Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Indian Jack standing, Geo. Brittenbendes
- Studio portrait of Native American (Modoc) man, Indian Jack (Lew Wallace). He stands with his arm on the shoulder of George Brittenbendes, seated. Both men wear shirts, coats, pants and hats. Indian Jack discovered the Golden Age mine in Jamestown,...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--1870-1880.; Indian Jack.; Brittenbendes, George.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Flathead Indians
- Standing portrait of a white man and five Native American Flatheads (Salish). Identification (right to left) Michael Wyateelame, an elderly man, his wife, Susie Magpie, and Forest guard Harold Flower (white), Camas Prairie, Flathead Indian...
- Indians of North America--Montana--Camas Prairie--1910-1920.; Salish Indians--Montana--Camas Prairie--1910-1920.; Camas Prairie (Mont.)--1910-1920.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1910-1920.; Flower, Harold.; Magpie, Susie.; Wyateelame,...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Old blockhouse, and pupils, Grand Ronde
- Native American Nez Perce students pose in a long row with Dr. Kershaw, Indian agent and instructors in front of an old block house, Grande Ronde Indian School, Oregon. The girls wear dresses and the boys were sack jackets and trousers; some with...
- Indians of North America--Oregon--1890-1910.; Nez Percé Indians--Oregon--1890-1910.; Indian agents--Oregon--1890-1910.; School children--Oregon--1890-1910.; Schools--Oregon--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Gift grab dance
- Native American (Plains) men participate in a dance in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Two men wear moccasins, bells, kilts, and feather headdresses, both men carry beaded tobacco bags. Women in dresses dance near by. A large group of spectators sit...
- Indian dance--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1890.; Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Arbors (Bowers)--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Ceremonial dancers--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Spectators--Indian...
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Shooting cattle at Standing Rock Indian Agency
- View of Native American (Dakota, Yanktonai) men, women and children at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota or South Dakota. Men shoot cattle in a fenced corral nearby. Shows tepees at a camp and Native Americans with horses,...
- Dakota Indians--Subsistence activities--Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Subsistence activities--Standing Rock Indians Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1870-1880.; Yanktonai Indians--Subsistence...
- 1879 February 22
- Southern Ute Chief Buckskin Charlie at Agency headquarters at Ignacio, Colorado
- North American Indian (Southern Ute) Chief Buckskin Charlie sits astride his horse in front of the wooden Consolidated Ute Indian Agency building in Ignacio (Ute Indian Reservation), Colorado. He wears a buckskin shirt and leggings, a blanket,...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Consolidated Ute Agency.--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1920-1930.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Ignacio--1920-1930.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clothing &...
- [1924 May 24]
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 15, 1912 May 17
- The battle of Custer's last charge, 2 miles from Crow Agency, Montana
- View of the grave stones and the enclosed monument at the Little Big Horn Battlefield in Montana. Script on front of mat board reads: "The battle was fought June 25th, 1876. The cross marks the place General Custer fell. This battle was fought on...
- Dakota Indians--Commemoration--Montana--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Montana--1880-1910.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Monuments.; Little Bighorn Battlefield (Mont.)--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- S. Dak. - Crow Creek
- Native American Lakota Sioux dressed in costumes with white masks and tattered clothes, ride on a wagon, as a policeman with a billy club walks beside them, Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota. Spectators watch the production from the distance.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Indian reservation police--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Crow Creek Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1910-1920.; Carts &...
- 1915?
- Crow Creek
- View of two teams of Native American Lakota Sioux women in a tug-of-war contest, Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota, includes a policeman with a billy club and spectators.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Crow Creek Indian Reservation (S.D.); Games--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Indian reservation police--South...
- 1915?
- American Indian Movement
- View of five Native Americans sitting in an office, Denver, Colorado; Members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), they occupy the regional office of the Office of Economic Opportunity.
- American Indian Movement--People--1970-1980.; United States. Office of Equal Opportunity--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--Great Plains--1970-1980.; Ojibwa Indians--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.;...
- 1971
- Our Indian war sketches
- North American Indian (Arapahoe) men sit with military men in uniform, and smoke a calumet (pipe) near an Indian camp. The Indian men have long hair, necklaces or earrings, and sit wrapped in robes. One man wears a feather in his military hat....
