Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Hopi House - Grand Canyon, Arizona
- View of Hopi House, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona; replica of Native American pueblo, east of El Tovar, Hopi Native Americans encouraged to live, make crafts, wear "native" clothing and put on dances for tourists; inside were displays of...
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900-1910.; Souvenir shops--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Hopi House, Grand Cañon, Ariz.
- Exterior view of Hopi House, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona; replica of Native American pueblo, short distance east of El Tovar, Hopi Native Americans encouraged to live, make crafts, wear "native" clothing and put on dances for tourists;...
- Hopi house (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Hopi Indians--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900-1910.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--Grand...
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Group of unidentified Indians, Sioux, full length
- Group of unidentified Native Americans, Dakota or possibly Crow, full length studio portraits with painted backdrop; group of three, two men and one woman; Native American man standing behind seated pair with two feathers in hat, muffler around...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Wild West Show actors
- A Native American man, possibly Walks-Under-the-Ground, and Kishvardi Makharadze, a Russian Georgian Cossack, both members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose in front of a log cabin with the words "Ranch Home Col. John Nelson Scout"...
- Nelson, John Young, b. 1826--Homes & haunts--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Walks-under-the-Ground.; Makharadze, Kishvardi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Buckskin Charlie & two Native American women
- Native American Ute Indian chief Buckskin Charlie poses in front of a tepee with his wife Emma Naylor Buck (To-Wee) and an unidentified Native American woman. Buckskin Charlie wears fringed pants and shirt, a feather in his hair and a choker...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1910.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; To-Wee.
- 1901
- Elderly woman in headscarf, San Luis, Colo.
- Portrait of an unidentified elderly Hispanic woman, probably of Native American descent from either San Luis or Chama in Costilla County, Colorado. She has a checkered headscarf over her gray hair.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial...
- 1950 September
- Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building
- View of the entry to the Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building on the University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Medical Campus, 13055 East 17th Avenue, Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. The three story building was designed by M+O+A...
- Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building (Aurora, Colo.)--2000-2010.; University of Colorado Denver. Anschutz Medical Campus--Buildings--2000-2010.; Aurora (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Health care facilities.; Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building...
- 2009
- Buckskin Charlie and two Indian women
- Ute Chief, Buckskin Charlie poses in front of a tepee in Ignacio, Colorado with two Native American women. He wears fringed shirt, corduroy, a feather headdress and a medallion. A shaggy dog sleeps next to the tepee. The Native American woman to...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1910.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; To-Wee.
- 1901
- Ute Indians at play - posing
- Native American (Ute) men and woman and a white man pose outdoors, possibly at old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Native American men surround unidentified white man on horseback holding revolver; the men hold a spear, a shotgun, and...
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tableaux--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1894
- Ute Indians at play posing
- Native American (Ute) men and woman and a white man pose outdoors for a portrait (standing), possibly at old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; unidentified Native American men surround a white man, holding a revolver, on horseback; the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tableaux--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Camp on reservation near Ignacio
- View of a Native American (Ute) camp with four tepees situated in a group of trees, La Plata County, Colorado; unidentified Native American men, women, and children sit and stand in the camp; shows tripods near tepees, possibly with corn to dry;...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1900.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tipis--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Inside the Hopi Indian house-artistic handiwork of natives-Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Interior view of Hopi House, a Fred Harvey Company curio shop at the Grand Canyon, Arizona; a replica of a Native American pueblo room with displays Native American arts and crafts including rugs, baskets, beadwork and pottery.
- Fred Harvey (Firm)--1900-1910.; Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--Arizona--1900-1910.; Pueblo...
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Shoshone Indians near Arapahoe, Wyo
- A white man stands near a group of Native American (Shoshone) men near Arapahoe, Wyoming. One Native American man holds a drum and drumstick. The white man wears a jacket with a badge pinned to it. The Native American men wear hair pipe jewelry,...
