Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Ute camp old Zoo park, near Colo. Springs
- Native American (Ute) men stand and sit near a camp of three tepees and two tents, old Zoo Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado; one sits on box or wooden crate that reads "[D]enver [Po]st"; they wear dark suits, hats; one man wears beaded leggings and...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Tipis--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Utah
- View of a Native American Ute (Goshute) camp in Utah includes tepees, walled tents, horses, wagons, and corrals.
- Gosiute Indians--Utah--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Utah--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Utah--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Utah--1910-1920.
- 1916
- 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
- Ute camp - Los Pinos Agency
- Native American Ute camp, Los Pinos Agency, Saguache County, Colorado, shows a herd of goats, tepees, a tripod, and a brush shelter.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--Structures--Colorado--1860-1880.; Indian encampments--Colorado--1860-1880.; Indian reservations--Colorado--1860-1880.; Tipis--Colorado--1860-1880.; United States. Office of Indian...
- [between 1868 and 1878]
- Indian encampment on White River
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows Native American Utes in a camp on the White River, Colorado, with tepees and canoes. One Ute man wears a feather headdress and is wrapped in a blanket.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; White River (Colo. and Utah)--1870-1880.
- 1880?
- Sub-chief Dick Charlie and son, wife, and daughter
- Native American (Ute) subchief Dick Charlie stands on a blanket in front of a tepee with his wife, Susan B. Eaton, and his son and daughter. He wears a headdress, and a fringed shirt with a choker, leggings, breechcloth, and beaded necklace. The...
- Indians of North America--Children--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.; Charlie, Dick.; Eaton, Susan B.
- 1911
- Sub-chief Dick Charlie and son, wife and daughter
- Native American (Ute) subchief Dick Charlie stands on a blanket in front of a tepee with his wife, Susan B. Eaton, and his son and daughter, Juana Buck. He wears a headdress, a fringed, beaded shirt, leggings, and breech cloth. His son wears...
- Indians of North America--Children--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.; Buck, Juana.; Charlie, Dick.; Eaton, Susan B.
- 1911
- Utes-women and children-Antonio Buck and Luke Snow
- Group of Native Americans (Ute) men, women and children sit in front of tepees. Susan B. Eaton is on left. Woman in center is Amy Snow Kent, wife of Luke Snow. The man holding a lance is Tony Buck. Buckskin Charlie stands apart in the background...
- Indians of North America--Children--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; Buck, Tony.; Cloud, Mary.; Eaton, Susan B.; Kent, Amy Snow.; Snow, Luke.
- 1911
- 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
- Utes-Buckskin Charlie, Antonio, Ocapoor and others
- Native American (Ute) men, women and children pose in front of tepees. Standing in headdress is Chief Buckskin Charlie (Sapiah) wearing the Rutherford Hays Indian Peace medal. Sitting to his left, holding a lance, is Tony Buck. Ocapoor sits in...
- Indians of North America--Women--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Children--1910-1920.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; Ocapoor.; Buck, Tony.
- 1911
- John Deal, Cerette (?), and Ocapoor
- Three Native American (Ute) chiefs pose in front of tepees. John Deal holds a lance. In the center is possibly Cerette. Ocapoor wears a beaded, fringed shirt and holds a pipe. All three wear headdresses. Men, women and children sit behind them.
- Indians of North America--Women--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Children--1910-1920.; Isareta.; Ocapoor.; Deal, John.
- 1911
- Utes-teaching the trail, John Deal, Buckskin Charlie, Ocapoor
- Native American (Ute) chiefs gather in a circle in front of tepees. Buckskin Charlie in center, wears the Rutherford Hays Indian Peace Medal. John Deal wears a headdress and beaded vest and holds a lance. Ocapoor holds a pipe and wears a headdress...
- Indians of North America--Women--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Children--1910-1920.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; Ocapoor.; Deal, John.
- 1911
- Indians, Utes
- Group of Native American (Ute) men, women and children pose in front of tepees among trees. From left is Beta Colorow, Yoha, Antonio Buck holding a mirror, John Deal, Naneece's son in headdress, the Cook, Juanita, Mrs. Luke Snow, baby Snow, Ocapoor...
- Indians of North America--Children--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Utes-Chief Dick Charlie
- Native American (Ute) subchief Dick Charlie stands on a blanket in front of a tepee with his wife, Susan B. Eaton, son and daughter. He wears a headdress, fringed and beaded shirt and leggings, breechcloth, and beaded necklace. The blankets have...
