Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Deputation of Sioux Indians, to the American Government, in charge of Capt. D. C. Poole
- Group portrait of two white and four Native American men, Front row seated, left to right: Quick Bear or Mato Ohanko (aka Fast Bear, Wozhazha Band of the Brulé), Spotted Tail (Brulé), Swift Bear, and Yellow Hand (Yellow Hair, Cheyenne) Back row...
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Cheyenne Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indian reservation police--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Quick Bear, 1827-1916.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.; Yellow Hand, 1850?-1876.; Gueru,...
- [1870 June 18]
- Bear Foot Chief
- Studio portrait (standing) of Bear Foot, a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man. He holds a shield and a spear. He wears a hair pipe breast plate, bead bandolier and feathers in his hair.
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Shields--1890-1900.; Spears--1890-1900.; Bear Foot.
- 1899
- Stella Yellow Shirt and baby
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Stella Yellow Shirt and her baby, a Native American (Brule Sioux) woman and child. Stella Yellow Shirt wears a hair pipe necklace and a dress decorated with elk teeth.
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.; Yellow Shirt, Stella.
- 1899
- Cup & pin game
- Shows a cup and pin game of the Native American Sioux . The game has a metal pin, small bone cups, rawhide, a loop and pink, red, white and blue beadwork.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Games--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- 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]
- 1886 Corbett & Ballenger's 14th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Villa of Brule, the great hostile Indian camp on River Brule near Pine Ridge, S.D.
- A group of horses is gathered in the River Brule in the foreground near a Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A man stands on the bank of the river in the left midground. Numerous teepees are set up in the field in the background.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Horses--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Tipis--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild...
- [1891?]
- Spotted Tail (Sin-te-ga-lis-ta) Chief of Brule Sioux
- Spotted Tail (Sinte Galeshka), his wife, and daughter, Native American (Brule Sioux) man and women, pose outdoors. Each person is wrapped in a blanket. Spotted Tail's daughter wears a hair pipe necklace and a dress decorated with teeth.
- Brulé Indians--1860-1880.; Dakota Indians--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Families--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Women--1860-1880.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [between 1869 and 1878]
- Bear Foot Chief Brule
- Studio portrait (standing) of Bear Foot, a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man. He holds a shield and spear and wears a hair pipe breastplate, bandolier, and feathers in his hair.
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Shields--1890-1900.; Spears--1890-1900.; Bear Foot.
- 1899
- Chief Bear Ghost
- Profile portrait of Mato Wanagi (Bear Ghost), a Native American (Sioux, Brulé) Chief; he wears earrings, pony beads, a shell disk choker, and a hide shirt with fringe, quillwork, feathers, and ermine tassels.
- Brulé Indians--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Clothing and dress--1900-1920.; Men--1900-1920.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1900-1920.; Bear Ghost, Brulé chief.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Bear Foot, Sioux
- Portrait of Bear Foot, Native American Sioux (Brulé) wearing a hair pipe breastplate, striped cotton shirt, neck scarf, and a headdress.
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Bear Foot.
- 1899
- Short Bull
- Portrait of possibly Short Bull, Native American Brule Sioux man, wearing a feather headdress, cotton shirt, and hair pipe breastplate; holding a feather fan.
- Brulé Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1891?]
- Chief Two Strike, Chief Crow Dog, Chief High Hawk, leaders of the hostile Indians at Pine Ridge Agcy S.D. during the late Sioux War
- Chief Two Strike, Chief Crow Dog, Chief High Hawk, Native American Brulé Sioux, pose in a tepee camp, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. Deputy U.S. Marshall George Bartlett and children stand to the side.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Brulé Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.;...
- [1890 or 1891]
- Two Strikes, Chief of Sioux Nation
- Standing studio portrait of Two Strike, Nomkahpa (Knock Two off) Native American Brule Sioux (Lakota) elderly man with a feather in his hair, wrapped in a blanket and holding a walking stick. A prominent Sioux leader, earned his name in battle,...
- Brulé Indians--1890-1920.; Dakota Indians--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Aged persons--1890-1920.; Knock Two Off.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- "Spotted Tail" a noted Indian Chief
- Sitting studio portrait of a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man, identified as Spotted Tail. He is wrapped in a large blanket, manta style, and wears moccasins, a shirt, a kerchief, and earrings. A hat is on the ground at his feet. He is noted for...
