Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1st Festival of Mountain & Plain
- Native American (Ute) children pose near a group of tepees at the first Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. Spectators stand nearby.
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1895
- 1st Festival of Mountain & Plain
- Native American (Ute) families sit near a group of tepees and a tent at the first Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. Spectators stand nearby.
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1895
- 2 unid. men in front of tipi
- Two unidentified Native American men pose in front of tipi. One man wears a wide brimmed hat, long shirt tied with a beaded belt, pants with beadwork down the sides, a scarf and beaded moccasins. The other man wears a long print shirt with beaded...
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Tipis--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 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?]
- "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
- "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?]
- A frontier camp near Fort Sill where TSE waited for opening
- Panoramic view of a Native American (Kiowa or Apache) tepee camp by a river near Fort Sill, Indian Territory. Wagons are parked in the camp.
- Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1870-1880.; Fort Sill (Okla.)--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1870-1880.; Rivers--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1870-1880.; Tipis--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- A leaf from the Indian's book
- View of a Native American tepee by probably the Little Bighorn River in Big Horn County, Montana, an encampment is in the distance.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Indian encampments--Montana--1900-1920.; Rivers--Montana--1900-1920.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1920.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- A Sioux hunter
- A Native American Dakota Sioux boy poses in the opening of a tepee holding a bow and arrows, Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He wears a knee-length jacket with a striped sash belt, necklaces, leggings and moccasins.
- Dakota Indians--Children--Minnesota--Fort Snelling--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Minnesota--Fort Snelling--1860-1870.; Fort Snelling (Minn.)--1860-1870.; Boys--Minnesota--Fort Snelling--1860-1870.; Tipis--Minnesota--Fort...
- [between 1865 and 1870?]
- A Sioux Indian hut & tepee P.R. Res. S.D. on Wounded Knee
- George Bartlett, deputy U.S. marshal for the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations poses with a Native American Sioux policeman, women and children around a tepee and log cabin, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. Background includes tepees, figure...
- Dakota Indians--Children--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian reservation police--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--South...
- 1891
- A Song of the woodland
- A man and a boy sit near a campfire in a heavily wooded area possibly on St. Vrain Mountain in Boulder County, Colorado. A wooden pole suspends a cast iron pot over the fire and a frying pan hangs off to the side. Firelight illuminates a tepee...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.; Night--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.; Tipis--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- A sunset in camp
- View of a Native American encampment probably in Big Horn County, Montana; shows tepees by trees at sunset.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Indian encampments--Montana--1900-1920.; Sunrises & sunsets--Montana--1900-1920.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1920.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- A Ute camp
- Ute tents and tepees are near trees, McElmo Canyon, Montezuma County, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Montezuma County--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Montezuma County--1890-1900.; McElmo Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Montezuma County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Camping--Colorado--Montezuma County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- 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
- An Indian home
- A Native American (Blackfoot or Flathead) man and woman sit by a tepee with painted circles and animal designs probably in Big Horn County, Montana; Strikes First holds a wooden smoking pipe, and Wolf Plume peels potatoes. The woman wears a print...
- Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1920.; Salish Indians--Montana--1900-1920.; Calumets--1900-1920.; Campfires--Montana--1900-1920.; Outdoor cookery--Montana--1900-1920.; Spouses--1900-1920.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1920.; Strikes First.; Wolf...
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- An Indian village
- Two groups of Native American (Plains) men dance in concentric circles around two prisoners in a camp of tepees near a river. Groups of saddled horses stand near the river and the tepees. The men wear leggings and feathers in their hair. Some men...
- Indian dance--Great Plains--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--War--Great Plains--1880-1900.; Great Plains-- 1880-1900.; Ceremonial dancers--Great Plains--1880-1900.; Indian encampments--Great Plains--1880-1900.; Prisoners--Great...
- [between 1880 and 1895?]
- Apache chief, Fort Apache, Ariz.
- A Native American man, probably Chiricahua Apache, smokes a cigarette in front of a tepee at Fort Apache (Navajo County), Arizona. He wears a red bandanna on his head, cloth shirt and breechcloth, and high-topped buckskin boots.
- Chiricahua Indians--Men--Arizona--Fort Apache--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Men--Arizona--Fort Apache--1900-1910.; Fort Apache (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Smoking--Arizona--Fort Apache--1900-1910.; Tipis--Arizona--Fort Apache--1900-1910.; Tribal...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Arapahoe camp Near Casper, Wyo. On the site of the old Oregon Trail
- Native American (Arapaho) men in leggings, beaded gauntlets, and beaded feather headdresses, pose near a group of tepees and a covered wagon near Casper, Wyoming. The tepees are painted and depict humans on horses and shields; a sign on the covered...