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--Arapahoe--1880-1910.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--Arapahoe--1880-1910.; Arapahoe (Wyo.)--1880-1910.; Boys--Wyoming--Arapahoe--1880-1910.; Drums--Wyoming--Arapahoe--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Osage Indians
- Three white (?) and two Native American (Osage) men pose on a dirt road in front of a two story house, possibly in Oklahoma. The white men wear suits, the Native Americans wear moccasins, leggings, print shirts, and have blankets wrapped around...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Osage Indians--1880-1900.; Men--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Indian group
- A group of Native Americans on horseback stands in a row in the background in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits on his white horse in the left midground slightly in front of the row of...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Dakota group - Sitting Bull, Curley, Gall, John Grass, Rain-in- the-Face, oval portraits, busts
- Composite of reprinted photographs of four Dakota Native Americans and one Crow Native American involved in Battle of Little Bighorn, plus view of monument at the Custer Battlefield; head and shoulders studio portraits, oval framed of Gall, John...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (Mont.)--1880- 1890.; Curly.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [188-?]
- Sioux Indian dancers, standing in straight row, full length
- Group of Dakota Native American males lined up against wall of log building in dance costume, Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory; feathers in hair, loin cloths, straps of bells around legs, beaded moccasins, blankets on ground around feet;...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Souvenir bien an Colonel Cody Verona 1890
- Sioux Chief Rocky Bear stands in front of a group of Native American men and one woman in front of a group of tents in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show while touring in Verona, Italy. Standing on the far left slightly removed from the group...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; McKuhn, Bill.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Indians of North America.
- [1890?]
- William F. Cody and group on beach
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in the left center midground of a panoramic view of a beach, probably in Europe. A long row of Native American men and women also on horseback line the shore behind Cody. A man wearing a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Indian group
- A Native American group and cowboys pose on horseback in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. One of the Native American men wears a long feather headdress and holds a round shield and...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Custer charge
- A group of men reenacts an attack of General George A. Custer's 7th Cavalry on Native Americans in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The riders in the midground wear dark...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Historical reenactments.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Indians and soldiers 7th Cavalry Burke, Remington, Salsbury, Cody, Gen'l. Guy Henry.
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands holding the hand of a small Native American child in front of a large group of soldiers from the United States 7th Cavalry Division with a group of Native Americans. The group is gathered in front of a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Black Heart.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Henry, Guy Vernor, 1839-1899.; Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Buffalo Bill and Sioux Chief Iron Tail
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops on his horse in the right midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Wearing a dark hat and a dark, striped suit, Cody talks with Sioux Chief Iron Tail, who stands in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Buffalo Bill with Sioux Chief Iron Tail
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops on his horse in the left foreground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody is wearing a dark hat and a dark, striped suit. He talks to Sioux Chief Iron Tail, who stands...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody and Sioux Chief Iron Tail
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops on his horse in the right midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Wearing a dark hat and a dark, striped suit, Cody talks with Sioux Chief Iron Tail, who stands in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 5 and 6, 1922 May-June
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 5, 1919 May
- Native American government relations
- Native American (Plains) men stand and sit near white men who sit behind a wooden table near a tepee. The Native American men wear blankets and necklaces made of teeth or claws. The white men wear wide-brimmed hats.
- Indians of North America--Government relations--Great Plains--1890-1910.; Great Plains--1890-1910.; Meetings--Great Plains--1890-1910.; Tipis--Great Plains--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Native Americans
- Native American (Plains) men and a white man pose outdoors. The Native American men wear moccasins, leggings, fringed shirts, hair pipe breast plates, fur pelt bandoliers decorated with metal, and feather headdresses. The white man wears a suit and...
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Great Plains--1880-1910.; Headdresses--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Clothing & dress--Great Plains--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Native Americans, Yosemite National Park, California
- A Native American (Miwok) woman sits on the ground in front of a dilapidated wooden shack as a white woman looks on in Yosemite National Park, California. The Native American wears loose clothing, the white woman wears a long, dark skirt, a dark...
- Indians of North America--California--1890-1910.; Miwok Indians--California--1890-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Huts--California--1890-1910.; National parks & reserves--California--1890-1910.; Women--California--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Native Americans, Carlisle Indian School
- Group portrait of three Native American students from the Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The young men wear Native American clothing that includes moccasins, leggings, armbands, fur, kerchiefs, a hair pipe necklace, and feathers...
- United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1880-1900.; Carlisle (Pa.)--1880-1900.; Boys--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- William F. Cody and a Native American man
- Buffalo Bill shakes hands with a Native American (Shoshone) man near a tepee camp. The Shoshoni man wears leggings, a fur pelt, fringed shirt, bead necklaces, and a feather in his wide brimmed hat. Another Native American man with a feather...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Shoshoni Indians--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--1900-1910.; Shaking hands--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- White woman dressed as a Native American
- A white woman dressed as a Native American poses outdoors near a woven basket for a pageant at probably the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs (El Paso Coumty), Colorado. She wears moccasins, a fringed and beaded dress, headband, and wig. White...
