Native American Portraits

A collection of historical portraits depicting Native American figures in traditional attire, showcasing rich colors and detailed craftsmanship from the 19th century.

Wée-ke-rú-law, He Who Exchanges. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Mah-tó-che-ga, Little Bear, a Hunkpapa Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Wée-ke-rú-law, He Who Exchanges. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Hose-put-o-káw-gee, a Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Hee-oh'ks-te-kin, Rabbit's Skin Leggings. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Hó-ra-tó-a, a Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Wa-sáw-me-saw, Roaring Thunder, Youngest Son of Black Hawk. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Cler-mónt, First Chief of the Tribe. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum. Clermont.

Pa-ris-ka-roó-pa, Two Crows, the Younger. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas. Date/Period: 1844/1845. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 70.5 cm (27.7 in); Width: 58 cm (22.8 in). Author: George Catlin.

Au-nim-muck-kwa-um, Tempest Bird. Date: 1845. oil on canvas. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Pa-rís-ka-róo-pa, Two Crows, a Band Chief. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Loo-rá-wée-re-coo, Bird that Goes to War, a Tapage Pawnee. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Tcha-tó-ga, Mad Buffalo, Murderer of Two White Men. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Indio de la América del Norte, en la Edad Moderna. Grabado en color de 1870.

Neu-mon-ya, Walking Rain, War Chief. oil on canvas. Date: 1844-1845. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

We-chúsh-ta-dóo-ta, Red Man, a Distinguished Ball Player. oil on canvas. Date: 1835. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Mändeh-Páhchu, a young Mandan Indian, depicted in an aquatint by Karl Bodmer, created between 1840 and 1843 in Paris, published by A. Bertrand in the United States

Téh-tóot-sah (better known as Tohausen, Little Bluff), First Chief. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Wun-nes-tou, White Buffalo, medicine man of the Blackfoot nation. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.

Wee-tá-ra-shá-ro, Head Chief of the Tribe. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Sháw-da-mon-nee, There He Goes, a Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Chá-tee-wah-née-che, No Heart, Chief of the Wah-ne-watch-to-nee-nah Band. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Albert Newsam, after Henry Inman, after Charles Bird King, Chon Ca Pe, 1837 Chon-Ca-Pe

Kid-á-day, a Distinguished Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Wa-másh-ee-sheek, He Who Takes Away; Wa-chésh-uk, War; Mink-chésk, Three Distinguished Young Men. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Kee-o-kuk, The Watchful Fox, Chief of the Tribe, in 1835 painting by George Catlin. Keokuk was the leader of the Sauk faction that opposed Black Hawk's plan to repudiate the Treaty of 1804 to return to their former lands in Illinois. After he saw east coast cities, he concluded opposition would be futile (BSLOC_2019_8_83)

Máh-to-tóh-pa, Four Bears, Second Chief, in Full Dress. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Wá-nah-de-túnk-ah, Big Eagle (or Black Dog), Chief of the O-hah-kas-ka-toh-y-an-te Band. oil on canvas. Date: 1835. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Pah-ta-cóo-chee, Shooting Cedar, a Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Tchán-dee, Tobacco, an Oglala Chief. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

'Mi-neek-ee-sank-te-ka, The Mink, A Mandan Girl', 1848. Artist: Unknown

Ah-yaw-ne-tak-oár-ron, a Warrior. oil on canvas. Date: 1831. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum. Ah Yaw Ne Tah Car Ron.

Sitting Bull 1881 Rudolf Daniel Ludwig Cronau (b. 1855 d. 1939 German) Woodcut print

Seehk-hée-da, Mouse-colored Feather, a Noted Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Sky-se-ró-ka, Second Chief of the Tribe. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

George Catlin, Boy Chief - Ojibbeway, American, 1796 - 1872, 1843, oil on canvas

Wash-ka-mon-ya, Fast Dancer, a Warrior. oil on canvas. Date: 1844-1845. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

George Catlin, Three Young Chinook Men, 1855 1869 Three Young Chinook Men

Wáh-pa-ko-lás-kuk, Bear's Track. oil on canvas. Date: 1835. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Cháh-ee-chópes, Four Wolves, a Chief in Mourning. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Three Zurumati Indians. Dated: 1854/1869. Dimensions: overall: 46.6 x 61.6 cm (18 3/8 x 24 1/4 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Iroquois warrior Not-o-way, the Thinker, with blanket and tomahawk. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.

Cigar Store Indian. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 71.4 x 50.9 cm (28 1/8 x 20 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Walter Hochstrasser.

George Catlin, Five Iquito Indians, 1854 1869 Five Iquito Indians

Wa-kon-chásh-kaw, He Who Comes on the Thunder. oil on canvas. Date: 1828. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

An Aged Minatarree Chief and His Family. Dated: 1861/1869. Dimensions: overall: 46.5 x 62.1 cm (18 5/16 x 24 7/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Five Caribbe Indians. Dated: 1854/1869. Dimensions: overall: 46.7 x 62 cm (18 3/8 x 24 7/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Klahoquaht Chief, His Wife, and Son. Dated: 1855/1869. Dimensions: overall: 46.7 x 62.5 cm (18 3/8 x 24 5/8 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Na-pów-sa, Bear Traveling at Night, a Chief. oil on canvas. Date: 1830. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Wah-no-nee-sah(The surrounder) An Ottoe chief From: The natural history of Man by James Cowles Prichard prints, etchings, works on paper

Pah-mee-ców-ee-tah, Man Who Tracks, a Chief. oil on canvas. Date: 1830. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Four Xingu Indians. Dated: 1854/1869. Dimensions: overall: 45.8 x 60.5 cm (18 1/16 x 23 13/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Nót-to-way, a Chief. oil on canvas. Date: 1835-1836. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Notch-ee-níng-a, No Heart, (called White Cloud), Chief of the Tribe. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Four Navaho Warriors. Dated: 1861/1869. Dimensions: overall: 46.4 x 62 cm (18 1/4 x 24 7/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Wán-ee-ton, Chief of the Tribe. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Retrato de Mato-Tope, jefe Mandan. Museum: FREE LIBRARY PHILADELPH USA. Author: CHARLES BODMER.

