Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Indians, Dakota
- Two white women wearing long skirts and necklaces with crosses pose outside a tepee with a Native American Sioux man with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, he wears a hair pipe breastplate, vest with quillwork and leggings.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--People--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Clear Sioux
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Clear, a Native American (Sioux) man. He poses with a bow and arrows and wears body paint, a breechcloth, armbands, fur pelt decorated with medals, and a headdress with a taxidermy bird and feathers.
- Bow and arrow--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Body painting--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Clear Dakota Indian.
- 1900
- Smiley, T. E. 25, 28 years- a scout, 7 years police, his 28 years under Genls Crook and Miles.
- T. E. Smiley, a Native American Dakota Sioux scout and policeman poses with his horse loaded with supplies, outside a corral.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Military scouts--1900-1910.; Pack animals--1900-1910.; Police--1900-1910.; Smiley, T. E.
- 1909?
- Oscar T. Dog- U. S. A.
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Oscar T. Dog, a Native American (Dakota Sioux) man. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, armbands, and vest, and a beaded feather headdress. A blanket is draped across his lap. He holds a beaded tobacco bag.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Dog, Oscar T.
- [1909?]
- Pahaka's (Buffalo Bill) farewell salute
- Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody) rides at the head of a group of Native American (Sioux) men on horseback as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The Sioux men hold staffs decorated with feathers and wear moccasins, beaded leggings, and feather...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [1907?]
- Chief Gall, Sioux
- An oil portrait of Sioux Chief Gall. He wears a feather in his long braided hair, a pelt, robe, red shirt with an open collar and he holds a fan. A lodge is in the background. The rectangular frame is varnished wood.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1900-1910.; Gall, Dakota Chief.
- 1900
- Naturalizing Chief American Horse
- Chief American Horse, in a beaded, fringed jacket, striped pants, moccasins, and a feather headdress, sits at a table covered by a woven blanket. Men in suit jackets and slouch hats sit with him; one writes in a ledger book, recording the Native...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Naturalization--1900-1910.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.
- 1907
- Emma White Bull No. 2, and Young White Bull
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Sioux) woman, identified as Emma White Bull and her baby, Young White Bull. She wears a blanket around her shoulders over a print dress and bead necklaces. She carries her baby on her back.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Infants--1900-1910.; Mothers & children--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.; Young White Bull.; White Bull, Emma.
- [ca. 1906?]
- Little Wolf, Little Kula, and Captain C. Lyon Berg
- Studio portrait (standing) of Captain Charles Lyon Berg, Little Wolf, and Little Kuhla, a white man, and Native American (Chyenne) man and girl. Little Wolf wears beaded moccasins, a blanket around his waist, and a feather headdress. Little Kuhla...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Girls--1900-1910.; Military scouts--1900-1910.; Little Kula.; Little Wolf, d. 1904.; Berg, Charles Lyon.
- 1908
- Wm. Frog Sioux
- Studio portrait (standing) of William Frog, a Native American (Sioux) man. He holds a shield decorated with feathers and wears a fur pelt bandolier.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Shields--1900-1910.; Frog, William.
- 1900
- William F. Cody with group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands on the far right of a group of five men, including three Native Americans, possibly George Hungry, Pretty Soldier and Joe Custer. Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Chief Little Wolf, Sioux
- An oil portrait of Sioux Chief Little Wolf by Charles S. Stobie. He wears a feather headdress, shirt, breastplate and sash; in the background is a landscape of trees. The frame is rectangular and varnished wood.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1900-1910.; Little Wolf, Dakota Chief.
- 1900
- Looks Cloud
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Looks Cloud, an elderly Native American (Sioux) man. He wears a blanket, earring, and feather roach.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Aged persons--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Looks Cloud, Dakota Indian.
- 1900
- Blue Bird Sioux
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Blue Bird, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears a painted buckskin shirt decorated with short fringe.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Blue Bird, Dakota Indian.
- 1900
- Chief Flat-Iron Sioux
- Reproduction shows a painting (by Joseph H. Sharp, Pine Ridge, South Dakota) of a Native American Sioux man identified as Chief Flat Iron.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Men--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Flat Iron.
- [1900?]
- Chief Flat-Iron Sioux
- Reproduction shows a painting (by J. H. Sharp, Pine Ridge, South Dakota) of a Native American Sioux man identified as Chief Flat Iron.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Men--1900-1910.; Flat Iron.
- [1900?]
- Tatanka Ptieela, (Short Bull)
- Short Bull, Native American Oglala, Teton Sioux man, (Lakota) poses in front of a tree wearing a buckskin shirt with fringe, headdress and leggings; he holds a ceremonial pipe and a rifle.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Teton Indians--1900-1910.; Short Bull.
- 1900
- Dakota Indian?