- Arapaho Indians--Clothing & dress--Wyoming--Casper--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--Casper--1880-1910.; Casper (Wyo.)--1880-1910.; Oregon Trail--1880-1910.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Casper--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Arapahoe lodge and squaws
- Four Native American (Arapahoe) women sit by a large tepee in Fort Sill, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). They wear dresses with blankets over their shoulders and branches are scattered around their feet. A child stands at the tepee entrance next to a...
- Arapaho Indians--Women--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Fort Sill (Okla.)--1860-1880.; Children--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Indian encampments--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.;...
- [between 1869 and 1874]
- Arapahoe Sun dance camp
- A group of Native American (Arapaho) children and a group of men on horseback pose near a Sun Dance camp, probably in Wyoming. The groups stand nearby a group of tepees, one of which consists of just poles. The men on horseback wear hats.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--1880-1890.; Sun dance--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Atchee. Ute Chief
- Standing portrait of Atchee, a Native American chief (Ute), standing on a rug; costume includes a blanket, bow tie, and braids; shows a teepee.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1900-1910.; Atchee.
- 1905
- Bannock Indians
- View of Native American (Bannock) tepees, in Pocatello, Idaho during the Fort Hall Centennial; Bannocks walk among them; loudspeakers are atop poles.
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Fort Hall Agency--Commemoration--1930-1940.; Bannock Indians--Women--Idaho--Pocatello--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Idaho--Pocatello--1930-1940.; Fort Hall Indian Reservation (Idaho)--1930-1940.;...
- 1934
- Bannock Indians
- View of Native American (Bannock) women and children with wickiup and tepees, probably Wyoming.
- Bannock Indians--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Tipis--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Wickiups--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Geological and...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Bannock Indians
- A Native American (Bannock) man, women and a baby in a cradle board pose in front of a tepee, probably Wyoming..
- Bannock Indians--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Cradleboards--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Tipis--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Geological and...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Bannock tepees
- White men and women stand near Native American (Bannock) tepees.
- Bannock Indians--Structures--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Structures--1920-1930.; Tipis--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Beyond the Little Bighorn
- View of a Native American (Crow) and tepees highlighted by a setting sun on the bank of the Little Bighorn River in Montana. Image was taken just below the Custer Battlefield.
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Little Bighorn Battlefield (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Little Bighorn River (Wyo. and Mont.)--1900-1910.; Rivers--Montana--1900-1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Big Chief of Ute ?? & Standing Wolf
- Standing portrait of Big Chief of Ute (?) and Standing Wolf in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The men stand on a woven blanket in front of a tepee. Standing Wolf beats a drum with the drum stick in his right hand, he holds feathers in his left. The...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1900 or 1901]
- Big Pielle
- A Native American man, Joe Kyser, poses on horseback on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. He holds a long, thin branch in his right hand and a pipe tomahawk adorned with feathers in his left. A row of teepees is in the background....
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.; Kyser, Joe.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Black Foot, Standing Bear, Big Eagle
- Three Native American (Sioux) men, identified as Black Foot, Standing Bear, and Big Eagle pose near tepees. Black Foot and Big Eagle are facing, Standing Bear is in profile. Each man holds a rifle next to him. Black Foot wears moccasins, leggings,...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Big Eagle.; Black Foot.; Standing Bear, Luther, 1868?-1939.
- 1898
- Black Lodge Camp, Crow Agency, Mont.
- Panoramic view of what is identified as Black Lodge Camp at Crow Agency (Big Horn County), Montana. Shows tepees, tents, timber fences or camp structures, and shrubs.
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Crow Agency (Mont.)--1880-1900.; Indian encampments--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Tents--Montana--Crow...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Blackfoot family
- Group portrait of a Native American (Blackfoot, Siksika) family shows a man, two girls, and a woman sitting outside of a tepee on an open plain. The man is smoking a pipe and wears fringed clothing and a blanket around his waist. The children wear...
- Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Siksika Indians--Women--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- 1890
- Blackfoots lodge
- View of a Native American (Blackfeet, Siksika) encampment comprised of three tepees. The tepee in the center has decorative and symbolic designs that include a ring of otters that are considered "strong medicine." A person sits in the shade of a...
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Siksika Indians--Structures--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Boat and camp by lake
- View of a Native American encampment by a pond probably in Big Horn County, Montana; shows a canoe, tepees, and a covered wagon.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Canoes--Montana--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Montana--1900-1920.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1920.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Buck Connor
- A reenactment in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Native American (Sioux) men hold pistols and surround Buck Conner (Connor) who lays on the ground near his horse. The Sioux men wear moccasins, breechcloths, body paint, and feather roaches in their...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--1890-1910.; Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Covered wagons--1890-1910.; Historical dramas--1890-1910.; Tipis--1890-1910.; Wild west shows--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Buckskin Charlie's squaw
- Portrait of a Native American Ute woman identified as one of the wives of chief Buckskin Charlie, probably Colorado. She wears a fringed dress, and stands by a tipi.
