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- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear white blouses, long print...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage boys and girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The boys stand behind the girls,...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Circus performers
- Women circus performers stand and pose balanced on the shoulders of men circus performers in front of a canvas tent at probably the Dokey Circus in Denver, Colorado. Women wear tights and satin leotards with matching headbands. Men wear acrobat...
- Dokey Circus--People--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Acrobats--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Circus performers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1927 and 1931?]
- Three girls and baby portrait [sic]
- Studio portrait of a group of girls with a doll in Colorado. The girls wear dresses and headbands with bows in their hair.
- Families--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Three girls, doll lying on floor
- Studio portrait of three young girls in Colorado. They stand together with arms over each others shoulders. All of the girls wear dresses. The girl in the middle wears her hair up in a bun and a large bow. Two of the girls wear headbands in their...
- Children playing with dolls--Colorado--1910-1930.; Girls--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Wedding
- Members of a wedding party pose indoors in a house in Colorado. The men wear tuxedos and boutonnieres. The women hold bouquets and wear dresses and headbands. The room is decorated with crepe paper bells that hang from the ceiling.
- Weddings--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Sopris School
- Girls dressed as Native Americans sit around a pile of kindling at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. They wear shirts, scarves, headbands, and their hair in braids.
- Camp Fire Girls--People--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Costumes--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; School Children--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Scouts &...
- [1915]
- Sopris School
- Girls dressed as Native Americans pose at a display at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. They sit near a display fire and wear dresses, headbands, and their hair in braids. Signs read: "Santa Fe Trail Camp Fire," "Wohelo,"...
- Camp Fire Girls--People--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Scouts & scouting--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Mesa Verde
- Native Americans, wrapped in blankets and wearing headbands, pose around a kiva in the reconstructed Balcony House ruins, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1930.; Kivas--Colorado--1920-1930.; National parks &...
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Gates Rubber Co. maypole May Day celebration
- At the Gates Rubber Company's May Day celebration, several women in matching costumes, with headbands and ballet shoes, hold long ribbons attached to a Maypole. The May Day queen sits on a stage with a crown and a bouquet of flowers; John Gates...
- Gates Rubber Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; May poles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Gates, John.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Cochiti Pueblo Indians
- Native American (Cochiti) men, some with large hollow log drums, stand in a courtyard in front of an adobe structure, Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. The men wear headbands, shirts and pants, most have blankets wrapped around them. Two boys, in coats...
- Cochiti Indians--Music--New Mexico--Cochiti--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Cochiti--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Cochiti--1910-1920.; Cochiti (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Drums--New Mexico--Cochiti--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- 31. Navajo Indians Shiprock
- A group of Native American (Navajo) men, a woman, child, and baby in a cradleboard pose outdoors near an unhitched wagon at Shiprock, New Mexico. The men are wrapped in woven blankets and wear headbands. The woman wears a dress and shawl. The girl...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1890-1910.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Cradleboards--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1908]
- Natives of the San Juan
- A group of Native American (Navajo) men sit on horseback. Some men wear hats, others wear headbands. Horses have saddles, blankets, bridles and bedroll blankets.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1908]
- Navaho "We argued about it"
- Native American (Navajo) men and a photographer stand on a rocky desert landscape. The Native American men wear headbands. One wears a hat.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Cameras--1900-1910.; Photographers--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Navaho "They shall not pass" I thought that I'd get the yebetchai hogan
- Native American (Navajo) men and Horace S. Poley stand and talk in a group near Shiprock, New Mexico. The Navajo men wear headbands. One wears a squash blossom necklace. Horace S. Poley holds a camera and wears a hat.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Conversation--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Photographers--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)
- 1908
- Navaho dressing the beef.