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Calumets--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.; Indian encampments--1860-1870.; Military scouts--1860-1870.; Smoking--1860-1870.
- 1867 June 29
- Favorite sport, Indian Hills, Colo.
- One man and eight young women on horseback pose in a row in front of a log building in Indian Hills, Colorado. A sign on the building reads "Ho Cha Nee Stea" and has images of Native Americans in profile. The horseman is possibly named Walker. The...
- Indian Hills (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Indian Hills--1920-1930.; Post offices--Colorado--Indian Hills--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Indian Hills--1920-1930.
- July 24, 1925
- Utah
- View of a Native American Ute (Goshute) camp in Utah includes tepees, walled tents, horses, wagons, and corrals.
- Gosiute Indians--Utah--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Utah--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Utah--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Utah--1910-1920.
- 1916
- Indians, Ute, wars, Meeker massacre
- View of Meeker tragedy memorial markers, outside of Meeker, Rio Blanco, Colorado; the wood sign reads: "This area was site of White River Ute Indian Agency where U. S. Gov't. Agent, Nathan C. Meeker, with male employees were massacred. Women and...
- Meeker, Nathan Cook, 1814-1879--Monuments.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1940.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1940.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. White...
- [between 1927 and 1940?]
- Has the pipe
- Standing portrait of a Native American (Siksika, Blackfeet) man, Has the Pipe, and a horse at Fort Belknap, Montana. The man wears a suit, a ribbon over his heart, and holds a hat in his hands.
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Siksika Indians--1910-1920.; Has the Pipe. Siksika Indian.
- 1917?
- Home of Indian agent Shelton, Shiprock
- Home of Bureau of Indian Affairs Superintendent William Shelton in Shiprock, New Mexico; a stone structure with a pitched roof. During Agent Shelton's 1903 tenure on the Navajo Reservation, he initiated a program to irrigate water from the San Juan...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Navajo Agency--New Mexico--Shiprock--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Government relations--New Mexico--Shiprock--1910-1920.; Navajo Indians--Government relations--New Mexico--Shiprock--1910-1920.;...
- [1910?]
- Northern Utes, agents, and interpreter
- Studio portrait of four Native American Ute men, two agents, and an interpreter. They are identified as:"Standing: J. S. Littlefield, agent, White River; Tab-u-cha-kat; Pak-ant; Catz; Uriah M. Curtis, interpreter. Sitting: Wanzitz (Antelope); Maj....
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Catz, Ute Indian.; Han-ko, Ute Indian.; Pak-ant, Ute Indian.; Tab-u-cha-kat, Ute Indian.; Wanzito.; Curtis, Uriah M.; Littlefield, J. S.; Thompson, J. B., Major.
- [1872]
- S. Dak. Rosebud
- An unidentified Native American Dakota Sioux man poses near a ravine, wearing a feather headdress, leggings, moccasins, hair pipe breastplate and blanket, he holds a rifle, Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--South Dakota--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1880-1910.; Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Dakota Indians, at Rosebud Fair, South Dakota
- Native American (Sioux) men are gathered on a hillside at the Rosebud Fair in South Dakota. Some sit on the ground, some are mounted on horseback. The man standing in the foreground is identified as American Horse.
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--South Dakota--1880-1890.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- S. Dak. - Crow Creek
- A Native American Lakota Sioux man shoots an arrow from a bow, as men and boys look on, Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Crow Creek Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1910-1920.; Arrows--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Boys--South...
- [1915?]
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War stand in a semi-circle in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1891
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War stand in a semi-circle in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Indian Chiefs
- Ten Native American chiefs who met with General Nelson Miles to stop the Indian War pose for a group portrait in front of a teepee. Among the chiefs are Standing Bull, Bear Who Looks Back Running, Has the Big White Horse, White Tail, Liver Bear,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 11 and 12, 1927 November-December
- Chs .S. Stobie, scout and "Mountain Charlie" - guide Colorado
- Profile (head and shoulders) studio portrait of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist. He has a full gray beard and curly hair. He wears a large brimmed cowboy hat and a fringed buckskin jacket decorated with cowry shells and panels...
- Artists--American--1900-1910.; Beards.; Leather garments.; Military scouts.; Quillwork.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1901 and 1902?]