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tipis--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--1900-1910.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief--Family.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Buckskin Lodge, Sioux prisoners, Gen. Custer's battle flag, captured at the Battle of Slim Buttes, and the Officers in command of the charge
- View of seven Native American Sioux captured during the Slim Buttes battle in the southern Black Hills, Dakota Territory. General Crook's head scout, Frank Grouard is on their left and Second Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, Third Cavalry is on the...
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Slim Buttes (S.D.),...
- 1876 October 24
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- A Native American (Sioux) family (a man, woman, and children), members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sit near a tepee. A metal pot hangs over a fire.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--People--1890-1910.; Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Children--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Tipis--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- A group of Native American men is gathered in front of a teepee playing cards in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Erastina in Staten Island, New York. A feather headdress rests on the end of a long spear propped aginst a tree in the left...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1886?]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- Native American (Sioux) men, participants in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, wash themselves from a metal basin in a tepee camp. A feather headdress is on the ground near a tepee.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--People--1890-1910.; Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Bathing--1890-1910.; Tipis--1890-1910.
- [between 1920 and 1935]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- Sam Lone Bear, Cy Compton, Belnapp, and Hank Goodwin stand near a tepee with other Native American (Sioux) men. The Sioux men wear beaded moccasins, leggings, and blankets. They are members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--1890-1910.; Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Tipis--1890-1910.; Wild west shows--1890-1910.; Belnapp.; Compton, Cy.; Goodwin, Hank.; Lone Bear, Sam.
- [between 1890 and 1907]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- A Native American (Sioux) man poses near a group of tepees in Penzance, Cornwall, England. He wears moccasins, leggings, a blanket, beaded vest, and a feather headdress.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Penzance (England)--1900-1910.; Headdresses--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Clothing &...
- 1904 May 30
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- Native American (Sioux) men and a boy, pose near a group of tepees in Penzance, Cornwall, England. The men hold staffs decorated with feathers and wear moccasins, beaded leggings, blankets, hair pipe breast plates, and feather headdresses.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.--People--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Penzance (England)--1900-1910.; Boys--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Clothing &...
- 1904 May 30
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- A Native American (Sioux) man poses between to tepees in Penzance, Cornwall, England. He wears a blanket and a feather headdress.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.--People--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Penzance (England)--1900-1910.; Headdresses--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Clothing &...
- 1904 May 30
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- A Native American (Sioux) man leans out of a tepee and hands a feather to a boy in Penzance, Cornwall, England. The boy wears beaded moccasins and leggings, and a shirt decorated with elk teeth.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.--People--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Penzance (England)--1900-1910.; Boys--England--Penzance--1900-1910.;...
- 1904 May 30
- Building the teepee pegging the canvas after it is stretched out by poles.
- Native American (Ute) woman sits near the entrance to a tepee in Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. The woman wears a dress and a belt. Writing on the tepee reads: "No 18-9". A hat hangs over the tepee entrance.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- [August, 1912]
- Camp
- View of tents, wagons, horses, and tepees among low hills, possibly on the Crow (Native American) Reservation in Montana.
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--Montana--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--Montana--1890-1900.; Tipis--Montana--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Camp in Monument Amy Kent sitting on the ground
- Native American (Ute) man and women pose outdoors near a tepee at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. Written on the tepee: "No 18 [...]". The man wears moccasins, leggings, breechcloth, scarf around neck, and a blanket wrapped around...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Kent, Amy Snow.
- August, 1912
- Camp in Monument Valley Park
- Native American (Ute) women and children pose outside a tepee at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. They are identified as, back row, left to right: Ruby (Stone) Kent and Amy (Kent) Snow. Front row, left to right: Amy Snow's daughters...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Cradleboards--Colorado--El Paso...
- August, 1912
- Camp in Monument Valley Park
- Native American (Ute) man and women pose outdoors near a tepee at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. Written on the tepee: "No 18 [...]". The man wears moccasins, leggings, breechcloth, scarf around neck, and a blanket wrapped around...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- August, 1912
- Camp in Monument Valley Park
- Native American (Ute) men and woman pose outdoors near a tepee at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. Sunshine C. Smith wears a dress and sits on a blanket. Possibly Ortiz wears moccasins, leggings, shirt, beaded vest, hair pipe choker,...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- August, 1912