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Indians of North America

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\STYLES AND PERIODS FACET\Styles and Periods\styles and periods by region\The Americas\

Found in 2975 Collections and/or Records:

Sitting Bull, Medicine man, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Sioux.33: [Barcode: 3.Sioux.33]
Identifier: 4326.4833
Description

Folder 33

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

Six Sioux chiefs-Hollow Horn Bear, High Pipe, Turning Bear, Two Strikes, He Dog, and Little Thunder, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Sioux.27: [Barcode: 3.Sioux.27]
Identifier: 4326.6544
Description

Folder 27



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "1. Hollow Horn BEar, 2. High Pipe, 3. Turning Bear, 4. Two Strikes, 5. He Dog, 6. Little Thunder, Sioux Chiefs, all dead now" on verso

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

Slabee, rigged for a dance, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Unidentified Native American.1: [Barcode: 3.Unidentified Native American.1]
Identifier: 4316.5196
Description

Folder 1

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

Smoking pipe of peace at Grass Dance, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Unidentified Native American.4: [Barcode: 3.Unidentified Native American.4]
Identifier: 4336.4956
Description

Folder 4

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

Snake Dance, Moquis, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Unidentified Native American.8: [Barcode: 3.Unidentified Native American.8]
Identifier: 4316.4932
Description

Folder 8

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

So-jay-ying-a or Charles Washington, circa 1895

 Item — Folder Otoe.4: [Barcode: 3.Otoe.4]
Identifier: 4326.4435
Description

Black and white photograph of So-jay-ying-a or Charles Washington. Standing in a studio setting. Wearing traditional Otoe clothing. Holding a spear. Furry sash around neck. Folder 4



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "Charles Washington, So-jay-ying-a, Otoe Indian in Indian Territory. Age 24 years. Nephew (Indian son) of Shung-ath-ka. Photograph by Bureau of (illegible) Ethnology in 1895 or 1896." on verso

Dates: circa 1895
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

Soldier Chief, Gus Strike Axe, Gov. Joe, Lame Foctor, Bill Tinker, Grey Eagle, Tall Chief, Black dog, et al, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Osage.17: [Barcode: 3.Osage.17]
Identifier: 4326.4164
Description

Folder 17

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

Solicitor General of Cherokee Nation, & Chief Justice of the Cherokee Supreme Court, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Cherokee.34: [Barcode: 3.Cherokee.34]
Identifier: 4326.3685
Description

Black and white portrait photograph of J.A. Scales. Man is seated in studio setting wearing suit, full goatee. This photograph comes from the Grant Foreman Collection at the Gilcrease Museum. Folder 34



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "Solictor General of Cherokee Nation. Chief Justice of the Cherokee Supreme Court. J.A. Scales Cherokee Indian Delegate" in lower center on verso

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

Son and last woman, Too-nice, August 8, 1901

 Item — Folder Comanche.12: [Barcode: 3.Comanche.12]
Identifier: 4327.3877
Description This is a photograph of Quanah Parker's little son by his last and favorite wife, Too-nice. Photographer Fred Wenner's little boys were used a decoys to get the others outside in the camera's frame. Too-nice and the child next to her began dodging behind the porch posts before a good photograph could be taken. According to photographer Wenner, "Indian women were always against having their pictures taken, the men never." Folder 12 ...
Dates: August 8, 1901
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

Son of Pocahontas, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Unidentified Native American.17: [Barcode: 3.Unidentified Native American.17]
Identifier: 4317.4926
Description

Folder 17

Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

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