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- 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.
- Sitting Bull's camp, near Standing Rock Agency, many tepees, Missouri River in background
- View of Chief Sitting Bull's camp at the Standing Rock Agency south of Fort Yates, in Sioux County, North Dakota. The Missouri River is in the distance. Shows Native American (Sioux) tepees camped above the river bottom with drying or tanning racks...
- Missouri River--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Curing (Preservation)--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- Camper's picnic
- Men and women eat by tepees and a sandstone cliff in (probably) Colorado; a horse with a saddle grazes nearby.
- Camping--Colorado--1890-1900.; Picnics--Colorado--1890-1900.; Tipis--Colorado--1890-1900.
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- Tepees
- Camp of Pawnee Indians on the Platte Valley
- Native American (Pawnee) men are on horseback probably near the Platte River in Nebraska. Shows tepees and distant, sparse trees. Men wear feather headdresses for a staged performance for members of the Union Pacific excursion to the 100th meridian.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Pawnee Indians--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Railroad travel--Nebraska--1860-1870.;...
- 1866 October
- Group of Mounted Pawnee Warriors
- Native American (Pawnee) men pose in a row beside a tepee, probably near the Platte River in Nebraska. Some of the men wear feather headdresses for a staged performance for members of the Union Pacific excursion to the 100th meridian.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company.--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Pawnee Indians--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Railroad travel--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Tipis--Nebraska--1860-1870.
- 1866 October
- Sioux tepees at North Platte, Nebr.
- Native American (Sioux) women and men and soldiers in uniform stand near tepees in North Platte (Lincoln County), Nebraska. The women wear shawls and skirts and hold young children. Shows dogs, possibly wagons and equipment.
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; North Platte (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Indian encampments--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.; Tipis--Nebraska--North Platte--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Village Sioux
- A group of Native American Sioux men, women and children are in a tepee camp near Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1860-1870.; Dakota Territory--1860-1870.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--1860-1870.; Tipis--Dakota Territory--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Shoshoni
- View of a North American Indian (Shoshoni) encampment near South Pass in Fremont County, Wyoming. Tepees are scattered across a sagebrush covered plain. A Shoshone man wrapped in a blanket is near two people riding on horseback. Rock formations and...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Wyoming--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Shoshoni Indians--Structures--Wyoming--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Fremont County (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; South Pass (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Fremont...
- 1870 September 20
- Tee-pees or tents of Sioux Indians
- Native American (Santee Sioux) pose outside two tepees in a brushy area.
- Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Santee Indians--1870-1880.; Tipis--1870-1880.
- 1871?
- Ute
- View of a Native American Ute camp, Platte river bottoms, later Denver, Colorado, shows tepees, horses and tripods with war shields, clothing and bedding.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Structures--Colorado--1870-1880.; Tipis--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Col. Mills, and officers of his Battallion, 3rd Cavalry
- Captain Anson Mills poses in front of a trophy tepee from the Slim Buttes battle in the southern Black Hills, Dakota Territory, with Lieutenant Colonel William B. Royall, Captain William H. Andrews, First Lieutenant Joseph Lawson, scout Frank...
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Slim Buttes (S.D.),...
- 1876
- Buckskin Lodge, Sioux prisoners, Gen. Custer's battle flag, captured at the Battle of Slim Buttes, and the Officers in command of the charge
- View of seven Native American Sioux captured during the Slim Buttes battle in the southern Black Hills, Dakota Territory. General Crook's head scout, Frank Grouard is on their left and Second Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, Third Cavalry is on the...
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Slim Buttes (S.D.),...
- 1876 October 24
- Sioux village, winter '78
- View of a Native American (Sioux) camp shows tepees, buffalo hides and debris in a clearing of bare trees and snow.
- Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Hides & skins--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--1870-1880.; Tipis--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Gall's tepee with several others
- Dakota Chief Gall's camp at Fort Buford, Dakota Territory; twenty tepees grouped together with firewood, kindling, wooden barrel and crates stacked outside on open plains or prairie.
