Selected Images

Man in a studio craving a bear sculpture.

Cherokee Craftsman, Jessie Saunlooke, Carving a Bear.

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Student craving a small wooden sculpture.

[Detail of] Cherokee High School Student Carving Wood.

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Woman and young girl painting.

[Detail of] Loretta Graves and Her Daughter at a Painting Workshop Taught by Mrs. George Bolton.

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Photograph from Apsáalooke Feminist series shows Red Star in the traditional elk tooth dress, signaling her Crow heritage, womanhood, dignity and continuity, and her daughter with dolls as modern, contemporary, self-possessed, and stylish, signifying the here-and-now and future.

[Detail of] Apsáalooke Feminist series #3 by Wendy Red Star, Artist. 2016. Used by Permission.

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Print shows Native American Mandan man based on drawing by Karl Bodmer, a locust based on a drawing by Andre Masson, a bird based on a drawing by Wifredo Lam, as well as other animals including a rabbit and a coyote; also bars of music for You Are My Sunshine and the message.

[Detail of] Waiting for Rain by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Artist. May 10, 2012. Lithograph. Used by Permission.

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Portrait of Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo.

Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo, June 6, 2019. Harjo is the first Native American to serve as poet laureate and is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation.

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Painting of Pocahontas in seventeenth century English dress.

Pocahontas by Unidentified Artist, copy after Simon van de Passe, after 1616, oil on canvas. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942 Currently on view in the Portrait Gallery's exhibition: American Origins.

Native American women seated around a table sewing

Members Sewing Society Smithsonian Institution Flickr site

Members of the 3rd and 4th Division Navajo code talker platoons of World War II dressed in their unit's uniform

Members of the 3rd and 4th Division Navajo code talker platoons of World War II, dressed in their unit's uniform, pose for a group photo during a commemoration of the landing on Iwo Jima National Archives

Oil painting of pueblo buildings

Taos Pueblo 1935-36 By Helmut Naumer, Sr. Pastel, paper. H. 30.5, L. 47.0 cm Bandelier National Monument, BAND 1408

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Painting of Native America woman in green and red tradition dress.

Sometimes, During a Summer Storm, Her Hair Ran with Rainbows 1992 By Kevin Peters Acrylic on canvas. L 76, W 61 cm Nez Perce National Historical Park, NEPE 34566

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Mural painting of Native American dancers in their traditional corn dance attire.

Harvest Dance c 1940 By Pablita Velarde Dancers in their traditional corn dance attire; the six figures include two men, two women, one koshare [ceremonial clown] and a singer/drummer. This work was commissioned by Bandelier National Monument under the Works Progress Administration [WPA] program. Casein paint, masonite. L 40.5, W 17.8 cm [L 16, W 7 inches] Bandelier National Monument, BAND 664

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Photograph of cliff-side mummy cave.

Mummy Cave, Navajo Indian Reservation, Chinle, Apache County, AZ

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Photograph of cliff-side pueblo dwelling nicknamed Montezuma's Castle.

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ

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Photograph of entrance to Native American ceremonial cave.

Historic American Buildings Survey., Donald W. Dickensheets, Photographer. June 24, 1940 (SOUTH ELEVATION). - Ceremonial Cave, Bland, Sandoval County, NM

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Photograph of pueblo building cooking hearth.

Historic American Buildings Survey M. James Slack, Photographer, April 12, 1934 INTERIOR HOUSE No. 3 BLOCK No. 1 - Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM

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Architectural drawing of three groups of pueblo style buildings.

Sections - Pueblo of Zuni, Central & Original Portion, Vicinity of State Roads 32 & 53, Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, NM

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Cave painting of buffalo.

Buffalo Eddy 1 Petroglyphs

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Petroglyph of various humanoid forms.

Buffalo Eddy 2 Petroglyphs

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Photograph of two men from Northern Shoshone or Bannock tribe in traditional dress.

Photograph of Native Americans from Southeastern Idaho

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Photograph of an adult and two children of the Northern Shoshone tribe in traditional dress.

Native Americans from Southeastern Idaho

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Photograph of two adult men from the Boise Valley Shoshone and Northern Shoshone tribes in traditional dress.

Native Americans from Southeastern Idaho

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Photograph of Native American man carving a ceremonial mask.

Jesse Cornplanter, descendant of Cornplanter, the famous Seneca chief, making a ceremonial mask, Tonawanda Community House, Tonawanda, New York

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Photograph of young member of the Apache tribe.

Apache Nalin

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Photograph of young Native American girl standing on a fishing weir that spans a river.

Fish-Weir Across Trinity River--Hupa

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Photograph of Native American woman holding a rabbit fur cape.

Flora Debears, Cahuilla

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Photograph of young Native American girl of the Jicarilla tribe in traditional dress.

Jicarilla maiden

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