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- Group standing among teepees
- A large group of cowboys and Native Americans stands in the center midground among a group of teepees in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Among the group is John Y. Nelson, a scout and driver of the Deadwood Stagecoach, in the left...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1880-1900.; Tipis.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Wild West Show teepees
- Several men walk in the distance through a park where numerous teepees are set up. The teepees are probably part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show while touring in Paris. Additional rectangular tents are also set up in the park. The tops of several...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Camps--1880-1890.; Show tents--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Teepees
- Three teepees are set up in the midground at a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Several images are painted on the teepees, including stars, a bird, a snake, a turtle and a horse. Two large trunks are...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Camps--1880-1900.; Tipis--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Great Hostile Camp, largest Indian camp in the world, near Pine Ridge, S.D., Jan. 16, 1891
- Numerous teepees are set up, spread out across a large field, in a Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Several of the teepees have wagons stopped next to them. A group of young children is in the right midground. Several log...
- Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890- 1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Tipis--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Gen. Brook's camp, camp near Pine Ridge, S.D., Jan. 17, '91
- A large U.S. Army camp, possibly for General Brooks, is set up near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Numerous teepees are set up across the large field. Several troops stand among the tents that resemble teepees.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Military camps--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- 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]
- Sin-se-la and wife (Nat-gat-mas-high-hi)
- Sin-se-la (also known as Sam Moody) and his wife, Nat-gat-mas- high-hi, a Native American, couple on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, pose on horseback in front of a group of teepees on the reservation. Sin-se-la wears a tall...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Sin-se-la--Family.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- William F. Cody with Chief Joseph
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody shakes hands with Nez Perce Chief Joseph in the center foreground, possibly in Chicago during the World's Columbian Exposition. Cody wears thigh boots and a buckskin coat with tassles and beads. He also has a...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Nez Perce Indians--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1890-1900.; Shaking hands--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904.; Buffalo Bill's Wild...
- [1898?]
- Indian group
- A group of Native American men stands in front of a group of teepees in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. Several of the men wear breastplates, possibly made from bone, and several hold blankets wrapped around...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Indians of North America.
- [1892?]
- Indian group
- A group of Native American men stands in front of a group of teepees in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. Several of the men wear breastplates, possibly made from bone, and several hold blankets wrapped around...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- No Neck
- No Neck, a Native American member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses in front of a group of teepees in a camp for the show near Earl's Court in England. He wears a breastplate, possibly made from bone, and has a blanket wrapped around his...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; No Neck.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- No Neck's family
- Two women, one holding a small child, stand in front of a group of teepees in a camp for the show near Earl's Court in England. The group is probably the family of No Neck, a Native American member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The teepees are...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- 7th Cavalry detachment
- Members of the United States 7th Cavalry Division pose in uniform in front of a group of teepees in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The men in the back row stand while those in the front sit....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Henry, Guy Vernor, 1839-1899.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Native American group
- A group of Native American men stands in the midground in front of a group of teepees in a camp of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Europe, possible in Paris. The men wear feather headdresses and several hold long spears. A cowboy sits on the bench...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Indian tepees
- A group of Native American teepees is set up in the left midground near another large tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Long ropes supporting the tent run across the center foreground. Numerous trees and shrubs stand around the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Camps--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- U.S. school for Indians, Pine Ridge, S.D.
- Several teepees are set up in the midground in front of a large boarding school for Native Americans in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A few wagons are stopped among the teepees. The large school has two wings and a main entrance.
- Indians of North America--Education--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--Education--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Arapahoe-Cheyenne encampment, Denver
- An oil painting of an Arapahoe-Cheyenne encampment in Denver, Colorado by Ester Yates Frazier. The painting is of a plains landscape with mountains in the background, native american figures, teepees and sky with clouds; the view is westward from...
- Arapaho Indians--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Cheyenne Indians--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Indian encampments--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1861 April
- Ute camp
- Two Ute Indians pose outside their teepee constructed over a tree and poles, Colorado. Firewood and cooking pots are on ground; two more teepees and saddled horses are in background.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1880-1900.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--1880-1900.; Tipis--Colorado--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895]
- 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?]
- Ute group portrait
- Large group portrait of unidentified Native American men, women, and children (Ute), they pose with a drum and wear traditional Ute dress. Shows teepees.
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Beyond the Little Bighorn
- View of a Native American (Crow) and tepees highlighted by a setting sun on the bank of the Little Bighorn River in Montana. Image was taken just below the Custer Battlefield.
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Little Bighorn Battlefield (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Little Bighorn River (Wyo. and Mont.)--1900-1910.; Rivers--Montana--1900-1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Home of the Mountain Crows
- View of a Mountain Crow (Native American) encampment, probably in Montana, shows tepees, horses, and wagons occupying a flat clearing along a valley floor.
- Crow Indians--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--Montana--1900-1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.
- 1907?
- Home of the River Crows
- View of Crow (Native American) tepees along the banks of the Little Bighorn River in the Blacklodge district of the Crow Reservation, Montana. Cumulus clouds fill the sky.
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Structures--Montana--1910-1920.; Little Bighorn River (Wyo. and Mont.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Montana--1910-1920.; Indian reservations--Montana--1910-1920.;...
