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"Our boys and girls at the Indian Training School, Carlisle, PA"
Cabinet size albumen print. Collage with photographs of thirty four Native Americans who attended the Indian Training School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The sitters are named on verso.
"Pile of little Indians."
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Group portrait of a group of young Kai-Vav-It children lying on the ground close together.
"Proud of their grandson."
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a young Kai-Vav-It boy and his grandparents outside of a thatched dwelling. The woman hands the boy a small feathered headpiece.
"Sitting Bull's camp; sectional view"
Stereograph. Image of a Native American man in a patterned shirt with a blanket wrapped over his shoulder. Two young boys are seen wearing oversized shirts.
"Summer home under a cedar"
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of five Kai-Vav-It men and boys seen gathered near some cedar trees. Baskets and bowls are seen on the ground around them.
"Ta-vo-kok-i, or the Circle Dance. (Summer costume.)"
Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Photograph of a group of Kai-Vav-It men, women and children, seen standing in a circle, wearing feathered headdresses. Their backs…
"The game of Ni-aung-pi-kai"
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of six Kai-Vav-It men seen sitting on the ground engaging in a game. A group of men and boys look on.
"The little hunter and his sweetheart. #49" [Mon-su and Su-vu-it]
Stereograph Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a Paiute boy and girl standing outdoors together, both wearing buckskin clothing. The boy carries a quiver on his back.
"The mother."
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a Kai-Vav-It woman seen breastfeeding her young naked child. Another young child stands behind her.
"The necklace"
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a Kai-Vav-It girl seen showing three other girls and two men a beaded necklace that she holds in her hand. The two men wear feathered…
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Old man at Labrador, said to be over 100 years old
Cabinet size albumen print. Half length portrait of an older Native American man wearing a fur lined hooded pullover sitting on the deck of a ship.