- Native American (Navajo) men and a white woman stand around a dead steer near Shiprock, New Mexico. One man holds an ax. Men wear beaded necklaces and headbands or hats. The woman wears a skirt and blouse.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Subsistence activities--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Slaughtering--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Ute indians
- Spectators watch from the sidewalks as Ute Indians ride horseback in a parade in Denver, Colorado. The Native American men wear traditional clothing, with long braided hair and a few have feather headbands.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Visitors at Walpi
- Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) men pose at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Both men wear cloth headbands. One man wears a concha belt and beaded necklaces.
- Hopi Indians--Men--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.
- [1899]
- Indians Ute
- Two Native American Ute men pose near a shelter formed from live trees. Both wear loose pants and shirts, and headbands. One of the men wears a squash blossom necklace.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1880-1910.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Shelters--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- The two "beauties," Zuni Indian belles, 16 and 18 years of age
- View of two young Native American Zuni Pueblo women wearing mantas, necklaces, leggings, moccasins and headbands, sit and observe with other spectators, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--Women--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Spectators--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Nez Perce belles participating in the Lewis & Clark Centennial at Lewiston
- Two Nez Perce Native American girls carrying decorated bags (left), wearing headbands with two feathers pose on a street corner with two white girls wearing headdresses; all have on buckskin dresses with fringe and beads, Second Street, Lewiston,...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Idaho--Lewiston--1930-1940.; Nez Percé Indians--Women--Idaho--Lewiston--1930-1940.; Lewiston (Idaho)--1930-1940.; Costumes--Idaho--Lewiston--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Navajo youngsters at a campfire
- Night view of Navajo boys and girls and Ataloa, a Native American Chickasaw artist and folklorist sitting at a campfire, Santa Fe Indian School, New Mexico. The boys wear headbands; one plays a drum. The girls wear fiesta dresses and Ataloa wears...
- Institute of American Indian Arts--1950-1960.; Santa Fe Indian School--1950-1960.; Chickasaw Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1950-1960.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1950-1960.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Cochiti, N. M.
- Native American men gather in a semi-circle in Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. Three drums are in front of the men, most of whom are wrapped in woven blankets and wear headbands. Onlookers watch from benches and ladders near adobe buildings.
- Cochiti Indians--Women--New Mexico--Cochiti--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Music--New Mexico--Cochiti--1900-1920.; Cochiti (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Children--New Mexico--Cochiti--1900-1920.; Drums--New Mexico--Cochiti--1900-1920.
- 1918
- Wonsívu and Kurátu
- Two Native American (Paiute) young women, Wonsivu and Kuratu, sit together on a rock, one with her arm around the other, Kaibab Plateau, northern Arizona. Both wear thin headbands and heavily fringed, buckskin dresses.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Southern Paiute Indians--Women--Arizona--1870-1880.; Kaibab Plateau (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Women--Arizona--1870-1880.; Kurátu.; Wonsívu.
- 1874
- Group of women in full dress
- A group of Native American (Paiute) women and girls, Kaibab Plateau in northern Arizona. One woman holds a cradleboard. The women wear thin headbands and heavily fringed buckskin dresses.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Southern Paiute Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Kaibab Plateau (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Cradleboards--Arizona--1870-1880.; Girls--Arizona--1870-1880.; Women--Arizona--1870-1880.
- 1874
- The white rabbit skin
- Two Native American (Paiute) girls and a boy, Kaibab Plateau, northern Arizona. The young women wear thin headbands and heavily fringed buckskin dresses. The young man wears a fringed shirt with beaded leggings and a feather headdress; he holds a...
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Southern Paiute Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Kaibab Plateau (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Women--Arizona--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Ute Indians
- Studio group portrait of unidentified Native American women (Ute): they wear earrings, headbands, dresses, necklaces; one woman has a buffalo robe covering her lap.
- Indians of North America--Women--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The necklace
- A group of Native Americans (Paiute), four girls and two boys, Kaibab Plateau, northern Arizona. The girls wear fringed dresses and thin headbands; the boys wear feather headdresses , fringed shirts and leggings. The girl in the center holds up a...
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Southern Paiute Indians--Clothing & dress--Arizona--1870-1880.; Kaibab Plateau (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Boys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Girls--Arizona--1870-1880.
