Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 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
- Ute Tribe Colorado Springs Carnival
- Panoramic view of Native American (Ute) dancers and white men at the Shan Kive (Colorado Springs Carnival) in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Ute men, women and children pose in front of tipis in a field. The Ute women wear dresses...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cradleboards--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.;...
- 1912
- Indian man standing in front of teepees & houses
- View of a Native American man, tipis, a wagon, and frame houses.
- Indians of North America--Men--1900-1910.; Men--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Crow Indian camp
- View of two Native Americans (Crow) posing in front of a tepee. One,on horseback, wears a hat and heavy clothing. The other is standing near the horse and wears moccasins, leggings, a breech cloth, a shirt, and necklaces. A carriage with an...
- Crow Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Horseback riding--1880-1910.; Tipis--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Mescalero camp Southfork, N M
- View of a Native American Mescalero Apache camp, South Fork (Mescalero), New Mexico, shows two facing canvas covered wickiups or tipis built on a juniper tree.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Mescalero--1880-1890.; Mescalero Indians--New Mexico--Mescalero--1880-1890.; Mescalero (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Tipis--New Mexico--Mescalero--1880-1890.; Wickiups--New Mexico--Mescalero--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Sioux Indians at Frontier Park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Two boys stand next to a bass drum at the front of a panoramic view of Native American (Oglala Sioux) men, women and children, and white men at Frontier Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Sioux men and boys wear beaded and fringed leggings, hair pipe...
- Dakota Indians--Iowa--Cedar Rapids--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Iowa--Cedar Rapids--1920-1930.; Oglala Indians--Iowa--Cedar Rapids--1920-1930.; Cedar Rapids (Iowa)--1920-1930.; Children--Iowa--Cedar Rapids--1920-1930.; Tipis--Iowa--Cedar...
- 1925, July
- Ute Indian Camp Garden of the Gods Shan Kive
- Panoramic view of Native American (Ute) men, women and children, and white men at the Shan Kive (Colorado Springs Carnival) in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Utes pose in front of tipis and the sandstone rock formations of the Garden...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1913
- Men and children, in front of tepees
- Two Dakota men and two children stand outside two tipis, with wagon in background. Men are wearing suits and hats. Saddle and other equipment are outside one tipi.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children & adults--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Drying corn in Indian camp at Standing Rock
- View of two tipis, with corn drying on rack made of tree branches between them, on the Standing Rock Reservation.
- Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Agriculture--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Tipis--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Group of Indians and white woman, in front of tepees
- Full length group portrait of Dakota male, two Dakota women, one white woman and five Dakota children, standing in front of three tipis.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Children & adults--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Indians in camp - Cheyenne Frontier Days
- View of a Shoshoni camp set up during Cheyenne Frontier Days near Cheyenne (Laramie County) Wyoming; Native Americans are by tipis and racks of drying meat.
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Food drying--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.; Indian encampments--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Indians in camp - Cheyenne Frontier Days
- View of a Shoshoni camp near Cheyenne (Laramie County), Wyoming, during Cheyenne Frontier Days. Native American headdresses and a drum hang by tipis and racks of drying meat.
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Drums--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.; Headdresses--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Hide
- A Native American (Ute) buckskin hide. In the center is a painted image of a Sun Dance ceremony with dancers with ropes attached to their chests as they dance around the pole, and tipis in the background.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Hides & skins--1880-1900.
- [between 1855 and 1899]
- Nanise & family Southern Utes
- Nanise and his family, Native American Southern Utes, pose at (probably) Ignacio (La Plata County), Colorado; costume includes a feather headdress, blankets, embroidery, and a doll papoose. Tipis are in the background.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.;...
- [1901?]
- 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]
- Nanise Southern Ute sub-chief on horse
- Portrait of a Native American Ute sub-chief Nanise on a horse, probably Colorado. He wears a fringed hide shirt and feather headdress, fur covered braids, a hairpipe necklace, a George Washington Peace Medallion, and leggings. He holds a staff with...
- Nanise.; Indians of North America--Men--Colorado y 1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1900-1910.; Headdresses--Colorado--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Osage Indians (Pawhuska, Okla.), teepee
- View of a Native American (Osage) lodge among trees, surrounded by snow, Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Osage tipis typically feature hickory saplings placed in the ground, tied together at the top, and then surrounded by canvas or buffalo hides.