- Fort Buford (Fort Buford, N.D.)--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory.; Prairies--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.
- 1881
- Winter quarters
- View of a Native American Sioux tepee camp in a grove of box elders, near Fort Randall and the Missouri River, Dakota Territory.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Fort Randall (S.D.)--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Tipis--Dakota...
- 1882
- Winter quarters
- View of Native American Sioux wrapped in blankets inside their tepee camp in a grove of box elders, near Fort Randall and the Missouri River, Dakota Territory.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Fort Randall (S.D.)--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Tipis--Dakota...
- 1882
- Summer view
- View of a Native American Sioux tepee camp, on the open prairie, Dakota Territory, show a covered entry and timber piles with two figures in distance.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Tipis--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.
- 1882
- Winter quarters
- View of a Native American Sioux tepee camp in a grove of box elders, near Fort Randall and the Missouri River, Dakota Territory.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Fort Randall (S.D.)--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Tipis--Dakota...
- 1882
- Winter quarters
- View of Native American Sioux wrapped in blankets in their tepee camp with a grove of box elders, near Fort Randall and the Missouri River, Dakota Territory.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Fort Randall (S.D.)--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Tipis--Dakota...
- 1882
- True to nature
- A soldier stands outside a round U. S. Army tent with a tripod of rifles in a Native American Sioux tepee camp, near Fort Randall and the Missouri River, Dakota Territory.
- United States. Army.--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Fort Randall (S.D.)--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.;...
- 1882
- Morning visit
- View of a Native American Sioux tepee camp in a grove of box elders, near Fort Randall and the Missouri River, Dakota Territory, includes Sioux families and white soldiers in uniform with white women.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Fort Randall (S.D.)--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Military officers--Dakota...
- 1882
- Morning roll call
- View of Native American Sioux families outside their tepees in their camp in a grove of box elders, near Fort Randall and the Missouri River, Dakota Territory. Shows two white women and one of the commissioned officers who would take a number count...
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Fort Randall (S.D.)--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Military officers--Dakota...
- 1882
- Eat Dog and family
- Sitting portrait of a Native American (Dakota) man, identified as Eat Dog, his wife, and two children. The group sits among tepees.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children & adults--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Eat dog.
- 1882
- Summer View
- Brave Bear's wife and brother, Native American (Sioux) woman and man, pose outdoors near a tepee in an Indian encampment, possibly near Fort Randall, South Dakota. Men in military uniforms stand near tepees.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Soldiers--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Tipis--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Women--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Brave...
- 1882
- Sitting Bull, two wives and three papooses
- Sitting Bull, his two wives, and three children, Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux) man, women, and children, pose near a group of tepees. Sitting Bull sits on a wooden chair and holds a beaded tobacco bag and a wooden pipe. His wives are wrapped in...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- 1882
- Medicine tepee
- An old Native American woman (Dakota) sits in front three tepees by an animal skin staked for tanning, probably the Dakota Territory.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Hides & skins--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tanning--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tipis--Dakota...
- 1882?
- Women's rights
- Two Native American (Dakota) women sit next to wood bundles and tepees, probably Dakota Territory.
- Dakota Indians--Women--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Fuelwood--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tipis--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Women--Dakota...
- 1882?
- 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
- 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
- Blackfoot family
- Group portrait of a Native American (Blackfoot, Siksika) family shows a man, two girls, and a woman sitting outside of a tepee on an open plain. The man is smoking a pipe and wears fringed clothing and a blanket around his waist. The children wear...
- Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Siksika Indians--Women--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- 1890
- Utes on reservation
- A Native American (Ute) man and woman pose near a tepee, probably near Ignacio, La Plata County, Colorado. A wooden rail fence stands near the tepee. The woman is wrapped in a dark blanket shawl and wears a dress. The man wears a suit and hat.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ute Indian Reservation (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tipis--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Ute and wife at reservation, tepee
- Outdoor portrait (standing, sitting) of a Native American (Ute) man and woman near a tepee, probably near Ignacio, La Plata County, Colorado. The man wears pants, shirt and vest and stands near the tepee. The woman wears a dress and holds a...
- Ignacio (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ute Indian Reservation (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tipis--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Ute camp scene in reservation near Ignacio
- Native American (Ute) man and girl pose in a camp of three tepees on a reservation near Ignacio, La Plata County, Colorado. The tepees stand near a group of trees. Blankets are spread out on tripods and bushes. A woman sits behind a large pile of...
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ute Indian Reservation (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Tipis--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Chief Ignacio, wife, and child at tepee
- Chief Ignacio, a Native American (Weeminuche Ute) poses with his family outside a tipi in probably Ignacio (La Plata County), Colorado. Ignacio wears a dark vest with a badge and a knife holster. He holds a wooden pipe and tobacco bag. His wife...
- Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Wiminuche Indians--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.;...
- 1890
- Ute camp scene in reservation near Ignacio
- Native American (Ute) men, women and a boy pose outdoors near a tepee in a camp near Ignacio, La Plata County, Colorado. The tepee stands in a group of trees and bushes. Men wear pants, shirts, and hair pipe chokers. One man wears a suit and hat...
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Children--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ute Indian Reservation (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--Colorado--Ignacio--1890-1900.;...
- 1890
- On the cattle range what's the show for a Christmas dinner, chief?
- A man with fur chaps, gauntlets and a wide brimmed hat, holds the reins of his horse and stands in front of a Native American man at the entrance to a tepee. Shows a tomahawk on the ground and tepees at a camp in snowy woods.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Horses--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.
- 1890 December 20
- A wigwam, at the Ioways vilage [sic]
- A Native American Iowa (Ioway) man and woman pose outside their tepee with a log fence around it, Ioway village.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.
- 1890 May 1
- "Home of Mrs. American Horse" visiting at Mrs. A's home in hostile camp
- View of American Horse's wife with other Native American Sioux (Lakota) women and children sitting around a cooking pot on an iron tripod inside a pole tepee framework with the canvas lowered. Other tepees, cooking pots, wagons, show in the camp.
- American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908--Family.; Dakota Indians--Women--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.
- 1891
- A Sioux Indian hut & tepee P.R. Res. S.D. on Wounded Knee
- George Bartlett, deputy U.S. marshal for the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations poses with a Native American Sioux policeman, women and children around a tepee and log cabin, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. Background includes tepees, figure...
- Dakota Indians--Children--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian reservation police--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--South...
- 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 teepee [art original].
- Indians in art.; Painting, American.; Indians of North America--Pictorial works.; Tipis--Pictorial works.; Watercolor painting, American.
- 1891
- W.J. Winston & R.B. H.B. Beers with Indians P.R. A
- Three white men, (souvenir, relic hunters or traders ?) W. J. Winston, R. B. and H. B. Beers pose with Native American Sioux men, women, and children in a tepee camp, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. One of the white men wears a woman's beaded...
- Dakota Indians--Women--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian traders--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Cross dressing--South Dakota--1890-1900.;...
- 1891 May 17
- Chief Young Man Afraid of His Horses an his tepee taken at Pine Ridge Agency S.D.
- Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Native American Oglala Sioux, poses in his tepee camp on the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. He wears a polka dot shirt, leggings, hat, and a blanket around his waist; possibly his wife, wrapped in a blanket shows...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.;...
- 1891? January 17
- 1st Festival of Mountain & Plain
- Native American (Ute) children pose near a group of tepees at the first Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. Spectators stand nearby.
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1895
- 1st Festival of Mountain & Plain
- Native American (Ute) families sit near a group of tepees and a tent at the first Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. Spectators stand nearby.
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1895