Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Western Montana Flathead Indians
- Poster titled "Western Montana Flathead Indians" with seven small photographs depicting life on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana in the early 1900s. The photographs were all taken by Edward H. Boos, advertising manager of the...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Flathead Indian Council
- A group of Native Americans gathers for a group portrait in front of several teepees on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Several of the men, including Ka-Ka-She, wear tall, feather headdresses and long beaded necklaces; several...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.
- [1906]
- The Dog
- Bitterroot Jim (also known as "The Dog"), a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, sits on a horse in front of a teepee on the reservation. He is gathering packages which are tied to his horse. He wears a plaid...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.; Bitterroot Jim.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- Loma Standing Bear
- Loma Standing Bear, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses for an informal, half-length portrait. He wears his long hair in braids with strips of fur wrapped around their ends. He also wears a...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Standing Bear, Loma.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Native Americans on horseback
- A group of unidentified Native Americans is stopped on horses in front of a small wood structure on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Most of the men wear hats and patterned shirts and vests. Several people have patterned, wool...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Horses--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Native American women on horseback
- Three Native American women, Cecille Magpie Vanderburg, Felicity Delaware, and Sara Ogden Magpie, pose on horseback on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The women sit in wood-framed saddles. The blankets underneath the saddles are...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Scoonay and family
- Scoonay, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands with his family in front of a teepee on the reservation. He wears his hair in long braids that rest on his shoulders. Strips of ermine fur hang next to...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Families--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Scoonay--Family.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Tepees
- Two large teepees and the frame for a third one stand in the midground in a field on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The cover on the teepee in the left is striped. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Chief Eagle
- Flathead Chief Eagle poses with a young girl on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. He wears a feather headdress and has strips of fur wrapped around his braids. He also has an otter sash across his chest and wears several beaded...
- 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.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Atoem Elem Wh Skil Em Me (Chief Eagle)
- Chief Eagle, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses wearing a warrior's headdress in front of a teepee on the reservation. He wears large, round earrings, numerous beaded necklaces hanging around his...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.
- [1906]
- Man and child on horseback
- An unidentified man and child sit on a horse in a field in front of the St. Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The man wears a wide-brimmed hat and has a patterned blanket wrapped around his legs. He also wears...
- 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.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Mission Falls
- A group of three teepees is set up on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, possibly near Mission Falls. A horse and several wagons are stopped near the teepees. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.
- [1906]
- "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?]
- Agnes
- Agnes (perhaps Incashola), a Native American young woman on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands holding a striped, wool blanket draped over her right arm. She wears her hair in long braids and wears large, round earrings and...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 adn 1907?]
- Alex Boneparte
- Alex Boneparte and another Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana pose on horseback on the reservation. Bonaparte, on the right, wears a unique headdress with two antlers. He holds a tomahawk across his chest and...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Boneparte, Alex.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Alexan's child and bro
- A Native American young man holds a small child in his arms in front of a teepee on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The man wears a hat, earrings, a dark scarf tied around his neck, and a gun in the holster on his left hip. The...
- 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.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- American Horse
- American Horse, a Native American boy on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands in a dirt area in front of a log cabin on the reservation. The hair on top of the boy's head is spiked. (He may be wearing a fur roach on top of 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.; Log cabins--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Antoine and Michael
- Antoine Moiese ("Grizzly Door") and Michael, two Native American men on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, sit on a striped blanket playing cards. Both men wear wide-brimmed hats with single feathers stuck in their bands. Both also...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Card games--Montana--1900-1910.; Moiese, Antoine.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Allan
- Allan (also known as Alex Beaverhead), a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands on a striped blanket in front of a teepee on the reservation. He has strips of dark fur wrapped around his hair. He also...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Beaverhead, Alex.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Antoine and Paul Pichette
- Paul Pichette and Paul Charley, two Native American men on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stand on a striped blanket near a creek on the reservation. Pichettewears a wide-brimmed hat and a dark vest. He has a scarf tied around...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Charley, Paul.; Pichette. Paul.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Chas Mat La Mon
- Chas Mat La Mon (perhaps Mollman?), a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses in front of a teepee on the reservation. He wears a loincloth and a tall, feather headdress with ermine fur tassles hanging from...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Chief Joseph - Standing Bear
- Flathead Chief Joseph Standing Bear poses on a horse in front of a small wood cabin on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. He wears a long overcoat and a hat. His pants have a horizontal striped pattern. A wood barrel is on a wood...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Standing Bear, Joseph.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Chief Louison
- Flathead Chief Louison, a judge on the Flathead Indian Reservation court, poses on the reservation in western Montana. He wears a tall feather headdress, and his hair is in long braids. He holds a pipe tomahawk in his left arm. Long ermine fur...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Louison, Salish Chief.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Big Blackfoot River
- Trees and several tree stumps line the shores of the Big Blackfoot River in western Montana. A ridge of mountains is in the background.
- Blackfoot River (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Child on horseback
- An unidentified Native American child poses on a pony on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The child wears a striped shirt and sits on several patterned blankets covering the wood-framed saddle. Numerous trees are in the...
- Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Cutting wood - Mary Walk in Water (Chinis Nickomi)
- Mary Walk in Water (also known as Mary Inhoosta Woodcock), a Native American woman on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, chops a log with an ax in front of a teepee. Pots cook over a campfire; a mixing bowl is in the left...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.; Mary Walk in Water,...
