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"The seed gatherers"
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of two young Kai-Vav-It children seen holding large flat bowls, with large baskets strapped to their backs.
"The water carriers."
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Portrait of two young Kai-Vav-It girls seen with water vessels strapped to their backs. A third child stands beside them.
"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.
"Won-si-vu and Ku-ra-tu"
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Portrait of Kai-Vav-It girls Won-si-vu and Ku-ra-tu sitting together on a rock. Ku-ra-tu has her arm around Won-si-vu.
"Won-si-vu, or Young Antelope"
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Full length portrait of Won-si-vu, or Young Antelope, an adolescent Kai-Vav-It girl. She wears fringed clothing and stands on a rock formation.
A group of boys chopping and hauling lumber
Albumen print mounted on card. From the Puyallup Reservation in Tacoma, Washington. Image of Native American boys seen working in a lumberyard with Caucasian men supervising them. An ox led cart is seen at right.
Dog train from Pembina, [North Dakota]
Albumen print. Image of two Native American men and a child standing near a dog sled. Four dogs are seen tied to the sled.
Embossed with photographer's name: Whitney, St. Paul.
This photograph was used later as a stereograph.
Inscribed: For the…
Embossed with photographer's name: Whitney, St. Paul.
This photograph was used later as a stereograph.
Inscribed: For the…
George Stidham, Creek
Cabinet sized albumen print. Included in Thomas Porter's Synopsis of the flora of Colorado, Department of the Interior, U.S.G.S. Washington, D.C., 1874, and in W.H. Jackson's Descriptive catalogue of photographs of North American Indians, Department…
Group of Native American boys in uniform
Albumen print mounted on card. Group portrait of nine adolescent Native American boys seen posing in a studio, all wearing buttoned uniforms and holding their hats in their hands.
Group portrait of Osage men and women
Cabinet card albumen print. Group portrait of nineteen Native American, men, women and children gathered in front of a building. The men stand, and the four women and one child are seen kneeling or standing in front of them.
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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…