- 1874
- C F H Howard University
- African American cast members of a play who include Clarence F. Holmes pose on stage at Howard University in Washington, D. C. Their costumes include Native American beaded dresses and headbands.
- Native Americans--Performances & portrayals--Washington (D. C.)--1910-1920.; African Americans--Washington (D. C.)--1910-1920.; Theatrical productions--Washington (D. C.)--1910-1920.; Holmes, Clarence F., 1892-1978.
- [between 1913 and 1917]
- Modoc indians
- Group studio portrait of Native Americans (Modoc) Shacknasty Jim, Steamboat Frank, Scar-faced Charley, and Toby Riddle (Winema), with her husband, white man Frank Riddle and their son Jeff Riddle. The Native American men wear costumes of fringed...
- Indian interpreters--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--1870-1880.; Boys--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.; Scarface Charlie.; Shacknasty Jim.; Steamboat Frank.; Winema, Modoc Chieftainess, 1842-1932.; Riddle, Frank.;...
- [1876?]
- Big Snake and Sweet Grass
- A group of Native American (Oglala Sioux) women, Sweet Grass, Chief Big Snake, and white men, pose near and on a covered wagon in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. The women wear moccasins, beaded and fringed dresses and shawls, and beaded...
- Dakota Indians--Colorado--Morrison--1940-1950.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Morrison--1940-1950.; Oglala Indians--Colorado--Morrison--1940-1950.; Morrison (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Morrison--1940-1950.; Clothing &...
- 1947
- Indian sun dance Medicine man making good medicine
- Native American (Plains) men participate in a Sun Dance. One man stands near the center of a brush dance arbor by a pole and holds a bundle decorated with feathers above his head; other men stand nearby. The men wear beaded headbands, kilts, and no...
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Great Plains--1880-1910.; Arbors (Bowers)--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Sun dance--Great Plains--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- An Indian Sun Dance Indians Dancing up to the center and blowing their whistles
- Native American (Plains) men participate in a Sun Dance. The men blow on bone whistles as they dance near the center pole in a brush arbor; they wear kilts, beaded belts, and headbands.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Great Plains--1880-1910.; Arbors (Bowers)--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Sun dance--Great Plains--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Native Americans
- Native American (Sioux) women and children pose outdoors with white men. The women and girl wear moccasins, fringed dresses, hair pipe necklaces, and headbands. The boys wear moccasins, leggings, beaded shirts, armbands, and feather headdresses....
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Great Plains--1880-1910.; Children--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Clothing & dress--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Women--Great Plains--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Comanche girls in buckskin costume, graduates of the Fort Sill Indian School
- Group portrait of graduates of the Fort Sill Indian School, Oklahoma, shows Native American Comanche young women wearing bob haircuts, headbands, buckskin dresses decorated with fringe and paint with attached ribbons.
- Fort Sill Indian School.--1920-1930.; Comanche Indians--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1920-1930.; Fort Sill (Okla.)--1920-1930.; Alumni & alumnae--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Indian dancers at Craterville Park, Okla.
- Native Americans (Plains probably Comanche) dance dressed in costume as spectators look on in Craterville Park, Oklahoma. Costumes include moccasins, feather bustles, headbands, and decorative breech cloths.
- Comanche Indians--Oklahoma--1910-1930.; Indian dance--Oklahoma--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--1910-1930.; Craterville Park (Okla.)--1910-1930.; Ceremonial dancers--Oklahoma--1910-1930.; Clothing & dress--Oklahoma--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Indian dancers at Craterville Park, Okla.
- Native Americans (Plains probably Comanche) dance, dressed in costume, as spectators look on in Craterville Park, Oklahoma. Costumes include moccasins, feather bustles, headbands, headdresses, bells, and decorative breech cloths.
