Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 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
- [Watercolors, miniatures] [art original].
- Series of 4 watercolors images.
- Watercolor painting, American.
- [1862?]
- "Cheyenne Lodge" (& surroundings)
- A Native American (Cheyenne) woman sits near a tepee. Near the tepee is a wood cooking tripod and a wood and brush drying rack from which meat and hide hangs. A metal pot is on the ground near the tripod. Other tepees are in the distance.
- Cheyenne Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Tipis--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- "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
- "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?]
- "Squaw Man" visited by his wife's relations
- A white man, married to a Native American, looks on as his wife's relatives sit around a cooking fire. The guests have set up four tepees adjacent to the man's cabin.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Families--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- A Cheyenne camp
- A Native American (Cheyenne) woman carries a rolled blanket in camp. She wears a long dress and a belt with conchas. Tepees, a saddle, a skull, a campfire, and a wagon are nearby.
- Cheyenne Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- August, 1889
- A council, Indians and wagons in circle, tepees and fort in background
- Group of Dakota men, women and children, gathered in circle with wagons and an American flag in the center. Probably gathered for a council meeting on the Standing Rock Reservation. Tepees and buildings are in the background.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Indian reservations--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- 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
- A sunset in camp
- View of a Native American encampment probably in Big Horn County, Montana; shows tepees by trees at sunset.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Indian encampments--Montana--1900-1920.; Sunrises & sunsets--Montana--1900-1920.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1920.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- A Ute camp
- Ute tents and tepees are near trees, McElmo Canyon, Montezuma County, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Montezuma County--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Montezuma County--1890-1900.; McElmo Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Montezuma County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Camping--Colorado--Montezuma County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- An Indian camp, in the Black Hills
- View of Native American Lakota Sioux chiefs sitting on the ground, with a tobacco pipe, feather fan, and bow and arrow. They wear headdresses and leggings and cotton shirts. Women, tepees, and smoke show in background.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- An Indian communion
- Group portrait of Native American men and women in front of large tepees probably in Big Horn County, Montana; they wear shawls decorated with quillwork, feather headdresses, buckskins, ermine fringe, and beaded sashes. Many hold coup sticks.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--1900-1920.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- An Indian village
- Two groups of Native American (Plains) men dance in concentric circles around two prisoners in a camp of tepees near a river. Groups of saddled horses stand near the river and the tepees. The men wear leggings and feathers in their hair. Some men...
- Indian dance--Great Plains--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--War--Great Plains--1880-1900.; Great Plains-- 1880-1900.; Ceremonial dancers--Great Plains--1880-1900.; Indian encampments--Great Plains--1880-1900.; Prisoners--Great...
- [between 1880 and 1895?]
- Arapahoe camp Near Casper, Wyo. On the site of the old Oregon Trail
- Native American (Arapaho) men in leggings, beaded gauntlets, and beaded feather headdresses, pose near a group of tepees and a covered wagon near Casper, Wyoming. The tepees are painted and depict humans on horses and shields; a sign on the covered...
- Arapaho Indians--Clothing & dress--Wyoming--Casper--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--Casper--1880-1910.; Casper (Wyo.)--1880-1910.; Oregon Trail--1880-1910.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Casper--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Arapahoe lodge and squaws
- Four Native American (Arapahoe) women sit by a large tepee in Fort Sill, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). They wear dresses with blankets over their shoulders and branches are scattered around their feet. A child stands at the tepee entrance next to a...
- Arapaho Indians--Women--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Fort Sill (Okla.)--1860-1880.; Children--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Indian encampments--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.;...
- [between 1869 and 1874]
- Arapahoe Sun dance camp
- A group of Native American (Arapaho) children and a group of men on horseback pose near a Sun Dance camp, probably in Wyoming. The groups stand nearby a group of tepees, one of which consists of just poles. The men on horseback wear hats.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--1880-1890.; Sun dance--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Band of Sioux warriors
- Native American (Sioux) men pose outdoors with rifles, staffs decorated with fur pelts, and feathers. They wear moccasins, leggings, breechcloths, vests, hair pipe breastplates, and feather headdresses. Tepees and men on horseback are nearby.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Warriors--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Bannock Indians
- Portrait of unidentified Native Americans (Bannock) by tepees, in Pocatello, Idaho for the Fort Hall Centennial; the women wear buckskin dresses and feathers. One holds a beaded bag and a baby in a cradleboard; a boy wears body paint and a...
