Historical Native American Portraits

Historical portraits capturing Native American individuals in traditional attire, reflecting cultural heritage and identity.

Portrait of American Indian young man holding feather

Black Otter, Arapahoe; Adolph F. Muhr (American, died 1913), Frank A. Rinehart (American, 1861 - 1928); 1898; Platinum print; 23.3 x 18 cm (9 3,16 x 7 1,8 in.)

Chief Wolf Robe, Cheyenne; Adolph F. Muhr (American, died 1913), Frank A. Rinehart (American, 1861 - 1928); 1899; Platinum print; 23.3 x 18.1 cm (9 3,16 x 7 1,8 in.)

Antoine Moise, Flathead , Indians of North America, Salish Indians, Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition 1898 : Omaha, Neb.. Photographs of the American West

American peoples. Portrait of Patagonian. American peoples. Portrait of Patagonian. Patagonians is the South American Indian tribes of east of the Andes, Chile. Publication of the Meyers encyclopedia, Vol. 7, Leipzig, Germany, 1910. Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 22092304

Súqitlaá. Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868 - 1952)

Chief Goes To War - Rosebud Sioux

Karl Haunold -, painter, Johann B, Rottmayer -, Photo Studio

Portrait of American Indian young man holding feather

Little Bear, Chief of the Arapahoe, after a painting by F.A.Rinehart, 1899, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period.

Red Cloud, 1822-1909. Birth name, MaÈŸpíya Lúta. Leader of the Oglala Lakota, a tribe of the Great Souix Nation.

A Paviotso Woman of Walker Lake. Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868 - 1952)

Sun Flower | Library of Congress

Cloud Man (Assinaboines), 1898. Frank A. Rinehart (American, 1861-1928). Platinum print; image: 22.8 x 18 cm (9 x 7 1/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.).

Tunisia - Tunis. Bedouin woman. Tunisia, Photograph by Albert, Tunis, Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection .

B 96 Farmer. .

Edward S. Curits Native American Indians - Photograph shows Flathead man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left circa 1910.

Watercolor by Josef Selleny depicting musicians in Batavia, showing instruments, performers, and urban background, dated 1858.

Edward S. Curits Native American Indians - Fast Elk (Hexaka Luzahan) circa 1907.

New Zealand: a Maori chief. Albumen print by Pulman Photo.

In all their war paint, Chiefs of the vanishing Sioux tribe. The Sioux were originally the principle tribe in Dakota. By 1851 they had lost nearly all of their land. Their last great rising was in 1876 when they challenged the Americans under their great chief Sitting Bull. Date: 1905

Portrait of a Tunisian woman with a headscarf, earrings and jewelry, anonymous, c. 1880 - c. 1900 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Tunis and Tunisia. Tunis paper. photographic support albumen print adult woman. head-gear (with NAME). ear-rings

Native black woman from Siguiri, Guinea. Africa. Two campaigns in French Sudan, 1886-1888 by Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849 - 1916) Le Tour du Monde 1890

Two men from Tahiti wearing traditional costumes, French Polynesia, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1960, Volume LXXVI, September 18, 1880.

Retrato de Sih-chida y Mahchsi-Ka-Rehde, indios Mandan. Museum: FREE LIBRARY PHILADELPH USA. Author: CHARLES BODMER.

Unidentified Sioux Man and Woman with Teepee. 1928-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Fruit vendor, orientalist photography, Berggren, Guillaume, ca. 1870

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Clan head. 1955. Baliem Valley, Guinea

Minnehaha still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indians of North America

Africa. Zulu woman. Colored engraving in "La Ilustracion Ibe´rica", 1898.

JW Bradshaw, Plains Indian, fourth quarter 19th century Plains Indian

Portrait of an xhosa woman; Kafferwoman.part of Travel Album with Photos of South Africa, Madeira, Portugal, France and Germany.