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [1870 June 18]
- Indian police guard annuity payments, Rosebud, S. D.
- Native American (possibly Brule) policemen are mounted on horseback and carry rifles as they guard a wagon carrying annuity payments outside the bank on the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency--1900-1910.; Brulé Indians--South Dakota--Rosebud--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Rosebud--1900-1910.; Indian reservation police--South Dakota--Rosebud--1900-1910.; Indians of...
- 1908
- Rosebud Agency
- View over the Native American (Brule Lakota Sioux) Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, shows tepees, log cabins, and fenced agency buildings.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency--1870-1890.; Brulé Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Rosebud--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Rosebud--1870-1890.; Teton...
- [between 1875 and 1885]
- Sioux Indians
- Group portrait of four Native American (Sioux) men and one white man. Identification reads: "front: Sitting Bull, Swift Bear, Spotted Tail (Brulé ), rear: Julius Meyer, Red Cloud (Oglala)." Two of the men carry top hats.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Oglala Indians--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1880.; Meyer, Julius, fl. 1850-1880.; Red Cloud, 1822-1909.; Sitting Bull, Oglala chief, 1840?-1877.;...
- [1875 May 13]
- Mrs. Sharp Nail, Rosebud Ind.
- An elderly Native American (possibly Brule) woman, identified as Mrs. Sharp Nail, sips from a mug. She wears a print dress and is wrapped in a shawl and blankets. A saucer and donut are on a stool next to her chair.
- Brulé Indians--1880-1910.; Dakota Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Aged persons--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.; Sharp Nail, Mrs.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Spotted Tail, Sioux chief of 8000 (?)
- Sitting studio portrait of a Native American (Brule Sioux) man, identified as Spotted Tail. He holds a blanket in his lap and wears a plain jacket and earrings.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Kills Two (Sioux)
- Standing portrait of a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man, identified as Kills Two, a Sioux medicine man. He is decoratively outfitted in leggings, a breech cloth, a hide vest with metallic disks, face paint, head band, and arm and wrist bands.
- Brulé Indians--1880-1910.; Dakota Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Shamans--1880-1910.; Kills Two.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Spotted Tail's wife
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Spotted Tail's wife and baby, Native American (Brulé Sioux) woman and child. She wears a dress and blanket shawl. The baby is wrapped in swaddling clothes and blankets.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1890.; Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Infants--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--1870-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.
- [between 1875 and 1885]
- Lakota Sioux man
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man. He wears a beaded and fringed shirt, a bead and shell necklace, and feathers in his hair.
- Brulé Indians--1900-1920.; Dakota Indians--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Spotted Tail's monument, Rosebud Agency, SD
- View of Native American, Brule Lakota Sioux, Chief Spotted Tail's obelisk and grave site, near the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency--1930-1940.; Brulé Indians--Commemoration--South Dakota--Rosebud--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--South Dakota--Rosebud--1930-1940.; Teton Indians--Commemoration--South...
- [1936?]
- Monument to Spotted Tail, Rosebud Agency, SD
- Detail view of the inscription on obelisk over the grave of Spotted Tail, a Native American, Brule Lakota Sioux, chief and diplomat, near the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota. It reads: "Spotted Tail, Chief Of The Sioux, Born - 1823, Died August 5,...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency--1930-1940.; Brulé Indians--Commemoration--South Dakota--Rosebud--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--South Dakota--Rosebud--1930-1940.; Teton Indians--Commemoration--South...
- [1936?]
- Spotted Tail's monument in background, Chief of the Sioux, Rosebud Agency, SD
- View over the cemetery near the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, show tombstones, fenced plots and the tall obelisk of Spotted Tail, a Native American (Brule Lakota Sioux) chief.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency--1930-1940.; Brulé Indians--Commemoration--South Dakota--Rosebud--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--South Dakota--Rosebud--1930-1940.; Teton Indians--Commemoration--South...
- [1936?]
- Spotted Tail
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Spotted Tail, a Native American (Brulé Sioux) chief. He holds a feather fan. He wears a blanket, a medal, and wrapped braids.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1880.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [ca. 1877]
- Brule & Bourk Com. Co.