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Fort Hall Agency--Commemoration--1930-1940.; Bannock Indians--Women--Idaho--Pocatello--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Idaho--Pocatello--1930-1940.; Fort Hall Indian Reservation...
- 1934
- Bannock Indians
- View of Native American (Bannock) tepees, in Pocatello, Idaho during the Fort Hall Centennial; Bannocks walk among them; loudspeakers are atop poles.
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Fort Hall Agency--Commemoration--1930-1940.; Bannock Indians--Women--Idaho--Pocatello--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Idaho--Pocatello--1930-1940.; Fort Hall Indian Reservation (Idaho)--1930-1940.;...
- 1934
- Bannock Indians
- View of Native American (Bannock) women and children with wickiup and tepees, probably Wyoming.
- Bannock Indians--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Tipis--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Wickiups--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Geological and...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Bannock tepees
- White men and women stand near Native American (Bannock) tepees.
- Bannock Indians--Structures--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Structures--1920-1930.; Tipis--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Beef distribution, Dakota, cattle, wagons and roads in background
- Semi-monthly beef (ration) day probably at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; overview of corral with cattle, some standing and others slaughtered showing roads leading to corral area, large group of Dakota Native Americans around corral; wagons...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Corrals--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Beef distribution, Dakota, Indians around fence with slaughtered cattle inside
- Semi-monthly beef (ration) distribution day, probably at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; corral with slaughtered cattle, a few cattle still alive; Dakota Native Americans gathered around corral, wagons led by horses, oxen or mules in...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Corrals--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Beef distribution, Dakota, people in and around a corral
- Semi-monthly beef (ration) distribution day probably Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; large group of Dakota Native Americans standing, on corral railing, on horseback or in wagons; primary attention towards slaughtered cattle in corral; numerous...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Corrals--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Beef distribution, Indians and wagons in open plains
- Probably semi-monthly ration or beef distribution day, Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory; large group of Dakota Native Americans scattered throughout the open field, sitting, standing, some on horseback, others in horse drawn wagons and...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1890-1900.
- [between 1880-1889]
- 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
- Birds Eeye [sic] view of Chief Big Road camp at Pine Ridge Agcy, S.D. (dramatics?)
- Bird's eye view over Chief Big Road's camp, a Native American, Oglala Lakota Sioux, on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, shows two Sioux and a white man on a hills overlooking the encampment and the tepees, horses and the walled tents of...
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--South...
- [1890]
- Black Foot, Standing Bear, Big Eagle
- Three Native American (Sioux) men, identified as Black Foot, Standing Bear, and Big Eagle pose near tepees. Black Foot and Big Eagle are facing, Standing Bear is in profile. Each man holds a rifle next to him. Black Foot wears moccasins, leggings,...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Big Eagle.; Black Foot.; Standing Bear, Luther, 1868?-1939.
- 1898
- Black Lodge Camp, Crow Agency, Mont.
- Panoramic view of what is identified as Black Lodge Camp at Crow Agency (Big Horn County), Montana. Shows tepees, tents, timber fences or camp structures, and shrubs.
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Crow Agency (Mont.)--1880-1900.; Indian encampments--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Tents--Montana--Crow...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Blackfoots lodge
- View of a Native American (Blackfeet, Siksika) encampment comprised of three tepees. The tepee in the center has decorative and symbolic designs that include a ring of otters that are considered "strong medicine." A person sits in the shade of a...
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Siksika Indians--Structures--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Boat and camp by lake
- View of a Native American encampment by a pond probably in Big Horn County, Montana; shows a canoe, tepees, and a covered wagon.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Canoes--Montana--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Montana--1900-1920.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1920.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952
- Buck Connor
- A reenactment in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Native American (Sioux) men hold pistols and surround Buck Conner (Connor) who lays on the ground near his horse. The Sioux men wear moccasins, breechcloths, body paint, and feather roaches in their...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--1890-1910.; Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Covered wagons--1890-1910.; Historical dramas--1890-1910.; Tipis--1890-1910.; Wild west shows--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Buckskin Charlie, Antonio, Ocapoor and others
- Native American (Ute) men, women and children pose in front of tepees. Standing in a headdress is Chief Buckskin Charlie (Sapiah) wearing the Rutherford Hays Indian Peace medal. Sitting to his left, holding a lance, is Tony Buck. Ocapoor is in...