- 1911
- The summer camp
- View of tepees among trees, possibly on the Crow Reservation in Montana. Descriptive information reads: "This breezy picture depicts well the camps of the Prairie Indian on a glorious summer day. The clouds, the trees and the picturesque teepees...
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Structures--Montana--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Montana--1910-1920.; Indian reservations--Montana--1910-1920.; Tipis--Montana--1910-1920.
- 1917
- Cowboys in camp
- Men pose in cowboy clothes with tents, teepees, and a chuck wagon. Two ride horses, one fires his pistol.
- Camping--1890-1900.; Covered wagons--1890-1900.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Buffalo Bill's headquarters tent
- A large, stuffed buffalo is placed on a platform between two large tents at William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's headquarters tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. A wood picket fence borders the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison--1880-1900.; Flags--American--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Gen. Miles and staff viewing the largest hostile Indian camp in the U.S., near Pine Ridge, S. Dak., Jan. 16, 1891
- Gen. Nelson A. Miles and several officers stop on horseback and look toward a large Native American camp in the background near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Numerous teepees are set up across the large field. A dog stands underneath one of the horses.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Gen. Miles and staff viewing the largest hostile Indian camp in the U.S., near Pine Ridge, S. Dak., Jan. 16, 1891
- Gen. Nelson A. Miles and several officers on horseback stop in the midground looking toward a large Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A large dog stands with the group. Numerous teepees are set up across the large field.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Grand review, U.S. troops after surrender of Indians at Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.
- A large group of U.S. troops on horseback is in the midground in front of a large Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A group of pack mules with packs on their backs is in the right midground. Numerous covered wagons are lined up...
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Grand review, U.S. troops after surrender of Indians at Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.
- Many U.S. troops march in rows in front of a large Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Numerous teepees are in the distance in the camp at the base of a ridge of hills.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Delta, Colorado
- A W.P.A. painting in a building in the town of Delta, Colorado, in Delta County, has an Amerian Indian theme. Teepees are in the background of a scene where a man holds a headless rabbit, and a woman grinds corn on the ground. Blood stains are...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Delta.; Delta (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Art--1980-1990.; Tipis.
- 1980
- Delta, Colorado
- A W.P.A. painting in a building in the town of Delta, Colorado in Delta County has an Amerian Indian theme in which a man holds a headless rabbit while a woman grinds corn on the ground. Teepees are in the background and bloodstains are on the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Delta.; Delta (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Art--1980-1990.; Tipis.
- 1980
- Delta, Colorado
- A W.P.A. painting in a building in the town of Delta, Colorado, in Delta County has an Amerian Indian theme in which a man holds a headless rabbit while a woman grinds corn on the ground. Teepees are in background and bloodstains are on the ground.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Delta.; Delta (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Art--1980-1990.; Tipis.
- 1980
- 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?]
- 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]
- 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?]
- Joe Vanderburg (Yellow Rock)
- Joe Vanderburg (also knwn as Yellow Rock), a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, dances in a field on the reservation. He wears a striped loincloth and several long, beaded necklaces. Strips of fur and bells...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Yellow Rock.
- [1907]
- John Enous, Micahel Kiser, Patrick Finley, Antoine Finley
- John Enous, Michael Kiser, Patrick Finley and Antoine Finley, four Native American on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, pose in a field on the reservation. Three of the men wear feather headdresses. The man on the far left wears a...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- John Evans, Michael Kiser, Patrick Finley, Antoine Finley - dancing
- Four Native American men, including John Evans (possibly Enous), Michael Kiser, Patrick Finley and Antoine Finley, perform a dance on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. They wear patterned shirts and wear numerous beaded necklaces....
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Dance--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Mose Vanderburg and wife
- Mose Vanderburg, a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, sits on the ground in front of a teepee playing a drum. His wife sits near him and a young man, possibly Pete Vanderburg, stands in the entrance to the...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Vanderburg, Mose.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Mrs. John Bushman
- Mrs. John Bushman, a Native American woman on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, wears a long dress adorned with beadwork and tassles. Strips of fur are wrapped around her long braids, and she has a beaded pouch at her waist. She...
- 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?]
- Paul Lumphrey, Louis Left Hand, Chin-e-en Paul, Peter Stevens
- Paul Humphrey, Louis Left Hand, Chin-e-en Paul and Peter Stevens, Native American men, stand in a field on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Outfits include face paint, roaches, feathers, braids, metal and beaded armbands,...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Yellow Rock - I'kaubut S'shensh
- Yellow Rock (also known Joe Vanderburg and I'kaubut S'shensh), a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands in a field on the reservation. He wears large round earrings, numerous beaded necklaces, a choker...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Yellow Rock.
- [1907]
- Rations for all
- A group of unidentified Native Americans gathers near a wagon on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. An unidentified person stands in the foreground watching the scene at the wagon. The people on the wagon are possibly distributing...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.
- [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?]
- 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]
- Ute Indians amusing Colorado tourists
- Three teepees with Ute Native American men and children in ceremonial dress with tourists gathered around, possibly near Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows women using umbrellas for shade, a man with bicycle, and Rocky Mountains in the distant...
- Ute Indians--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Indians group
- A large group of Native Americans poses in front of several teepees in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Erastina in Staten Island, New York. Sioux Chief American Horse leans his arm against a tree in the left center midground. He wears a...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1886?]