The Interview. Three Cheyenne men, Standing Elk, No. 1; Running Hog, No. 2; Little Wolf, No. 3, wearing ceremonial clothing and holding rifles with Col. Oelrich, No. 4; Interpreter, No. 5. Dakota Territory. photo by John C. Grabill, 1887

Photographic print of Little Daylight photographed by Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) American ethnologist and photographer of the American West and of Native American peoples. Dated 1905

Portrait of a tattooed Maori Chief, Monga Rewi, Maniapoto Tribe, Waikato New Zealand, 1875

Photographic print of Chief Three Horses photographed by Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) American ethnologist and photographer of the American West and of Native American peoples. Dated 1905

Indian hunter from California and two Indian girls, c. 1870, USA, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unk...

Chino, head-and-shoulders portrait of a Native American, facing front, c1903. Photograph by Edward Curtis (1868-1952).

Portrait of an unknown man from the Guddra-Stam, c. 1862 - in or before 1872 photograph Sindh photographic support albumen print human races; peoples; nationalities. head-gear: turban

A French Métis, Canada, 19th century.Artist: Sellier

Indian wearing ceremonial clothes, playing the flute and drum, Bolivia, from a drawing by Alluys, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 523, Volume XXI, March 5, 1853.

White Bear (Satanta). William Stinson Soule (American, 1836 - 1908)

Old Negro. He hoes, picks cotton and is full of good humor. Aldridge Plantation, Mississippi. 1937. Photographs, Portraits. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Leland, Plantations, Rural African Americans

Young Woman with Earrings 1870s Unknown. Young Woman with Earrings 264371

Portrait of a singer in Tangier; Tangier / Ein Liederzänger.

Sitting man with pipe, Egypt, C. 1880 - c. 1900 photograph Sitting man with pipe, Egypt paper albumen print Egypt

Arrow maker, an Ojibwa American Indian brave c1903.

A Winnebago (1843), Indians, Historical Indian Tribes from North America, Charles Bird King (1785, 1862), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Fishmonger. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

Dr, Berthold at the Macart Festival , Victor also, Viktor Angerer -, photographer

Half-length portrait of male Indian in native dress, 1899.

Sac & Fox Indian Chiefs / Group of Indians

Portret van Majoera-Ka-ma, Friedrich Cael Hisgen, 1883 - 1884 photomechanical print Portrait of Majura-Ka-Ma, a Caribb from Suriname, photographed on the international colonial and output trade exhibition, Amsterdam 1883. Amsterdam paper collotype adult man. Native peoples of South America. historical persons Amsterdam

African Woman.

Reproduction of a painting Axentowicz, Teodor (1859-1938), Landowner from the region of Lviv (Young Ruthenian woman); from: "Świat" 1892, 165. Husnik & Häusler (Praga ; zakład reprograficzny ; 1888-1936), reproduction atelier, Świat (Kraków ; czasopismo ; 1888-1895), publisher

Anne's Indian Costume. Original caption: Miscellaneous (Anne's Indian costume).. 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

The Swahili people are a Bantu ethnic group and culture found on the coast of East Africa. The Swahili people mainly reside on the Swahili Coast, in an area encompassing Zanzibar archipelago, coastal Kenya, the Tanzanian coast and northern Mozambique. The name Swahili is derived from the Arabic word Sawahil, meaning 'coastal', and they speak the Swahili language.

Portrait of actor (singer ) in stage costume (entire figure). Fiszer, Karl August Andrejewicz (1854-), photographer

Indigenous man and woman, Reunion island. Western Indian Ocean, drawing by Mettais. Journey to Reunion Island, 1861 by Louis Laurent Simonin (1830-1886) Le Tour du Monde 1862

New Zealand: a Maori man. Albumen print.

A Character in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite, Calif. still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Yosemite Valley (Calif.)

American Horse (died 1908) was an Oglala Lakota chief, statesman, educator and historian. American Horse is notable in American history as a U.S. Army Indian Scout and a progressive Oglala Lakota leader who promoted friendly associations with whites and education for his people.

Cheyenne Woman by Greg Perillo

Africa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian girl with her brother, 1930-40.

Southern Indian Fisherman carrying his catch on two baskets hanging off a long yoke. Date: 1910s

Eritrea, Africa - An indigenous man from the Danakil Lowlands Date: circa 1920s

Fishermen of Tahiti Island, French Polynesia, drawing by Ferdinand Bassot (1843-1900) from a photograph, from The Archipelago of Tahiti, Memories of Pacific, 1872-1874, by A Pailhes, from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume IV, Issue 13, August 24, 1876.

