Native American Photographs

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"Si-gav and An-ti-naints"

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Group portrait of Nu-a-gun-tit man and woman Si-gav and An-ti-naints. An-ti-naints places her hand on Si-gav's shoulder.

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"An-ti-naints, Pu-tu-siv and Wi-chuts, sitting."

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Group portrait of three young Nu-a-gun-tit women seen sitting on the ground.

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"An-ti-naints, Pu-tu-siv and Wi-chut"

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Group portrait of three young Nu-a-gun-tit women seen standing on top of a piece of buckskin cloth.

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"Met on the road"

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of four Mo-A-Pa-Ri-At men on horseback.

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"In council"

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Stereograph. Image of a large group of Kai-Vav-It men, and at least two Caucasian men, sitting on the ground gathered in a circle around a fire pit.

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"Domestic scene"

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Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a family of Kai-Vav-It Indians gathered under a cedar tree. One woman holds up her baby who is strapped to a cradleboard.

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"Summer home under a cedar"

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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.

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"The game of Ni-aung-pi-kai"

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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.

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"Ku-ra-tu at rest."

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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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"Won-si-vu and Ku-ra-tu"

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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.

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