Showing posts with label native american history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label native american history. Show all posts

Thursday, March 29, 2018

An Ancient Native American Mummy Discovered in Utah Before and After Being "Restored" With Caustic Potash in the Early 1900's


An ancient Native American mummy discovered in Utah before and after being "restored" with caustic potash in the early 1900's. From the book Personal Identification Methods For the Identification of Individuals, Living or Dead published in 1918.

Monday, October 2, 2017

Monday, August 15, 2016

Portrait of Two Unidentified Pawnee Chiefs Probably Taken at Mathew Brady’s Studio in Washington, D.C. (1860)


Portrait of two unidentified Pawnee chiefs probably taken at Mathew Brady’s studio in Washington, D.C., c. 1860. They were members of a large Native American delegation to the White House. By Mathew Brady. The British Museum identifies them as Fox or Sauk men.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration.
More information from the British Museum.

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Portrait of Two Paiute Men of the Mo-a-pa-rit-ats Tribe Armed With Bows in the Moapa Valley of Southern Nevada (1870's)


Portrait of two Paiute men of the Mo-a-pa-rit-ats tribe armed with bows in the Moapa Valley of southern Nevada, c. 1870's. The original caption was "Mo-a-pa-rit-ats, a tribe of Indians inhabiting the valley of the Mo-a-pa River, a tributary of the Rio Virgen, a tributary in Southern Nevada - five and three are eight." By John K. Hillers. Animated stereoview.

Sunday, February 21, 2016

Portrait of Three Paiute Women of the Nu-a-gun-tits Tribe in Las Vegas, Nevada (1870's)


Portrait of three Paiute women of the Nu-a-gun-tits tribe identified as An-ti-naints, Pu-tu-siv, and Wi-chuts in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1870's. By John K. Hillers. Animated stereoview.

Source.

Saturday, February 13, 2016

Animated Stereoscopic Portrait of a Chippewa Woman Posing With a Baby in a Camp Somewhere in Wisconsin (1880)

"Domestic Scene, Chippewa Indians."

Animated stereoscopic portrait of a Chippewa woman posing with a baby in a camp somewhere in Wisconsin, c. 1880. By Charles A. Zimmerman.

Source.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Portrait of a Group of Chippewa Indians Titled “Chippewa Wedding” Somewhere in Minnesota (1860′s/1870′s)


Portrait of a group of Chippewa Indians titled “Chippewa wedding” with the couple getting married presumably in the foreground somewhere in Minnesota, c. 1860′s/1870′s. By Martin’s Art Gallery.

Source.