- Indians of North America--Children--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Charlie, Dick.; Eaton, Susan B.
- 1911
- John Deal, Cerette (?), Ocapoor , Utes
- Three native American (Ute) chiefs kneel in front of tepees. John Deal holds a lance. In the center is possibly Cerette. Ocapoor wears a beaded, fringed shirt, squash blossom necklace, and holds a pipe. All three wear headdresses. Men, women and...
- Indians of North America--Children--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Isareta.; Ocapoor.; Deal, John.
- 1911
- Flathead Indians, groups
- View of three Native American Flathead (Salish) posing on horseback in a clearing in front of a line of tepees. The horses and their riders are decoratively adorned.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Salish Indians--1880-1910.; Horseback riding--1880-1910.; Tipis--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Medicine man, known as Dead-dog
- A Native American Flathead (Salish) man, identified as Dead-dog, a medicine man, is on a horse near tepees. He wears a military style uniform with a cap, shoulder bars, and a ribbon pinned to his jacket.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Shamans--1900-1910.; Dead-dog Salish Indian.
- 1907
- Is-se-Dar about to gather in horses he sees in distance
- Issedar, a Native American (Flathead) man, poses next to his horse and shields his eyes with his left hand. In his right hand he holds a bow and arrows. He wears fur around his ankles, a studded breech cloth, bells on his legs, and an ornate...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Salish Indians--1870-1880.; Is-see-dar, Salish Chief.
- 1871
- Flathead reservation, near Polson, Mont., Flathead Project
- Three young Native Americans (Flathead) stand in front of a tepee on the Flathead Reservation near Polson, Montana. Shows tepees and a group of adults huddled in a circle.
- Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.
- August, 1909
- 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
- St. Mary's among the Flatheads
- Reproduction of a drawing by P. J. De Smet, shows missionaries and Native Americans (Flathead), on horseback among tepees and log cabins, at Saint Mary's Mission in Montana. A building foundation is in the foreground, and a sacred (shining) heart...
- Indians of North America--1840-1850.; Salish Indians--1840-1850.; Missions--Montana--1840-1850.
- [between 1940 and 1970]
- Encampment of Piekann Indians, near Fort McKenzie, on the Muscleshell River
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows an encampment of Piegan (Blackfoot) Native Americans near Fort McKenzie and the Musselshell River in Montana. The image includes horses, dogs, people, and tepees.
- Indians of North America--1840-1850.; Piegan Indians--1840-1850.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Sweat lodge in use
- View of a Native American (Blackfoot, Siksika) sweat lodge on an open plain in Montana. Piles of clothing lie outside of the small dome structure and a man stands nearby. Tepees, a large tent, horses, and an automobile are in the distance.
- Indians of North America--Montana--1880-1910.; Siksika Indians--Montana--1880-1910.; Healing--Montana--1880-1910.; Medicine--Montana--1880-1910.; Sweatbaths--Montana--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Tanning Hide, Crow Indians
- A group of four Native Americans (Crow) work at tanning hides on the Crow Reservation in Montana. They occupy a flat clearing among bushes and use wooden stakes to hold the hide in place. Tepees are in the background.
- Crow Indians--Subsistence activities--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Hides & skins--1900-1920.; Tanning--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1911]
- 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
- Crow Indian gathering
- A group of Native Americans (Crow), many in traditional dress, are gathered near tepees, possibly on the Crow Reservation in Montana. In the foreground are four women, they carry staffs, one long, wrapped, and decorated, and stand apart from the...
- Crow Indians--Women--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Montana--1900-1910.; Indian reservations--Montana--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--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 camp on the Little Bighorn
- View of a Native American encampment on the Crow Reservation along the banks of the Little Bighorn River in Montana. Horses and people are among tepees.
- Crow Indians--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Little Bighorn River (Wyo. and Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--Montana--1900-1910.; Indian reservations--Montana--1900-1910.; Rivers--Montana--1900-1910.;...
- 1907
- 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
- Moch-poh, rock and camp
- View of distant tents 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
- 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?]
- Pryor Camp, N. E.
- View of Native American (Crow) women walking with a dog, men on horseback, children, tents, wagons, and tepees among low hills, Pryor Camp on the Crow Reservation, Montana.
- Crow Indians--Women--Montana--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--Montana--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--Montana--1890-1900.; Tipis--Montana--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Squaw parade
- View of a long line of Native American (Crow) women (?) on horseback, possibly on the Crow Reservation in Montana. Tepees are in the distance. Many of the details are obscured.
