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"Kwi-toos and his son. No. 47"
Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of Paiute man Kwi-toos standing outdoors beside his young son.
"Mo-kwi-uk and his daughter. No. 46"
Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Portrait of U-ai-nu-int man Mo-kwi-uk and his young daughter. She touches his fringed shirt with her proper right hand. A feathered…
"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.
Omaha schoolchildren
Included in W.H. Jackson's Descriptive catalogue of photographs of North American Indians, Department of the Interior, U.S.G.S., Washington, D.C., 1877, no. 474.Albumen print. Image of a young Omaha girl seen standing in a field carrying an infant on…
"Jack’s family—Lizzy (young wife), Mary (his sister), old wife & daughter"
Albumen print. Portrait of three Modoc women and a young Modoc girl. The two younger women sit to the left, and the older woman sits and holds her daughter, who stands in front of her.
"Waiting for the kettle to boil"
Stereograph. Image of a Kai-Vav-It family sitting around a firepit with a kettle over it. All four family members wear furs over their shoulders. Bowls and baskets are strewn about.
"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.
"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 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…
"Ku-ra-tu at rest."
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Full length portrait of Kai-Vav-It girl Ku-ra-tu seen lounging on a rock. She wears a fringed hide dress and a beaded necklace.
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Family seated on ground outside of grass covered dwelling
Albumen print. Image of four Native American adults sitting outside of a grass covered dwelling. One figure holds an infant on their lap. Baskets and…