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Costumes--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Native Americans on horseback
- A Native American man rides a horse in front of a group of Native American men on horseback in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Several of the men wear small clusters of feathers on the backs of their heads. A...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Group of Ute Native American Women and White Men
- Full-length, group studio portrait of Ute Native American women and white men in front of painted backdrop; from left to right: Charles E. Ward, seated; unidentified Native American woman, standing; Charles Day, standing; Tachiar, standing;...
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Native American man with two women
- A Native American man stands between two Native American women in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The man wears a breastplate, possibly made of bone, and has a...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- William F. Cody and Native American man
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits on a dark horse leaning down to hold the arm of a Native American man standing in the right foreground. The man has a bandage on his left hand and holds his left arm in a sling hanging from around his...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Wounds & injuries--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody on horseback with group of Native Americans
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback with a group of Native Americans in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Sioux Chief Iron Tail is on a horse in the right foreground. Another Native American man is on a horse in the...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Native Americans on horseback
- A Native American man rides a horse in the center midground in front of a group of Native American men on horseback gathered during a rehearsal of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Two women stand under a large tent canopy in the left background.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Native Americans on horseback
- A Native American man rides a horse in the center midground in front of a group of Native American men on horseback gathered during a rehearsal of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A large tent canopy is in the background.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Native Americans playing ping pong
- Two Native American men in feather headresses play ping pong while a crowd of men watch them. The spectators include Native American men in headdresses, cavalrymen and a few Russian Cossacks in uniform. The men are members of "Buffalo Bill's...
- Cossacks--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Table tennis--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Flanked
- An oil painting of a battle scene between a cowboy and Native Americans in a valley or on a pass. The cowboy leans against a rock and holds a pistol; a rifle is next to him. Two Native Americans on horseback are in the background. Spent arrows...
- Campaigns & battles--1890-1900.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Indian camp
- An oil painting of a Native American camp. Native Americans stand next to a tepee and a small camp fire is in front. Prairie vegetation surrounds the camp, mountains are in the background and the sky is filled with gray clouds. The frame is...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Young Ute brave and his squaw visiting
- The painting shows a Native American camp, four lodges, Native Americans, two are on horseback (one male and the other is female), rocks, plains vegetation, mountains in the background and a blue sky with clouds.
- Horseback riding--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Bags
- Shows two bags. One is a Native American Southern Plains (possibly Mescalero Apache) buckskin bag and is decorated with green, white and pink beadwork in diamond and square designs. The second bag is Native American (Cheyenne) made of commercial...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Bags (costume accessories)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Scraper and awl
- A Native American (Sioux) scraper tool made from elk horn and a steel blade. The scraper has a natural color, dots and lines carved into the handle portion, hollow depression and there is a thong piece of buckskin wrapped around the blade. This...
- Arapaho Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Scrapers (tools)--1880-1900.; Cases (containers)--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1900]
- Woman's leggings and pouch
- A pair of Native American (Arapahoe; Cheyenne) women's leggings made of buckskin. They are one-piece and painted with ochre coloring. The leggings are decorated with German silver conchas, yellow, white translucent red and blue Italian glass beads....
- Arapaho Indians--Clothing & dress--1870-1900.; Crow Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1870-1900.; Leggings--1870-1900.; Pouches--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1899]
- Beecher Island
- An oil painting of the battle on Beecher Island (Colorado) between soldiers and Native American Sioux and Cheyenne. Shows images of horses, soldiers, scouts, Native Americans, trees, bushes and a river.
- Beecher Island, Battle of, 1868.; Campaigns & battles--Colorado--1860-1870.; Cheyenne Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Dakota Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--War--Colorado--1860-1870.
- 1926
- Snake dance
- Native American Ute indians perform a ceremonial snake dance possibly on a reservation in Colorado. The dancers wear feathers, headdresses, fringed shirts and vests. One dancer plays a drum the other dancers hold snakes. Off to the side of the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Tepees of Ignacio
- An unidentified Native American man in front of a group of tipis in Ignacio, Colorado, stands points outward. Wagons are next to the tipis, and a residence or stable, horses, a dog and other Native Americans are in the background.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Tipis--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.
- 1901