- Charles S. Stobie and friends
- Studio portrait of Luther S. Kelly (Yellowstone Kelly), Indian scout, Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist and John Howard, Indian scout for the district of the Yellowstone. The men pose in front of a painted backdrop near a prop...
- Artists--American--1860-1870.; Military scouts.; Howard, John, army scout.; Kelly, Luther S. (Luther Sage), 1849-1928.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1869?]
- Wat-ye-eh - Ben. Thomas
- Studio portrait of Native Americans (Laguna Pueblo) identified as Wat-ye-eh (Ben. Thomas), Ki-ot-se (Mary Perry), and Kowsh-te-ah (John Menaul). Ki-ot-se wears a manta, flowered blouse, belt and moccasins. The boys wear shirts and pants and are...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Laguna Indians--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--1880-1890.; Ki-ot-se, Laguna Indian.; Kowsh-te-ah, Laguna Indian.; Wat-ye-eh, Laguna Indian.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Ute Indian Agency, 25 miles below Ouray on the Uncompahgre River. Four Chiefs. Captain Billy on the left.
- Portrait of four Native American Ute chiefs, an agent, and an interpreter at the Ute Indian Agency, twenty five miles below Ouray on the Uncompahgre River, probably San Juan County, Colorado. The people are identified as Tabuchakat, Pahant, J. B....
- Indians of North America--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Captain Billy.; Pah-ant, Ute Indian.; Tab-u-cha-kat, Ute Indian.; Thompson, J. B., Major.
- 1878?
- Women in front of school, Ada Kent with baby in cradleboard
- Standing portrait of a Native American Ute woman, identified as Ada Kent, holding a cradleboard with a baby in it. She is in front of the girl's dorm at the Indian School in Ignacio, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Children--1930-1940.; Ute Indians--Women--1930-1940.; Cradleboards--1930-1940.; Infants--1930-1940.; Kent, Ada.
- 1932
- Allotment crew ready to divide land at Pine Ridge
- Agent Brennan poses in front of a tent with his son, Billy (William) Garnett, an interpreter, (son of General Richard B. Garnett of old Fort Laramie and a Native American Sioux mother), his wife, daughter and three sons, and a land allotment crew...
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian interpreters--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Families--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Surveyors--South...
- [1891]
- Virgin lands of Bloomfield, N. M.
- View of barren land near Bloomfield, New Mexico. The desert landscape is surrounded by a wire fence.
- Bloomfield (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Deserts--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Fences--New Mexico--Bloomfield--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- Modoc indian police
- A group of Native American (Modoc) policemen pose in front of a wood panel building, probably in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). They wear hats, uniforms, badges and carry revolvers. On the ground are rifles and a musical instrument case. One man...
- Indians of North America--Indian Territory--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--Indian Territory--1870-1880.; Indian Territory--1870-1880.; Indian reservation police--Indian Territory--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Some of the squaws
- North American Indian women (tribe unknown), performers in "The Red Man spectacle and Red Indian camp," stand in front of a painted backdrop of Yellowstone Falls, in an arena in the Empress Hall, at the Golden West and American Industries...
- Indians of North America--England--London--1900-1910.; Earl's Court (London, England)--1900-1910.; London (England)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--England--London--1900-1910.; Exhibitions--England--London--1900-1910.;...
- 1909
- Sun Dance pole
- View of the pole used for a Sun Dance in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The pole stands in an open field. Two animal skulls are at the base of the pole. A group of smaller wooden poles create the "Thunder's Nest" midway up the pole. A group of homes...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Sun dance--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Symbols--Indian Territory--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Friendship- white and Indian
- A Native American (Cheyenne) man shakes hands with a white man on the Cheyenne River Agency in South Dakota. The Native American man holds a kerchief, wears scarves over his braids and feathers in his hair. Spectators stand and sit in hitched...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Cheyenne Agency--1900-1920.; Cheyenne Indians--South Dakota--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1900-1920.; Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1900-1920.; Shaking hands--South...
- [between 1902 and 1916]
- Indian Camp of today
- A man walks near a tepee and a tent in a Native American (Shoshone) camp on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Unhitched covered wagons are near tepees and tents. Wooden buildings are in the distance.
