Native American Photographs

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  • Tags: Hillers, John K., 1843-1925

"Breaking up camp."

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Stereograph. Image of a Ute family seen gathered near a partially dismantled tipi. A boy is seen at far right holding a rifle.

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"The arrow maker and his daughter"

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a Kai-Vav-It man and his daughter seen outside of a straw and mud hut. The man sits on the ground and his daughter stands…

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"Group of men in full dress."

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Group portrait of nine Kai-Vav-It men, all wearing feather headdresses.

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"U-Wa, wife of Chu-ar-um-peak, chief of the Kai-Vav-Its."

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Full length portrait of a Kai-Vav-It woman wearing a long dress, standing against a large boulder.

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"Ku-ra-tu"

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Full length portrait of a Kai Vav It woman standing in front of a large boulder wearing a fringed hide dress, with her proper right…

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"The empty cradle"

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a Kai Vav It woman seen sitting on a stone with an empty cradleboard on the ground beside her.

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"Ku-ra-tu and Mu-pates"

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Full length portrait of Kai Vav Its Ku-ra-tu and Mu-pates. Ku-ra-tu leans on a large boulder and Mu-pates leans against her. Both…

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"Ta-vo-kok-i, or the Circle Dance. (Summer costume.)"

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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…

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"The basket maker."

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874, Gift of R.C. Waterson, 1875. Image of an older Kai-Vav-It woman seen sitting beside a small tipi, weaving a basket.

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"Group of women in full dress."

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Photograph of a group of nine Kai-Vav-It women and girls.

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