- Indians of North America--Structures--Oklahoma--Pawhuska--1880-1910.; Osage Indians--Structures--Oklahoma--Pawhuska--1880-1910.; Pawhuska (Okla.)--1880-1910.; Lodges--Oklahoma--Pawhuska--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- The Buffalo dance
- Native American (tribe unknown) men take part in a Buffalo dance around a fire. Spectators and tipis are nearby.
- Buffalo dance--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- The first house in Denver after commencement of Official Survey, Nov. 1st, 1858, corner Wynkoop and 12th Sts. Erected by A. H. Barker
- Shows a log cabin built by Anselm H. Barker at 12th (Twelfth) and Wynkoop Streets in Denver, Colorado; a covered wagon, a team of oxen, people, horses, tipis, and trees are to the side. A portrait of a man is in an oval vignette in the corner.
- Barker, Anselm Holcomb, 1822-1895--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Distant view of an Indian camp, not very clear
- Photograph of a photograph of a Native American camp next to a river. Shows tipis, horses and people.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.
- [1889?]
- Sitting Bull's Camp
- Sitting Bull's camp, with six tipis visible, plus low tent.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [188-?]
- Canon and Ruxton
- for the Grandview Hotel, and concrete tipis (one painted with a swastika). An adobe building has vigas; a wrought iron arch reads: 'Visit the Wonderful Cave of the Winds'. Below it is 'Earl's Bingo.' ; The path of the incline is on Mount Manitou.;...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1941 January 23
- Old Fort Laramie, Wyo.
- A wagon train on the Oregon Trail approaches Fort Laramie in Goshen County, Wyoming. Oxen drawn Conestoga wagons ford the Laramie River. North American Indian tipis are on both sides of the river. The adobe fort has towers and battlements. Laramie...
- Fort Laramie (Wyo. : Fort)--1840-1850.; Goshen County (Wyo.)--1840-1850.; Laramie River (Colo. and Wyo.)--1840-1850.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1850.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1840-1850.; Forts &...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Old Fort Hall, Idaho
- Pioneers camp beside their covered wagons outside of Fort Hall on the Snake River in Bannock County, Idaho. The fort has mud brick walls with corner towers and a gate. Tents and tipis are in the trees near the river. A pack train moves along the...
- Bannock County (Idaho)--1840-1860.; Fort Hall (Idaho : Fort)--1840-1860.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1860.; Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--1840-1860.; Camping--Idaho--Fort Hall--1840-1860.; Covered wagons--Idaho--Fort Hall--1840-1860.; Forts &...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Native American & child near tipis
- Outdoor portrait of a Native American (Ute) father and son in Denver, Colorado. The man wears moccasins, beaded leggings, a breech cloth, and feather in his hair. The boy wears beaded armbands. A group of tepees and tents are nearby.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Fathers &...
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Scottish games - tipis and men on horseback
- View of the Scottish festival in Denver, Colorado; shows horses and tepees.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tipis--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Plains tipis
- View over an open plain shows the tepees, tents, and horses of a Native American (Plains) camp.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Great Plains--1880-1910.; Indian encampments--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Tents--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Tipis--Great Plains--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Confluence Park, Delta, Colo.
- View of a tipi and two log cabins with sod roofs in Confluence Park at 301 Main Street in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. A fire hydrant is nearby.
- Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Parks--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Tipis--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Log cabins--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Delta (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1992
- Ouray tepee near Montrose
- View of the concrete tepee erected in honor of Chief Ouray and his wife Chipeta, over a spring about four miles south of Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1930.; Ute Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1930.; Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Ute Chief's (Buckskin Charley) [sic] Squaw
- A portrait of a Native American (Ute) woman, identified as Buckskin Charlie's wife, probably in Colorado. The woman stands in front of a tepee and wears a full length, animal hide dress with hemline fringes, a decorative belt, a hair pipe choker,...
- Smith-Hassell Co.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1890-1900.; Tipis--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief--Family.
- 1899
- Exhibition? group of tepees with people on horseback; large crowds
- View of a gathering in Denver, Colorado; shows horses, a crowd of people, and tepees.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; People--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Exhibition? group of tepees, large crowd
- View of a gathering in Denver, Colorado; shows a crowd of people, horses, and tepees.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; People--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Indians AND Anglos on horseback riding near tipis
- Men (some in Native American headdresses) ride horses near tepees in (probably) Colorado; people look on, telegraph poles are in the background.
