dentalium shell jewelry; one woman is holding a fan.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Indian burial, poses of Indian woman, seated on hay, full length
- Full length studio portrait of unidentified woman, wearing leather shirt, blanket and beaded belt, resting on bale of hay, next to raised platform with object wrapped up to resemble a dead body.
- Funeral rites & ceremonies--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women.; Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified Indian woman, profile in Indian male clothing, full length
- Full length studio portrait of unidentified Native American woman, dressed in leather jacket and pants, with beaded bag around waist, rifle bag across back, holding a bow and standing in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Ra-De-Da, Squaw, Pio Pinos Pappoose
- Half-length studio portrait of Ra-De-Da, a Ute Native American woman and her baby, Pio Pinos; the baby is strapped in a cradleboard.
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Pio Pinos.; Ra-De-A.
- c1899
- Mad Girl
- Full length studio portrait of Mad Girl, Crow female, wearing long beads and dress, standing in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women.; Mad Girl, Crow Indian.; Crow Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Gros Ventre Group Picture - Black Owl seated (on left), Mary standing, unidentified Indian seated, full length
- Gros Ventre group portrait. Includes Black Owl, seated at left; Mary, standing; and an unidentified Indian male, seated at right. Both males wear a feather in hair, braids, and are wrapped in blankets; Mary wears braids, necklace and beaded...
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Black Owl.
- [188?]
- Mary, Gros Ventre, standing behind two unidentified Indian women, full length
- Mary, Gros Ventre, full length studio portrait with painted backdrop standing behind two unidentified seated Native Americans (one holding a child); Mary wears necklace and seashell beading on shirt; two others wrapped in blankets around shoulders...
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Mary, Atsina Indian.
- [188-?]
- Indian burial, scaffold and Indian woman, posed in studio
- Unidentified Dakota Native American female lying on ground posed next to staged burial on scaffolds; full length studio portrait with painted backdrop; Dakota female with braids, necklaces, fringed buckskin shirt, bracelets, woven beaded belt,...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1880-1890.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Scaffold...
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Standing Holy, daughter of Sitting Bull, Dakota, bust
- Standing Holy, Sitting Bull's daughter, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing braided hair with ornamentation, earrings, necklace, loosely woven beads forming chains over yoke.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Standing Holy.
- [1885?]
- Standing Holy, daughter of Sitting Bull, Dakota, bust
- Standing Holy, Dakota Chief Sitting Bull's daughter, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing braided hair with ornamentation, earrings, necklace, loosely woven beads forming chains over yoke.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Standing Holy.
- [1885?]
- Rain's Wife
- Full length studio portrait of Sati (?), Rain-in-the-Face's wife, standing and holding an infant. Sati is wrapped in a decorated robe.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Sati.
- [188-?]
- Group of twelve Indian women & children, full length
- Full length group portrait, outdoors, of five Dakota women and seven Dakota children. Women are wrapped in blankets, one boy has fur cap. Two white men stand off to the side. Three buildings are in the background.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Children & adults--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Good Horse's wife, Dakota, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Good Horse's wife, Dakota, and an unidentified Dakota woman. Both wear dresses, long belts and beaded vests and are standing in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Two unidentified Indian women, full length
- Full length studio portrait of two unidentified Dakota women, wrapped in blankets and wearing fur pieces, standing in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Two unidentified Indian women, one holding a fan, the other holding an umbrella, full length
- Full length studio portrait of two unidentified Native American women, both wearing dresses, one seated, holding umbrella and one standing, holding a fan, in front of painted backdrop. Women are between two tables, one with tablecloth.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Two unidentified Indian Women, seated, one holding fan
- Full length studio portrait of two unidentified Native American women, probably Dakota, both wearing dresses, long belts, bead and dentalium shell jewelry and are seated in front of painted backdrop. One woman holds a fan.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Two unidentified Indian women, one seated & one standing, wearing beads, full length
- Full length studio portrait of two Dakota women, both wearing blankets and long beads, one sitting on stone fence, one standing, in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Two unidentified Indian women, seated full length
- Full length studio portrait of two unidentified Native American women, probably Dakota, wearing dresses and dentalium shell jewelry, seated in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Shooting Star & sister
- Full length studio portrait of Shooting Star, Dakota, and her sister, possibly Grass Woman, in front of painted backdrop. Shooting Star, standing, wears long beads; her sister, sitting on stone fence, wears jacket, dress and hat.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Shooting Star.
- [188-?]
- Shooting Star, Dakota, and her sister, sister in white woman's clothing, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Shooting Star and her sister, possibly Grass Woman. Shooting Star, standing, is wearing long beads; sister, seated on stone fence, is wearing hat, jacket and dress.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Shooting Star.
- [188-?]
- Three unidentified Indian women, seated full length
- Full length studio portrait of three unidentified Native American women, probably Dakota, wearing dresses, shawls, bead and dentalium shell jewelry. Two are seated on stone fence, one is standing behind it, in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified Crow Woman, standing, wearing hair in braids, bust
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of an unidentified Crow woman, wearing earrings and dentalium shell jewelry.
