Native American Chiefs

Historical representations of Native American chiefs and cultural figures, illustrated in detailed engravings and photographs, highlighting traditional attire and heritage.

Wa-Pel-La. Chief of the Musquakees 1838, Indian, historical Indian tribes from North America, Charles Bird King 1785 - 1862, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated
Wa-Pel-La. Chief of the Musquakees 1838, Indian, historical Indian tribes from North America, Charles Bird King 1785 - 1862, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated
136 assets in this story
4048-16066479
Dakota Indian (Sioux) delegates wear elaborate traditional costume, in Washington, DC, ca. 1882-83. In this Brady studio photograph, those standing are identified as follows: Red Bear, Young Man Afraid of his Horse, Good Voice, Ring Thunder, Iron Crow, White Tail, Young Spotted Tail. Those seated are: Yellow Bear, Red Cloud, Big Road, Little Wound, Black Crow. After the Sioux War of 1876-77 and extension of the reservation system, the federal government made treaties with several Sioux tribes. High-status tribal members traveled to Washington to sign the treaties in ceremonial costume (BSLOC_2019_9_142)
6145-51360234
Eagle Plume (Indian)
1848-60467039
Waa-Top-E-Not (1843), Native American, Historical Native American tribes from North America, Charles Bird King (1785, 1862), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
6145-50449975
Rodman Wanamaker and Indian Chiefs
1746-21107847
Spanish colonial portrait of the Inca King Huayna Capac, (1464/1468ñ1524) the eleventh Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire and sixth of the Hanan dynasty.
1889-60421767
An Indian village. A 19th century print by an unidentified artist.
6145-50448108
Indians in N.Y. 4th July parade
1060-831
Dakota Woman and Assiniboin Girl, Illustration for Wied-Neuwied, Karl Bodmer (1809-1893 Swiss), The Huntington-San Marino, California
4128-48285435
Zulu chief Bantu
900-127993
Indian Worship American History
6188-60957892
Kish-Kosh. A fox brave 1838, Indian, historical Indian tribes from North America, Charles Bird King 1785 - 1862, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated
6176-67071303
'Ethnology', c1910. Creator: Unknown.
4409-17341283
The practice of scalping a defeated enemy corpse by the Native Americans g, stretched scalps for a scalp dance a, small scalps c, scalp on a war club d, scalp pole on a teepee f and trophy on a bridle b. Man who has survived a scalping h. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.
6145-29265964
A Piegan Indian encampment, North America: tipis, including a decorated medicine tipi (centre). Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, 1900.
6145-29273228
A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting and nose stick, Australia. Colour process print.
1746-21117776
Toro-Mucho, chief of a band of Kioways. In: 'United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Report of William H. Emory ' Washington. 1857
6145-29247613
Shaumonekusse, a chief of the Oto (Otoe) tribe, wearing a crown hair piece with horns, a bear-claw necklace and a medallion. Colour lithograph by C. G. Childs after C. B. King, 1833.
6145-44463613
Satawan. From the album: Views in the Pacific Islands, 1886, Caroline Islands, by Thomas Andrew.
1899-21956384
Quanah Parker, 1880. Cross, Henry H.
6188-60957878
Hayne-Hudjihini. The Eagle of Delight approx. 1837-1844, Indian, historical Indian tribes from North America, Charles Bird King 1785 - 1862, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated
4048-16066613
An Apache bride wears a costume that combines Mexican influence on Apache clothing in the 19th century. She wears a traditional fringed sleeve buckskin tunic decorated with symbolic shell design and beaded jewelry. This is combined with a full woven cloth skirt (BSLOC_2019_9_62)
4220-20418012
Catholic Mission to the Inuit - Newfoundland and Inuit. A group of Inuit men, women and children and the Catholic Priest of the Mission (centre). Date: circa 1920s
4409-20933978
Woman of the Mapuche people, Araucania, Chile, in traditional poncho. In the 1890s, the Chilean government occupied the Araucania, forced the Mapuche into camps and decimated the population. Handcoloured lithograph by J. Bull from James Cowles Prichard's Natural History of Man, Balliere, London, 1855.
1899-18977038
Edward S. Curtis Native American Indians - Joseph Dead Feast Lodge--Nez Percé ca. 1905.
6145-50585047
Cherokee Indian pottery and bread worker -- Cherokee Indian Reservation, North Carolina , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
1746-21121298
Types of the Chief Living Races of Mankind. Dated 19th Century
4409-20994102
Mask of Ko'thlama, and rear view of the head of a Ko'thlama personator, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powell's 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904.
4443-17880
Sipibo Indian, Peru, 1869
6145-43907120
Wild life - an Indian tepee or wigwam , Tipis, Winter, Snow, Indigenous peoples
6145-50513828
Pueblo Indians making hollow log drums , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
6145-52358258
Man in white dhoti carrying green bundle on head. 1780 - 1858. Drawings. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Occupations , India
1486-9513
Close-up of a statue of Mother Teresa, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
4408-5825
Pah-She-Pah-How, Native American
1848-49395036
Wampum from North America, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collective picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series The History of Writing, Ideographic Writings (1892)
6145-50548227
Indian teepees & totem pole, 100th anniversary 1871-1971 , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
6145-55852007
Visitor lecture being given by NP staff member with Tlingit totem pole. Alaska Task Force Photographs