One-Called-From-A-Distance (Midwewinind), a Chippewa from White Earth Reservation, Minnesota half-length, seated, showing beadwork sash and vest, 1894. National Archives Identifier: 532042, Local Identifier: 115-L-2-32 Beadworkġ4. National Archives Identifier: 520083, Local Identifier: 79-HPS-6-3275ġ3. National Archives Identifier: 530874, Local Identifier: 111-SC-83484ġ2. Original Caption: Hopi Woman Weaving a Basket. National Archives Identifier: 523778, Local Identifier: 106-IN-2384CH Basketwork Pumpkins growing in front of a single-family Zuni adobe. Pisehedwin, a Potawatomi, and others in front of his Kansas farm home, 1877. National Archives Identifier: 517731, Local Identifier: 57-PE-53ĩ. Moapariat Paiute woman gathering seeds, southern Nevada. National Archives Identifier: 530946, Local Identifier: 111-SC-89583Ĩ. National Archives Identifier: 523554, Local Identifier: 106-FAA-54ħ. Navajo hogan and cornfield near Holbrook, Ariz. National Archives Identifier: 531124, Local Identifier: 111-SC-104113Ħ. Apaches delivering hay at Fort Apache, Ariz. Local Identifier: 106-IN-2384CH, National Archives Identifier: 523778.ĥ. Original Caption: Pumpkins Growing in Front of a Single-Family Zuni Adobe. National Archives Identifier: 519142, Local Identifier: 75-IP-2-7 Agriculture

Office and sutler store, Round Valley Agency, Calif., 1876. National Archives Identifier: 519168, Local Identifier: 75-N-ROC-1Ĥ. General view of buildings, Rocky Boy Agency, Mont. National Archives Identifier: 519143, Local Identifier: 75-IP-2-19ģ. Sioux Indian police lined up on horseback in front of Pine Ridge Agency buildings, Dakota Territory, August 9, 1882. National Archives Identifier: 519140, Local Identifier: 75-IP-1-43Ģ. To view more photographs, please visit the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Photographs Finding Aid.ġ. Bird's-eye view of Nez Perce' Agency, Idaho. Separate inquiries for additional images should be as specific as possible, including names, dates, places, and other details. Many photographs relating to Native Americans are not included in this list. For a list, see the National Directory of Tribal Archives, Museums and Libraries. To learn more about this topic researchers should contact the individual tribal archives, museums, or libraries. NARA does not alter, edit, or modify original captions, as they are part of the historical record and reflect and document the standard language, attitudes, and biases at the time. Consequently, some of the terms used at the time may now be considered to be outdated, inaccurate, derogatory, disrespectful, or culturally insensitive.

Tribal names as specific as possible have been incorporated into the descriptions where known and where appropriate and an index by tribe follows the list.Ĭaptions for and the terms used to describe the photographs in this list were created at or about the time each image was made. English names of individuals have been used, with native or secondary designations in parentheses. The pictures are grouped by subject, like children, dances, fishing, games/recreation, etc. The selected photographs are in the public domain. This information is followed by the National Archives Identifier number (NAID). Whenever available, the name of the photographer or artist and the date of the item have been given. Any item not identified as an artwork is a photograph. Geological Survey (Record Group 57)Īll of the pictures described in the list are either photographs or copies of artworks. Most are from the records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Record Group 75), the Army Signal Corps (Record Group 111), the Smithsonian Institution (Record Group 106), and U.S. The images are from the records of 15 Government agencies within the holdings of the Still Picture Branch (RRSS) of the National Archives and Records Administration. The pictures described in this list portray Native Americans, their homes, and activities. Local Identifier: 126-ARA-2-235, National Archives Identifier: 532339. Original Caption: Eskimo Mother and Child in Furs, Nome, Alaska Bust-length, with Child on Back.

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