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Wind River Indian Reservation (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Indian encampments--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Tipis--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- The Matachina [sic] Dance at Nat-te-so Pueblo, Indian Hills, Colorado
- Native American (Pueblo) men and a girl pose outdoors during a Matachines dance at Nat-te-so, a pueblo built as an artists' colony and tourist attraction near Indian Hills (Jefferson County), Colorado. The men wear moccasins, beaded leggings,...
- Nateso Pueblo (Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Dance--Colorado--Indian Hills--1920-1930.; Matachines (Dance)--Colorado--Indian Hills--1920-1930.; Pueblo indians--Dance--Colorado--Indian Hills--1920-1930.; Indian Hills...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Hotel Alvarado, Albuquerque
- Building" above another rectangular sign saying: "Indian Building Fred Harvey." Additional men and women walk along the sidewalk. Several men sit on bicycles in the left background.; Native American women with shawls wrapped over their heads...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Baskets--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Buildings--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Indians of...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Hotel Alvarado, Albuquerque
- another rectangular sign saying: "Indian Building Fred Harvey." Additional men and women walk along the sidewalk looking at the displays. Several men sit on bicycles in the left background.; Native American women with shawls wrapped over their...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Baskets--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Buildings--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Indians of...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- William Cody with group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses with a group of people in front of a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West in England. Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of the Wild West Show, sits in the right center of the front row next to a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Western History Subject Index
- U.S. bureau indian affairs
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 7 and 8, 1927 July-August
- Navajo woman weaving blanket
- A Navajo woman poses at a loom with a partially finished blanket probably on the Navajo Indian Reservation. The weaver sits on a sheep skin, she wears a calico blouse and a long skirt. Sheepskin is draped over a line nearby.
- Indians of North America--Women--Navajo Indian Reservation--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--Navajo Indian Reservation--1890-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1890-1910.; Looms--Navajo Indian Reservation--1890-1910.; Weaving--Navajo Indian...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Holy Family Mission, Blackfeet Agency, Mont.
- Three nuns greet two young Native Americans (Blackfeet, Siksika) at the Holy Family Mission, Blackfeet Agency, Montana. The two Blackfeet ride together on a horse, and the nuns, wearing habits, emerge from the doorway of a multi-story stone...
- Holy Family Missionaries--Buildings--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Montana--1920-1930.; Siksika Indians--Children--Montana--1920-1930.; Blackfeet Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1920-1930.; Horseback riding--Montana--1920-1930.;...
- 1926?
- Tom Sanderville, Heart Butte district, Blackfeet Agency, Mont.
- Portrait of a Native American (Blackfoot, Siksika) man, identified as Tom Sanderville, he stands outside of a small log cabin with one hand in his pants pocket, the other hand holds a hat at his side, Heart Butte district, Blackfeet Agency,...
- 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.; Log cabins--Montana--Heart Butte--1920-1930.;...
- 1926?
- Hopi Indians
- View of Volizo Camp, built by the Bureau of Indian affairs near Mishongnovi Pueblo, Second Mesa, Arizona. A group of Native American (Hopi) men stand near a stone and adobe building. Near the building are unhitched wagons and a buggy. A pile of...
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Hopi Agency--1890-1900.; Hopi Indians--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation...
- August, 1899
- Flower gardens, Shiprock
- Buildings and landscaped grounds of the Shiprock Indian Agency, Navajo Reservation, Shiprock, New Mexico; shows trees, flowering plants, path, buildings in background.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Navajo Agency--New Mexico--Shiprock--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Shiprock--1910-1920.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Shiprock--1910-1920.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--New...
- [1910?]
- Lake at Shiprock
- A group of men and women stand beneath tall trees by the shore of a lake Shiprock, Navajo Indian Agency, New Mexico; three rowboats are moored to posts.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Navajo Agency--New Mexico--Shiprock--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Shiprock--1910-1920.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Shiprock--1910-1920.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Indian...
- [1910?]
- Artificial lake at Shiprock agency, Shiprock in distance
- Lake with trees and lawn around the shoreline and a rowboat moored to a post, Shiprock, Navajo Indian Agency, New Mexico.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Navajo Agency--New Mexico--Shiprock--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Shiprock--1910-1920.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Shiprock--1910-1920.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Indian...
- [1910?]