Call NumberZ-989CreatorStewart Brothers (Firm)Date1913SummaryPanoramic view of Native American (Ute) men, women and children, and white men at the Shan Kive (Colorado Springs Carnival) in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Utes pose in front of tipis and the sandstone rock formations of the Garden of the Gods. The Ute women wear dresses trimmed with elk's teeth, beading or fringe, and shawls. One girl wears a white dress; the other children wear native dress. The Ute men wear feather bonnets, hair pipe breastplates, fringed and beaded leggings and vests. One holds a ceremonial shield. Buckskin Charlie, with a mustache, stands near center and holds a sheath of white feathers. His wife, To-wee, stands in the front and holds the hands of two girls. She wears a feather bonnet. Chipeta, widow of Chief Ouray, sits in the front row near Buckskin Charlie, between two girls in dresses decorated with elk's teeth.Physical Description1 photographic print ; 21 x 131 cm (8 x 46 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--Colorado--Colorado SpringsUte Indians--Colorado--Colorado SpringsColorado Springs (Colo.)Festivals--Colorado--Colorado SpringsTipis--Colorado--Colorado SpringsBuckskin Charlie, Ute ChiefChipetaTo-WeeGeographic AreaColorado Springs (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711000989Type of MaterialGroup portraitsPanoramic photographsPhotographic printsNotesChinese characters inked on front of iteration. Condition: dirty. Inked on back of iteration: "4/30/60. Dr. A. T. Margolin. Univ. Colo. Med. Ctr. Denver Co. Director Ute Indian Project. Univ. Colo. Sch. Med. Copied from an original print."; Iteration split down middle. Penciled on front of photoprint: "Chas Craig, artist" and "Ted Powell." and numbers. Title inked on front of print. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 photographic print ; 21 x 131 cm. (8 x 46 in.) mounted on mat board 25 x 114 cm. (10 x 40 in.). R7110009895
Stewart Brothers (Firm), Ute Indian Camp Garden of the Gods Shan Kive (1913). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 14/05/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1098866