Native American Man; Frederick I. Monsen (American, 1865 - 1929); 1894 - 1906; Gelatin silver print; 47.1 x 29.2 cm (18 9,16 x 11 1,2 in.)

Navajo brave and his mother. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1873. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Expeditions & surveys , United States, Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)

Jos, Ullmann, Fleischelcher at the Macart Festival , Josef Löwy -, photographer, publisher

Oporzec Peasant women in Sunday dress; Oporzec, Galicia, Carpathians; photographer: Korps Hofmann.

Louis Morajo - Pima Indian Chief.. Thomas Houseworth & Company

Two Little Braves, Sac & Fox , Indians of North America, Fox Indians, Sauk Indians, Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition 1898 : Omaha, Neb.. Photographs of the American West

Bust of Bisharin girl 1900, Egypt

Brushing Against, Little Squint Eyes, San Carlos Apaches , Indians of North America, Apache Indians, Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition 1898 : Omaha, Neb.. Photographs of the American West

A "Cafuzo"; Hybrid between Negro and Amerindian.. Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927. Photographs, Illustrations. 1910. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Blacks, Racially mixed people

Lapland woman. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885

Portrait of a Limbu woman from Nepal, c. 1858 - in or before 1868 photograph Nepal photographic support albumen print human races; peoples; nationalities

'A Nisovian Tunguzian in his Winter Habit', c18th century. Artist: Unknown

Native indigenous man, Numfor island, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Asia. Trip to Papua New Guinea by Achille Raffray 1876-1877. Le Tour du Monde 1879

Rotorua, Auckland, New Zealand, Portrait of an elderly Maori woman in the Auckland War Memorial Museum

Man in a Straw Coat. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

Wichita , Indians of North America, Wichita Indians, Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition 1898 : Omaha, Neb.. Photographs of the American West

Extinct Tierra del Fuego Indians of the Yamana tribe, ca. 1885, book title Mann und Frau, Ihre Beziehung zueinander und zum Kulturleben der Gegenwart, Stuttgart, Berlin, Leipzig, Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft 1900

Ojibbeway Indians in Paris, 1861/1869. Maún-gua-daus (chief) with warriors, women and children taken to Paris as representatives from Canada in 1845.

Krijger uit Ternate.Man in blue lend cloth with white hair band. In his right hand he has a bow and over his shoulder hangs an arrow sleeve with arrows

Chief of the desert. Navajo man.. 1904. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indians of North America

Old Bets, a Sioux squaw 120 years old, will long be remembered with gratitude by many of the Minnesota captives for her kindness to them while among the Sioux in 1862. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota, Indians of North America

Josh, Chief of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, after a painting by F.A.Rinehart, 1899, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the period.

The Bear Dance Illustration from North American Indian Portfolio 1844 George Catlin 1794-1872 American The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California

Portrait of a daughter of the Orang Kaya (village head) from AF (f) Ara on the island of Workai, Aru Islands, Southeast Moluccas.

Close-up of Kai-Kai native in full dress (note shell covering). February 16, 1951. (Photo by The Sun Features Bureau).

American Indian father and son with bows and arrows. Date: 1905

1960s PORTRAIT CHIEF GULL STONEY SIOUX NATIVE AMERICAN MAN WEARING FEATHERED HEADDRESS MORLEY RESERVATION ALBERTA CANADA

A Woman of Massett - Haida. Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868 - 1952)

Vintage Photograph. Ricksha boy wearing large head piece

Traditional hairstyle of Obbo men, Uganda. East Africa. Drawing by Alphonse de Neuville (1835-1885) Journey to Lake Albert, 1861-1864 by Samuel White Baker (1821-1893) Le Tour du Monde 1867

Young musician black-and-white negatives, portraits

Vrouw met kind en spijsdeksel.Javanese woman with child and on her head a lifting lid to cover food with food

Participants Jagdkönig at the Makart Festival , Group The Hunting, Josef Löwy -, photographer, publisher

Arkansas sharecropper. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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