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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:

The Pay Room, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Cherokee.23: [Barcode: 3.Cherokee.23]
Identifier: 4326.3690
Description Black and white pictograph of the pay room at Fort Gibson. Men standing in room with row on windows on either side of room. Wearing slack, white shirt, and vest, some in hat. In center behind fence are men seated at at table with stacks of cash. Folder 23 Inscription(s) Inscribed, "The Pay Room in the old barracks at Fort Gibson. This picture was taken some day, after the payment began, but there are hundreds of thousands left in the bundles...
Dates: 1850 - 1900
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

The Removal of the Cherokee, circa 1927

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 65
Identifier: 4027.5291
Description

Typescript of an essay titled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden. Describes how the comissioner J.F. Schermerhorn arranged the Treaty of 1835 in absence of Cherokee officers. By this treaty, the Cherokee Nation ceded to the U.S. all territory east of the Mississippi River. Includes history of the removal from June 1838 to March 1839. Folder 65

Dates: circa 1927
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.39, Cherokee Papers

The Ridge, monument, Polson Cemetery, Delaware County, OK, 1935

 Item — Folder Cherokee.9: [Barcode: 3.Cherokee.9]
Identifier: 4327.3707
Description

Black and white photograph of "The Ridge" monument in Polson Cemetary, OK. Momument reads "The Ridge; Major Morgan's Cherokee Regt.; War of 1812; June 23, 1839". Folder 9



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "Polson Cemetary near Southwest City, Mo., erected 1935" on verso

Dates: 1935
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

The Rising Wind, 1903

 Item — Folder Muscogee (Creek).13: [Barcode: 3.Muscogee (Creek).13]
Identifier: 4327.3913
Description

Folder 13

Dates: 1903
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

The Tahlequah Arrow Clipping titled 'Fire Destroys Old Cherokee Seminary, March 24, 1910

 Item — Folder 50: [Barcode: 188.50]
Identifier: 4127.8a-b
Description

Folder 50

Dates: March 24, 1910
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1975.186, Manuscript Collection: Mary Jane Ross

The woman dance, Ariee, Montana, July 4th

 Item — Folder Unidentified Native American.4: [Barcode: 3.Unidentified Native American.4]
Identifier: 4336.4946
Description

Folder 4

Dates: July 4th
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

Thirteen Osage Chiefs and Council Members, 1886

 Item — Folder Osage.19: [Barcode: 3.Osage.19]
Identifier: 4326.3508
Description

From left to right: Back row: 1. Unidentified, 2. Unidentified, 3.Me-She-Sea, 4.Ne-Kah-Ko-La, 5. Unidentified Middle row: 6. Unidentified, 7. Wah-She-Pe-She, 8. Unidentified, 9. Saucy Chief, 10. Wah-Tsa-Moie, 11. Clamore Front row: 12. Unidentified, 13. Ed Big Horse Folder 19

Dates: 1886
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

This is the knid of house we see in the jungles of the Osage, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Osage.7: [Barcode: 3.Osage.7]
Identifier: 4326.4304
Description

Folder 7



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "This is the knid of house we see in the jungles of the Osage" on verso

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

Thla-thlo-tutunukka or Old man Fish, May 8, 1901

 Item — Folder Seminole.9: [Barcode: 3.Seminole.9]
Identifier: 4327.4589
Description

Folder 9



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "Thla-thlo-tutunukka, known as Old Man Fish. With Tecumseh, 1813-14. Alive in 1903. Born in the Everglades of Florida about 1790-95. Served against the U.S. in (illegible) Seminole wars. Served in the U.S. in the first Indian Home Gaurds, vol. from Apr. 29, 1861 to July 26, 1863. Was discharged for old age and disability." on verso

Dates: May 8, 1901
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

Thomas Wisler, 1898

 Item — Cabinet 16: Series 1; Series 2, Drawer: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 4326.3659
Description

Black and white portrait photograph of Thomas Wisler, born 1862. Standing in building with blankets piled behind figure. Wearing wrapped braids, neckerchief, beaded necklaces, feather in hair, long cotton shirt, vest, leggings, and moccasins. This photograph comes from the Grant Foreman Collection at the Gilcrease Museum. Folder 3



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "(Born 1862) Caddo Indian Thomas Wisler" on verso

Dates: 1898
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection / Caddo Nation

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