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Eneas, Mat-a-lan and Isabelle
- Eneas, Mat-a-len and Isabelle, three Native Americans on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stand with a small child in a dirt area on the reservation. Each of the two women has a plaid, wool blanket wrapped around her. The man...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Francois Dead Horse
- Francois Dead Horse, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses in front of a teepee on the reservation. He wears a fur hat adorned with feathers, a buckskin shirt with beads sewn on it, and ermine fur...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Dead Horse, Francois.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Chief Louison
- Flathead Chief Louison, a judge on the Flathead Indian Reservation court, poses on the reservation in western Montana. He wears a tall feather headdress, and his hair is in long braids. He holds a pipe tomahawk in his right hand. Long ermine fur...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Judges--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Geo Red Hawk (Goot La) and family
- Geo Red Hawk, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands with two Native American women in front of a teepee on the reservation. A horse stands behind them. The man holds a round feather bustle in his left...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Getting ready for parade
- A group of Native Americans prepares for a parade in front of a group of teepees on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Helen Finley sits on horseback in the right midground. Another man and woman work to adjust a bridle on a horse...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Montana--1900-1910.; Finley, Helen.
- [1906]
- Grizzley Bear (Stere-itch-im)
- Studio portrait of Grizzley Bear, a Native American (Blackfoot Dakota) man. He poses in front of a painted canvas drop and holds a ceremonial pipe, wears a woven fringed tunic and has his hair in braids.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Sihasapa Indians--1900-1910.; Calumets--1900-1910.; Grizzley Bear.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Grizzley Bear and Marie Stere-ich-im
- Studio portrait of Grizzley Bear and Marie, two Native Americans (Blackfoot Dakota). They pose in front of a painted canvas drop. Grizzley Bear holds a ceremonial pipe and wears a woven fringed tunic and has his long hair in braids, he has a scarf...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--1900-1910.; Sihasapa Indians--1900-1910.; Calumets--1900-1910.; Spouses--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Helen Finley, Helen McLeod, Elizabeth Charlemain
- Helen Finley, Helen McLeod and Elizabeth Charlemain, pose in front of a teepee on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Finley and Charlemain, both Native American women, are on horseback. McLeod, a white girl, stands wearing a...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Grizzley Bear Stere-ich-im
- Studio portrait of Grizzley Bear, a Native American (Blackfoot Dakota) man also known as "Stere-ich-im." He poses in front of a painted drop, holds a ceremonial pipe in his hands, wears a woven fringed tunic, has his hair in long braids, and has a...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Sihasapa Indians--1900-1910.; Calumets--1900-1910.; Grizzley Bear.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Flathead group portrait
- Two unidentified Native American men and one woman stand in a field on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The two men wear wide-brimmed hats and the woman wears a striped blanket wrapped around her. Both men also hold patterned...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Flathead group portrait
- A group of Native Americans poses in front of a wood building on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The woman on the far right is possibly Louise, wife of Joseph. She wears a checkered dress and large, round earrings. Her hair is...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Indian village
- A group of teepees is set up among several small, wood and log buildings on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The larger buildings in the left background may be part of the St. Ignatius Mission. Several horses are stopped near the...
- Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Missions--Montana--1900-1910.; Mission St. Ignatius (Montana)
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Isabelle and Frank
- Isabelle, a Native American woman on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, sits near a young man known as Frank in a dirt area in front of a wood building on the reservation. Isabelle has a plaid, wool blanket hanging around her...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Joe Lat-at-tee
- Joe Lat-at-tee, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses near a wood building on the reservation. He wears a light-colored buckskin coat with tassles and beads adorning it and holds two large feathers in...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Joe Lat-at-tee.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- John Kee Sah (One Head)
- John Kee Sah (also known as One Head), a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses in front of a group of teepees on the reservation. He wears a tall, feather headdress with ermine fur tassles hanging from its...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Kee Sah, John.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Joseph and wife (Selfs-to and Col-la)
- Joseph and his wife, a Native American couple on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, pose in a field. Joseph wears a long feather headdress with ermine fur tassels hanging from it, numerous beaded necklaces, and a dark vest over a...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Isabelle and children
- Isabelle, a Native American woman on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses with a young girl standing in front of her and a baby resting in a cradleboard on her back. The woman has a long blanket wrapped around her. She wears a...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Cradleboards--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Kae-Kae-She
- Flathead Baptiste Ka-Ka-She (possibly spelled Kae-Kae-She), a Pend d'Oreille judge in the Flathead Indian Reservation court, poses on the reservation in western Montana. He holds a ceremonial pipe and a beaded pipe bag with tassels hanging from the...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Kalispel Indians--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Louis Charlemain
- Louis Charlemain, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses for a formal, side-angle, bust portrait. He wears a fur roach on the top of his head. Strips of fur are wrapped around his long braids. He has an...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Charlemain, Louis.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Louis Molmon
- Louis Molmon, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation, poses for an informal, side-angle portrait. He wears a roach on top of his head, large round earrings, numerous beaded necklaces hanging around his neck, and several ermine fur...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Molmon, Louis.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Marie
- Marie (also known as "Old Lady Grizzly Bear"), a Native American woman on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses in front of a wood structure on the reservation. She holds a long, ceremonial pipe in her left hand. She wears her...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.; Old Lady Grizzly Bear.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Lucy and At-a-la-ee
- Lucy, a Native American woman on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands with three children in front of a wood building. Her hair is in long braids; she wears a striped dress with a beaded belt. She holds a cradleboard with a...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Cradleboards--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]