- Comanche Indians--Oklahoma--1910-1930.; Indian dance--Oklahoma--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--1910-1930.; Craterville Park (Okla.)--1910-1930.; Ceremonial dancers--Oklahoma--1910-1930.; Clothing & dress--Oklahoma--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Pottawatomie Indian reservation, Jackson Co, Kans Mrs. Jane Wah-we-otten Mrs. Mae Shoptese
- Mrs. Jane Wah-we-otten and Mrs. Mae Shoptese, Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) women, pose outdoors on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. The women wear dresses, moccasins, beaded necklaces, and headbands. Mrs. Jane Wah-we-otten wears a...
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation (Kan.)--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- View in Apache camp, San Carlos River, Arizona
- View of Native American San Carlos Apache men and boys outside their wickiups, in a camp along the San Carlos River, Arizona. The men wear buckskin moccasins, headbands, breechcloths, and ammunition belts; one holds a rifle, two others hold tall...
- San Carlos Apache Tribe--1920-1940.; Apache Indians--Arizona--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1920-1940.; San Carlos Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1920-1940.; Boys--Arizona--1920-1940.; Clothing & dress--Arizona--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Unidentified Apache men
- Studio portrait of two Native American Apache men wearing long shirts, leggings, breechcloths, and headbands; holding bow and arrows.
- Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Identified as Apache Indians, San Carlos, views of Arizona scenery and th Apache Indians in their native wilds
- Unidentified Native American San Carlos Apache men at San Carlos, Arizona, pose in two rows with a white man. Apache dress includes: long shirts, leggings, vests, hats, headbands, moccasins and breechcloths.
- San Carlos Apache Tribe--1890-1900.; Apache Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.
- [1883?]
- Group of Apache renegades
- Studio portrait of a group Native American Apache men wearing moccasins, leggings, breechcloths, vests, shirts, and headbands in front of a painted mountain backdrop.
- Apache Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.
- [between 1878 and 1886?]
- Pueblo [i. e. Apache] Indians Albuquerque N. Mexico
- A group of Native American (Apache) men, women, and children pose near a group of tents in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The men wear moccasins, breechcloths, and headbands or hats. One man wears a feather roach.
- Apache Indians--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1880-1910.; Children--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1910.; Women--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Nalte & brother, White Mountain Apache scouts, San Carlos
- Studio portrait of Nalte and Gud-i-zz-ah, Native American White Mountain Apache men from San Carlos, Arizona; one holds a rifle and wears a concho-decorated buckskin war shirt and a war amulet strap in his hair, the other has a medicine cord for...
- Indian scouts--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; White Mountain Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Military scouts--1880-1890.; Gud-i-zz-ah.; Nalte.
- 1883
- Navajos
- Native American (Navajo) men and young women pose near a hogan in probably New Mexico or Arizona. The men wear moccasins and headbands.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--1870-1880.; Teenagers--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Navajo men
- Native American (Navajo) men pose outdoors in either New Mexico or Arizona. Both men wear cloth headbands. One man wears an ammunition belt and a squash blossom necklace.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--1880-1910.; Clothing & dress--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Mescalero Apache
- Native American (Mescalero Apache) men and women pose with fur pelts, shields, tripods, bows and arrows, and staffs outdoors near a tent in New Mexico. They wear beaded moccasins, leggings, and headbands. A sign nearby reads: "Head Quarters...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Mescalero Indians--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Tents--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Women--New Mexico--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890]
- White man and woman dressed as Native Americans
- A white man and woman dressed as Native Americans pose outdoors near a woven basket for a pageant, probably at the Garden of the Gods, in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The man wears a blanket, fringed and beaded shirt, and headband...
- 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?]
- White men, women, and children dressed as Native Americans
- White men, women, and children dressed as Native Americans pose outdoors for a pageant probably at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The men wear moccasins, leggings, blankets, and feather headdresses. The women...
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Costumes--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- White men and women dressed as Native Americans
- White men and women dressed as Native Americans pose outdoors at a pageant probably in the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The men wear moccasins, breechcloths, quivers, and feather headdresses. The women wear...
- 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.; Pageants--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1915?]