- Group of men on horseback in front of group of tepees
- A group of white men and a Native American (tribe unknown) man pose on horseback probably in Denver, Colorado. A group of tepees are in the distance.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Indians standing in front of tipi
- Outdoor portrait of men, women, a girl, and a baby in Native American costume in (probably) Denver, Colorado; a man by a tepee wears a metal star.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tipis--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920?]
- The Vedette
- An oil painting of a Native American on a horse on a bluff who looks out over a valley. An encampment of tepees are in the valley below and mountains are in the background. The painting is on an unframed rectangular stretched canvas.
- Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.
- 1896
- 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
- Woman and baby in papoose board in front of tipi
- An unidentified Native American woman poses probably in southern Colorado, with a baby in a cradleboard. A blanket is spread on a tipi
- Indians of North America--Women--1900-1910.; Cradleboards--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tipis--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1901?]
- Ute snake dance
- Native American (Ute) men perform a snake dance next to tepees, probably at a fair in New Mexico. The men wear feather headdresses, beaded and fringed shirts and leggings. One man holds a snake, another beats a drum.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Tipis--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Snake dance
- Native American (Ute) men perform a snake dance next to tepees, probably at a fair in New Mexico. The men wear feather headdresses, beaded and fringed shirts and leggings. One man holds a snake, another beats a drum.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Tipis--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Southern Ute (?) squaw
- A Native American (possibly Southern Ute) woman sits in front of a tepee in New Mexico. She wears a blanket over her dress, leggings, and moccasins.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 2 unid. men in front of tipi
- Two unidentified Native American men pose in front of tipi. One man wears a wide brimmed hat, long shirt tied with a beaded belt, pants with beadwork down the sides, a scarf and beaded moccasins. The other man wears a long print shirt with beaded...
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Tipis--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Buckskin Charlie's squaw
- Portrait of a Native American Ute woman identified as one of the wives of chief Buckskin Charlie, probably Colorado. She wears a fringed dress, and stands by a tipi.
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tipis--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--1900-1910.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief--Family.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Only standing wigwam [sic] found in Estes Park
- View of support poles for possibly a tepee near Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. The group of tree branches is surrounded by trees.
- Wood poles--Colorado--Estes Park--1900-1910.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Tipis--Colorado--Estes Park--1900-1910.; Trees--Colorado--Estes Park--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Apache chief, Fort Apache, Ariz.
- A Native American man, probably Chiricahua Apache, smokes a cigarette in front of a tepee at Fort Apache (Navajo County), Arizona. He wears a red bandanna on his head, cloth shirt and breechcloth, and high-topped buckskin boots.
- Chiricahua Indians--Men--Arizona--Fort Apache--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Men--Arizona--Fort Apache--1900-1910.; Fort Apache (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Smoking--Arizona--Fort Apache--1900-1910.; Tipis--Arizona--Fort Apache--1900-1910.; Tribal...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Ute teepee, Los Pinos Agency
- A Native American (Ute) girl stands near a tepee at the Los Pinos Agency in Saguache County, Colorado. Brush wickiups and tripods are nearby.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Los Pinos Agency--People--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Saguache County--1870-1890.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Saguache County--1870-1890.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1878 and 1881]
- Man-With-No-Hair and his squaw, Crows
- A Native American (Crow) man and woman stand and pose beside dogs, probably at Crow Agency (Big Horn County), Montana. The woman wears earrings and a cotton dress under a woven shawl with a stripe and checkerboard pattern. The man, identified as...
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Crow Agency (Mont.)--1880-1900.; Dogs--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Indian encampments--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- "Mint," Crow Agency, Mont.
- A Native American (Crow) man identified as Mint poses probably at Crow Agency (Big Horn County), Montana. He wears a long feather headdress and headpiece with antlers and fur, a decorative breechcloth over leather leggings, and moccasins. He holds...
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Men--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Crow Agency (Mont.)--1880-1900.; Indian encampments--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Men--Montana--Crow...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Pretty Old Man, Crows, Crow Agency, Mont.
- A Native American (Crow) man identified as Pretty-Old-Man poses on a horse at Crow Agency (Big Horn County), Montana. The man wears a feather headdress and a headpiece with fur and antlers, a shirt, leggings, and moccasins, and he sits on a saddled...
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Men--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Crow Agency (Mont.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Montana--Crow...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]