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified Crow woman, wearing hair in braids
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of an unidentified Crow woman, wearing earrings and dentalium shell jewelry.
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified Crow woman, wearing hair in braids
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of an unidentified Crow woman, wearing earrings and jewelry.
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified Crow woman, wearing hair in braids
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of an unidentified Crow woman, wearing earrings and dentalium shell jewelry.
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Utes, Pee-A-Rat and Pappouse [sic]
- Half-length, studio portrait of Pee-A-Rat, a Ute Native American woman holding her baby in a cradleboard.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Pee-A-Rat.
- c1899
- Louis Charlemain
- Louis Charlemain, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands with a young girl and a young child in front of a teepee on the reservation. Charlemain, also known as Louie Molman, holds a long knife in his...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North...
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Louise
- Louise, a Native American woman on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands with two children in a dirt area on the reservation, possibly near the St. Ignatius Mission. Louise wears her long hair in braids. She also wears large,...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North...
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Squaw and child
- A Native American woman with a small child on her back stands in the center foreground among a group of teepees in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. She wears a striped blanket wrapped around her. Another person...
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Pee-A-Rat and Pappoose, Utes
- Half-length, profile studio portrait of a Ute Native American woman, Pee-A-Rat, and her baby; the mother wears a blanket and her baby is in a cradleboard strapped to her back.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.; Pee-A-Rat.
- c1899
- Fort Duchesne, Utah
- Ute indians identified as, "David Wilson, Tom Patterson ?, Mona, Tom Patterson's squaw, Chipeta & Mamie McCook ?, McCook, McCook squaw, See a [ Chuck ?] and squaw , Jimmy McCook, Cyawapp, Little Dick Squaw, Catchawaw squaw, [and] Catchawaw," pose...
- Ute Mountain Ute Tribe--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--Utah--Fort Duchesne--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--Utah--Fort Duchesne--1890-1900.; Fort Duchesne (Utah)--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Utah--Fort...
- [between 1895 and 1898?]
- Standing Holy
- Studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Standing Holy, Dakota girl and Sitting Bull's daughter, seated on stone bench, wearing dress, earrings and beaded jewelry.
- Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Standing Holy.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [1885?]
- Standing Holy, Sit. Bull's daughter
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Standing Holy, Dakota girl and Sitting Bull's daughter, wearing necklace with medallion and other beaded jewelry.
- Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Standing Holy.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [1885?]
- Standing Holy, daughter of Sitting Bull, wearing jewelry, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Standing Holy, Dakota girl and Sitting Bull's daughter, wearing dress, necklace and beaded jewelry, standing next to bench and folding chair in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Standing Holy.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [1885?]
- Standing Holy, Sitting Bull's daughter, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Standing Holy, Dakota girl and Sitting Bull's daughter, wearing dress, earrings and beaded jewelry, standing by stone bench and folding chair, in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Standing Holy.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [1885?]
- Tom Horn, President, Tom Horn Chapter, Heart Butte District, Blackfeet Agency, Montana
- Sitting portrait of a Native American (Blackfeet, Siksika) man, identified as Tom Horn, Heart Butte District, Blackfeet Agency, Montana. He is on the front porch of a log cabin and wears moccasins, pants, a coat over a shirt, and a hat.
- Indians of North America--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Montana--Heart Butte--1920-1930.; Siksika Indians--Montana--Heart Butte--1920-1930.; Blackfeet Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1920-1930.; Heart Butte (Mont.)--1920-1930.; Civic...
- 1926?
- 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
- Red Clouds Band of Sioux Indians at Ft. Robinson
- Groups of Native American (Sioux) men, women, and children pose outdoors at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Three men and two boys wear beaded moccasins, leggings, and fringed shirts. Three men wear feathers in their hair. One man holds a war club....
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--Fort Robinson--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--Fort Robinson--1870-1880.; Fort Robinson (Neb.)--1870-1880.; Children--Nebraska--Fort Robinson--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1874 and 1880?]
- Dakota groups, Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-Face, Gall, Dakota Chiefs
- Head and shoulders portraits of Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-Face, and Gall, Dakota Chiefs. Three individual portraits have been combined to make this group portrait.
- Indians of North America--Portraits.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.
- [188-?]
- Dakota groups, Sitting Bull, Gall, Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chiefs, busts
- Head and shoulders portraits of Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-Face, and Gall, Dakota Chiefs. Three individual portraits have been combined to make this group portrait.
- Indians of North America--Portraits.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Dakota Indians.
- [188-?]
- Group of Indians, women and children standing next to tepees
- Group of unidentified Native Americans (man, women, children and baby) standing in front of three tepees; leather tanning on side next to wagon; open prairie or plains.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Prairies--1880-1890.; Tanning--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, both holding rifle, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, and William Cody, standing in front of painted backdrop. Sitting Bull is wearing long headdress, leather jacket and beaded bag; Cody is wearing hat, decorated jacket, and high boots. ...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [1885?]
- Indian boys
- Four Native American children, possibly including Little Money, stand in the foreground in front of a teepee in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Each of the young boys wears a feather headdress. The...
- Indians of North America--Children.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]