Tchow-ee-pút-o-kaw, a Woman. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Bin-Tah, The WoundedMan. Artist: John Mix Stanley, American, 1814-1872

Kay-ée-qua-da-kúm-ee-gísh-kum, He Who Tries the Ground with His Foot. oil on canvas. Date: 1836. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Cáh-be-múb-bee, He Who Sits Everywhere, a Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1835. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Three Shoshonee Warriors. Dated: 1861. Dimensions: overall: 45.6 x 60.4 cm (17 15/16 x 23 3/4 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Stu-mick-o-súcks, Buffalo Bull's Back Fat, Head Chief, Blood Tribe. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Náw-káw, Wood, Former Chief of the Tribe. oil on canvas. Date: 1828. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

George Catlin, Four Apachee Indians, 1855 1869 Four Apachee Indians

Pa-hú-sha, White Hair, the Younger, a Band Chief. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Portrait of the Boy Chief-Ojibbeway by George Catlin (1796-1872) an American painter, author and traveller. Dated 19th Century

Alfred Hoffy, after Charles Bird King, No Way Ke Sug Ga, Otoe, 1842 No-Way-Ke-Sug-Ga, Otoe

Eh-toh'k-pah-she-pée-shah, Black Moccasin, aged Chief. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

George Catlin, Three Woyaway Indians, 1854 1869 Three Woyaway Indians

A Minatarre or Big-Bellied Indian, Pehriska-Ruhpa Illustration for Wied-Neuwied Karl Bodmer (1809-1893 Swiss) The Huntington-San Marino, California

Wa-kawn, Winnebago Chief who Fought in Battle of Tippecanoe, 1811, Copy by A. Ford of a Painting by James Otto Lewis, 1826

Seminolee Indians, Prisoners at Fort Moultrie. Dated: 1861/1869. Dimensions: overall: 46.8 x 62.8 cm (18 7/16 x 24 3/4 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Monchousia, Kaw Chief, illustration

Anishira Indian. oil on canvas. Date: ca. 1890-1892. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Kah-béck-a, The Twin, Wife of Bloody Hand. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Past. Present. Future , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Mandan War Chief with His Favorite Wife. Dated: 1861/1869. Dimensions: overall: 46.4 x 61.7 cm (18 1/4 x 24 5/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Native American in headdress with horns, buckskin shirt, holding bow and arrow. Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842.

Four Apachee Indians. Dated: 1855/1869. Dimensions: overall: 47.2 x 62.6 cm (18 9/16 x 24 5/8 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Wa-Kaun, or The Snake, a Winnebago Chief James Otto Lewis (American, 1799 - 1858). , issued January 1836. Lithograph with watercolor on paper, Sheet: 12 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. (31.1 x 22.5 cm). American Art issued January 1836

Alaeutian Chief and Two Warriors. Dated: 1855/1869. Dimensions: overall: 46.3 x 61.5 cm (18 1/4 x 24 3/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

George Catlin, Two Apachee Warriors and a Woman, 1855 1869 Two Apachee Warriors and a Woman

Wi-jún-jon, Pigeon's Egg Head (The Light), a Distinguished Young Warrior. Date/Period: 1831. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 736.60 mm (29 in); Width: 609.60 mm (24 in). Author: George Catlin.

O-ho-páh-sha, Small Whoop, a Distinguished Warrior. oil on canvas. Date: 1831. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Ioways, by George Catlin, 1844-45, American painting, oil on canvas. In costume of the Iowya chieftain, his face is painted in vermillion with green a handprint across his cheeks, a sign he was a warrior. The grizzly bea (BSLOC_2016_6_128)

Mun-ne-pús-kee, He Who Is Not Afraid; Ko-ha-túnk-a, Big Crow; and Nah-cóm-ee-shee, Man of the Bed, Three Young Warriors. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Náh-se-ús-kuk, Whirling Thunder, Eldest Son of Black Hawk. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Men-són-se-ah, Left Hand, a Warrior. oil on canvas. Date: 1830. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Lorenzo Indian. oil on canvas. Date: ca. 1890-1892. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Minimic. oil on canvas. Date: c. 1878. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

Kay-a-gís-gis, a Young Woman. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Háh-je-day-ah'-shee, Meeting Birds, a Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1835-1836. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Sewessissing, Chief of the Iowa native North Americans. From Georges Cuvier 'The Animal Kingdom', London,1837. Hand-coloured engraving.

Ke-chím-qua, Big Bear. oil on canvas. Date: 1830. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Eé-hee-a-duck-cée-a, He Who Ties His Hair Before. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Ki-On-Twog-Ky, or Cornplanter. Dated: 1837. Dimensions: sheet: 52.07 × 35.88 cm (20 1/2 × 14 1/8 in.). Medium: hand-colored lithograph on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after F. Bartoli.

O-rón-gás-see, Bear-catcher, a Celebrated Warrior. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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