- A Native American man possibly Sioux (Lakota) poses in front of two tepees with a larger camp showing in distance. He wears a headdress, shirt with fringe and quillwork, and fabric wrapped around his leggings.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Dakota Indian?
- A Native American man possibly Sioux (Lakota) poses on horseback holding an eagle wing and wearing a headdress and leggings with quillwork. Brush shade shelters and a tent camp show in background.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Chief Red Shirt of the Ogalala Sioux
- Chief Red Shirt, a North American Indian (Sioux, Lakota) and performer in "The Red Man," poses in front of a painted backdrop in the dirt arena in Empress Hall at the Golden West and American Industries Exhibition at Earls Court, London, England....
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Oglala Indians--1900-1910.; Teton Indians--1900-1910.; Red Shirt.
- 1909
- The noted Chief Red Cloud
- Studio portrait of Chief Red Cloud (Makhpia-sha, or Maqpeya-luta) Native American Oglala Sioux (Lakota) seated and wearing a headdress, buckskin shirt and blanket over his legs; his son Jack Red Cloud stands next to him, wearing a vest and jacket.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Oglala Indians--1900-1910.; Teton Indians--1900-1910.; Red Cloud, 1822-1909.; Red Cloud, Jack.
- [between 1900 and 1909?]
- Making Indian camp, teepee village
- View of Native American, Sioux men, they erect tepee poles in a clearing surrounded by evergreens.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Henry Lone Bear
- Studio portrait (standing) of Henry Lone Bear, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, armbands, vest, a beaded and feathered headdress, a hair pipe breast plate, and a fur pelt decorated with metal over his shoulders....
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Lone Bear, Henry.
- [1909?]
- Black Bull Sioux Chief
- Studio portrait (standing) of Black Bull, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears moccasins and a scarf around his neck, and rests his hand on the back of a chair.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Black Bull.
- 1900 July 13
- Eagle Man Sioux
- Eagle Man, a Native American (Sioux) poses for a studio portrait, he wears a fringed shirt, a beaded necklace, and feathers in his hair; he holds a wooden rifle from which a bunch of feathers hang.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Eagle Man.
- 1900
- Chief Red Cloud Sioux
- Head and shoulders portrait of an elderly Chief Red Cloud, Native American Oglala Sioux, wearing a striped shirt and neck scarf.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Oglala Indians--1900-1910.; Aged persons--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1900-1910.; Red Cloud, 1822-1909.
- 1902
- Chief Eagle Thunder Sioux
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Eagle Thunder, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears a fringed shirt, medal, and beaded feather headdress.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1900-1910.; Eagle Thunder.
- 1900
- Red Fellow Sioux
- Studio portrait (standing) of Red Fellow, a Native American (Sioux) man. He holds a shield decorated with feathers and wears a bone necklace, feather headdress, and bustle.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Shields--1900-1910.; Red Fellow.
- 1900
- Chief Blue Horse Sioux
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Blue Horse, an elderly Native American (Sioux) man. He holds a calumet and staff and wears a fringed shirt with quill work and a beaded feather headdress.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Aged persons--1900-1910.; Calumets--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Blue Horse.
- 1900
- Dakota dance
- Native American (Sioux) men dance, the Sioux men wear feather headdresses and bustles, spectators stand nearby. Prominent signs read: "Big Cut In Pri[ces]", "Tom Sweeney Hardware Company", "Clothing, Boots, & Shoes Harness & Saddle New & Second...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indian dance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Dakota dancers
- Native American (Sioux) men and women wait to dance, the Sioux men wear feather headdresses, spectators stand nearby. Prominent signs read: "Big Cut In [Prices]", "Tom Sweeney Hardware Company", "Clothing, Boots, & Shoes Harness & Saddle New &...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Conversation
- A Native American (Sioux) man and woman talk with a white man. The Sioux man wears a feather roach and a blanket.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Sioux dancers
- Native American (Sioux) men dance, they wear feather headdresses and bustles while spectators look on. Prominent signs read: "Big Cut In Pri[ces]", "Tom Sweeney Hardware Company", "Clothing, Boots, & Shoes Harness & Saddle New & Second Hand", and...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indian dance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Dakota dancers
- Native American (Sioux) men and women wait to dance, the Sioux men wear feather headdresses and hold staffs decorated with feathers, spectators stand nearby. Prominent signs read: "Big Cut In [Prices]", "Tom Sweeney Hardware Company", "Clothing,...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Aggie and Angeline
- Aggie and Angeline, two Native American (Sioux) women stand in front of trees with bare branches in Montana. The woman on the left wears a scarf tied under her chin. The woman on the right wears a headband. Both have their hair in braids and hold...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Street parade, Sioux Indians
- A group of Sioux men rides horses down a dirt street during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Two of the men wear feather headdresses and breastplates, possibly made from bone. Each of the men carries a long spear. Several young boys sit...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]