Native American Photographs

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  • Tags: Kai-Vav-It Indians

"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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"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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"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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"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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"Ka-ni-ga, the camp-ground."

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Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a group of small thatched shelters, used by the Kai-Vav-It Indians in northern Arizona.

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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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"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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"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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"Mounted Indians."

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Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of two Kai-Vav-It men with feathered headdresses seen on horseback. A third man stands beside the horses.

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"One-little two-little three-little Injuns"

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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.

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