- Indians of North America--Women--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Children--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- A Native American (Sioux) man poses near a group of tepees in Penzance, Cornwall, England. He wears moccasins, leggings, a blanket, beaded vest, and a feather headdress.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Penzance (England)--1900-1910.; Headdresses--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Clothing &...
- 1904 May 30
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- Native American (Sioux) men and a boy, pose near a group of tepees in Penzance, Cornwall, England. The men hold staffs decorated with feathers and wear moccasins, beaded leggings, blankets, hair pipe breast plates, and feather headdresses.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.--People--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Penzance (England)--1900-1910.; Boys--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Clothing &...
- 1904 May 30
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
- A Native American (Sioux) man poses between to tepees in Penzance, Cornwall, England. He wears a blanket and a feather headdress.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.--People--1900-1910.; Dakota Indians--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Penzance (England)--1900-1910.; Headdresses--England--Penzance--1900-1910.; Clothing &...
- 1904 May 30
- Buffalo-hunters fighting Comanches and Apaches, March 18, 1877, on the Staked Plains
- Reproduction of a 1907 drawing of a battle between Native American Comanche and Apaches against buffalo hunters, shows men positioned with rifles, live and dead horses, and tepees in distance.
- Apache Indians--1870-1880.; Comanche Indians--1870-1880.; Hunters--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Llano Estacado--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1970]
- Camp
- View of tents, wagons, horses, and tepees among low hills, possibly on the Crow (Native American) Reservation in Montana.
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--Montana--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--Montana--1890-1900.; Tipis--Montana--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Camp in Monument Valley Park Amy Kent and mother and children
- A group of Native American (Ute) women, which includes Amy Kent, sit near two tepees at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. The tepees stand near a group of trees and a sprinkler. Electric wires and a lamp hang above the tepees.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Kent, Amy Snow.
- August, 1912
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Carl Henry Parlasca
- Carl Henry Parlasca stands with another Native American (Shoshone) man near a group of tepees. Two tripods that support a cross beam stand near the tepees. Both men wear moccasins, leggings, breechcloths, armbands, beaded vests, and beaded feather...
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Shoshoni Indians--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--1900-1920.; Indian encampments--1900-1920.; Tipis--1900-1920.; Parlasca, Carl Henry.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Cheyenne and white men
- Native American (Cheyenne) men pose outdoors with a white man. The Cheyenne men wear moccasins, leggings, fringed and beaded shirts, and feather headdresses. One man holds a beaded tobacco bag, the other shakes hands with the white man. Tepees and...
- Cheyenne Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Shaking hands--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Cheyenne Indians
- A series of small sketches depicting Native American (Cheyenne) life. The sketches are titled: "Semi-civilized," "A warrior," "Moving," "An Indian belle," "A Cheyenne chief," "Squaw and papoose," "Tepees or wigwams," and, "Weapons &c."
- Cheyenne Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [between 1950 and 1990?]
- Cheyenne wigwams
- Stereographic view of a Native American (Cheyenne) man, women, and children who pose near a group of tepees. The man holds a sword and a woman holds a thin wooden pole. The man wears leggings and a war bonnet feather headdress with horns. The women...
- Cheyenne Indians--1860-1900.; Indians of North America--1860-1900.; Children--1860-1900.; Indian encampments--1860-1900.; Tipis--1860-1900.; Women--1860-1900.
- [between 1867 and 1896]
- Chief Big Snake- James Hawkins "Owl Bull"- Mabel Hawkins Ogallala Sioux
- Chief Big Snake (James Hawkins) and Owl Bull (Mabel Hawkins), Native American (Oglala Sioux) man and woman, pose outdoors near an adobe building with wooden vigas on Lookout Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado. The man wears beaded moccasins,...
- Dakota Indians--Colorado--Jefferson County--1940-1950.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Jefferson County--1940-1950.; Oglala Indians--Colorado--Jefferson County--1940-1950.; Souvenir shops--Colorado--Jefferson County--1940-1950.;...
- 1948 August 18