- Crow Indians--Women--Montana--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Montana--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Montana--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--Montana--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Crow village, reservation near Pryor, Montana
- View of a Native American (Crow) village near Pryor, Montana, includes tepees, tents, a horse, a wooden building, and carriages. A sawhorse and logs are in the foreground.
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--Pryor--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Montana--Pryor--1890-1900.; Pryor (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--Montana--Pryor--1890-1900.; Sawhorses--Montana--Pryor--1890-1900.
- 1900?
- Typical Indian scene, Crow Indian Reservation, Montana
- Five Native Americans (Crow) pose outside a tepee on the Crow Reservation in Montana. Two women are wrapped in decoratively woven blankets, two girls wear dresses and moccasins, a boy wears leggings, a shirt, and moccasins. A covered cooking area...
- Crow Indians--Children--Montana--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1870-1890.; Crow Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1870-1890.; Tipis--Montana--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- The Sentinel
- A Native American (Crow) man poses on horseback, on a ledge over an encampment, silhouetted against a sunset. He carries a staff and wears a headdress. Shows tepees.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Dancing in the firelight
- Night view of a group of Native American (Crow) men dancing around a fire near tepees. One man plays a drum which he holds in his hand as four others circle. The dancer's wear breast plates, breech cloths, feather bustles, and head wear that...
- Crow Indians--Dance--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Campfires--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--1900-1910.; Tipis--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Crow camps
- View of a group of Native American (Crow) women and a man walking in front of a line of tepees at a Crow camp, possibly in Montana. The women wear dresses and moccasins, the man is wrapped in a blanket.
- Crow Indians--Women--Montana--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1880-1910.; Indian encampments--Montana--1880-1910.; Tipis--Montana--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Crow Indian village - Bighorn forest
- View of a Native American (Crow) village in the Bighorn Forest, Wyoming, shows tepees in a line, horses, and carriages.
- Crow Indians--Wyoming--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--1870-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Wyoming--1870-1900.; Indian encampments--Wyoming--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Utes Building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) women stand and sit near a partially constructed tepee at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. One woman spreads the tepee canvas over the erect poles. A pile of household items, including a blanket and possibly a...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 September 1
- Utes Building the Tepee
- Native American (Ute) women stretch canvas over erect tepee poles at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Piles of household materials, including rolls of canvas, stand near the tepee. Other complete and incomplete tepees stand nearby....
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 September 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
- Dakota Indian?
- A Native American man possibly Sioux (Lakota) poses in front of two tepees with a larger camp showing in distance. He wears a headdress, shirt with fringe and quillwork, and fabric wrapped around his leggings.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Fort Lyons [sic] Colorado
- View of Fort Lyon (Bent County), Colorado. The Arkansas River flows by the stone buildings and Native American (tribe unknown) tepees.
- Arkansas River--1860-1880.; Fort Lyon (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--Fort Lyon--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Fort Lyon--1870-1880.; Tipis--Colorado--Fort Lyon--1870-1880.
- [between 1866 and 1877]
- Simon Silas, John Stevens, George Jacobs, M. B. Phillip, Sinip
- Native American Spokanes, including Simon Silas, John Stevens, George Jacobs, M. B. Phillip, and Sinip, pose in front of tepees; the men wear shirts, vests, breechcloths, headdresses, and hair pipe breastplates; the women embroidered dresses,...
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Spokane Indians--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Strong Eagle, Simon Silas
- Strong Eagle, Simon Silas and a Native American Spokane woman pose in front of a row of tepees, Washington State. She wears braids wrapped in fur skin, a dress, shawl, abalone disks, and holds an embroidered friendship bag. One man wears a dance...
- Indians of North America--Washington (State)--1890-1910.; Spokane Indians--Women--Washington (State)--1890-1910.; Strong Eagle.; Silas, Simon.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Pine Ridge Agency, S. D.
- View of a Native American Lakota Sioux camp on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, includes men and women, tepees, covered wagons, horses, and drying racks with cloth or hides.
- Dakota Indians--Women--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Covered wagons--South Dakota--1890-1900.;...
- [1891]
- Dakota Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota
- View over a Native American Lakota Sioux and United States Calavry camp on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, shows tepees, wagons, horse, walled tents, and covered wagons on plains with patches of snow.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Covered wagons--South...
- [1890 or 1891]
- Pine Ridge Agency
- Two Native American Dakota Sioux women wearing braids, blankets, and moccasins pose on horseback, near tepees on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--Women--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Tipis--South Dakota--1890-1900.
- [1891]