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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…
Wan-m'di-ta-pa-a-ma-ni, or Walks Following the Eagle
Albumen print. 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.Written in pencil on verso: 208.Albumen print. Oval half-length portrait of a young…
"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…
"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.
"One-little two-little three-little Injuns"
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 seen standing close together and embracing.
"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.
"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 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.
"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.
"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.
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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…