- View of vegetable dealers at 1522 Market Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows men, delivery trucks, a horse and buggy, bicycle, crates of merchandise, and signs: "The Brule & Bourk Com. Co., Wholesale Fruits and Produce," "It's Always Better at The...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Markets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Chief Hollow Horn Bear Sioux
- Head and shoulders portrait of Chief Hollow Bear, (Matihehlogego) Native American Brule Sioux man wearing a feather headdress, a hair pipe breastplate, and shirt decorated with quillwork and fur.
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Hollow Horn Bear, Dakota Chief.
- 1898
- Chief Goes To War Chief Hollow Horn Bear Sioux
- Studio portrait (standing) of Goes To War and Hollow Horn Bear, Native American (Brule Sioux) men. Goes To War poses with a rifle and wears moccasins, a breechcloth, hair pipe breastplate, armbands, and a feather headdress. Hollow Horn Bear wears a...
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Headdresses--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Goes to War.; Hollow Horn Bear, Dakota Chief.
- 1898
- Montana--General Crook investing Spotted Tail with the command of the Dakota Indians
- General George Crook imparts Spotted Tail, a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man, with leadership of the Dakota Indians. Spectators look on.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Meetings--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Spotted Tail
- Spotted Tail, a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man, he wears moccasins, leggings, and a blanket.
- Brulé Indians--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- UP train, engine number 804, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #717, Los Angeles Challenger; 17 cars, 75 MPH. Photographed: near Brule, Nebr., May 30, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Brule.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1938
- UP train, engine number 810, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #27, San Francisco Overland Ltd.; 17 cars, 65 MPH. Photographed: near Brule, Nebr., May 30, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Brule.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1938
- UP train, engine number 811, engine type 4-8-4
- Train #87, San Francisco Challenger; 17 cars, 65 MPH. Photographed: near Brule, Nebr., May 30, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Nebraska--Brule.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1938
- 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1888 Corbett & Ballenger's 16th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1894 Corbett & Ballenger's 22nd Annual Denver City Directory
- Watch fob
- Shows a Native American Sioux watch fob made or purchased in Lower Brule, South Dakota. The fob features loom woven red, blue, and white beadwork.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1940-1950.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1940-1950.; Watch fobs--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Pipe bag
- Front view of a pipe bag made by Native American Sioux Driving Hawk of Lower Brule, South Dakota. The bag is decorated with designs of blue, red and white beadwork, tin jinglers, a chicken feather dyed red, horsehair dyed red, blue poster paint and...
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1910-1920.; Bags (Containers)--1880-1920.
- 1915
- Tobacco pouch
- Shows a tobacco pouch (Native American Sioux) purchased or found in Lower Brule, South Dakota. The pouch is oval and it features decorative blue, red, green and white beadwork in geometric designs; a draw string is attached at the top opening of...
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Pouches--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- Chief Hollow Horn Bear, Sioux
- Head and shoulders portrait of Chief Hollow Horn Bear, Native American Brule Sioux (Lakota) man wearing a headdress, shirt decorated with quillwork and fringe and a hair bone breastplate. His picture is on the U. S. 14-cent postage stamp and the...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Hollow Horn Bear, Dakota Chief.
- 1898
- Chief Little Wound, Sioux
- Standing studio portrait of Native American (Oglala Sioux) Chief Little Wound. He wears a breech cloth, a decoratively beaded hide shirt, and a full length eagle feather headdress. He holds a pipe and a beaded pouch in his hands.
- Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Oglala Indians--1870-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1890.; Little Wound, Oglala Chief.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Issuing supplies
- White men, some in military uniform, stand around bundles of supplies to be distributed to Native American (Brule ?)prisoners of war, Fort Randall, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--Capture & imprisonment--South Dakota--Randall--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Capture & imprisonment--South Dakota--Randall--1880-1890.; Randall (S.D.)--1880-1890.; Clothing relief--South Dakota--Randall--1880-1890.; Food...
- 1882?
- Western History Subject Index
- Brule River
- Western History Subject Index
- Indians. Agencies. Lower Brule agency
- 1887 Corbett & Ballenger's 15th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Young braves of Brule Tribe
- Two Native American men pose on horseback behind the arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The men wear single feathers on the backs of their heads and are bare-chested. The man in the right foreground holds a round...
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Brule J
- Western History Subject Index
- BRULE INDIANS