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Native Americans, Photographs
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Adam Clark Vroman 
 A collection of over 50 photographs by Adam Clark Vroman, taken at the turn of the 20th century. Topics include California missions and Native Americans of the southwestern United States. Contains brief biographical information on the photographer. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/object_genres/photographers/vroman/ Topics: California: History, California: People, Native Americans, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photography, Religion Last updated Jun 10, 2006 American Historical Images on File: The Native American Experience
"A comprehensive collection of images of Native American people. The collection is arranged chronologically from the prehistoric period and the Paleo-Indians to 1990." Images of paintings, drawings, sketches, and photographs include brief descriptions of the event, person, or subject depicted. From a professor of American Indian Studies. http://www.csulb.edu/web/projects/ais/nae/ Topics: Native Americans, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Nov 2, 2006 American Indian History and Related Issues
This site is a collection of onsite material and links to outside resources presenting "unique artwork, photographs, video and sound recordings which accurately reflect the history, culture and richness of the Native American experience in North America." It also includes Indian people of Central America and Mexico. From The American Indian Studies Program, California State University, Long Beach. http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/departments/ais/faculty/trj/ Topics: Native Americans, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Nov 2, 2006 American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
"This digital collection integrates over 2,300 photographs and 7,700 pages of text relating to the American Indians in two cultural areas of the Pacific Northwest, the Northwest Coast and Plateau. These resources illustrate many aspects of life and work, including housing, clothing, crafts, transportation, education, and employment." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/pacific/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Washington State: History, Washington State: People, Washington State: Regions Last updated Jun 6, 2006 American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Digital Collection
Browse through or search this extensive collection of more than 2,300 photographs and 3,800 pages of text on the lives of Native Americans from the Pacific Northwest. Cultural topics include work, education, transportation, treaties, housing, clothing, and crafts. There are essays on specific Indian tribal groups (Alaskan Tlingit and Tsimshian, Coeur d'Alene, Lushootseed, Makah, Nez Perce) written by teachers, historians, and anthropologists with links to related text and images as well as study questions for K-12 teachers. This collection was made available through the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program. http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/ Topics: Government, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements, Native Americans, Photograph Collections: History, Washington State: Arts and Humanities, Washington State: History, Washington State: People Last updated Aug 30, 2002 Assimilation Through Education: Indian Boarding Schools in the Pacific Northwest
This online essay and photograph exhibit covers the practice of placing Native American children in boarding schools, mission schools, and similar institutions. Includes discussion of a typical daily schedule at the schools, and negatives and positives of the movement. Find footnotes, study questions, and a bibliography. Searchable. From the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections; created by Carolyn J. Marr, anthropologist and photographs librarian at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle. http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/marr.html Topics: Education, K-12 Education, Photograph Collections: History, Washington State: History By Place, Washington State: People Last updated Jan 8, 2005 Chief Seattle and Chief Joseph: From Indians to Icons
Focusing on two well-known American Indians of the Pacific Northwest, Chief Seattle (Lushootseed), namesake of the city of Seattle, and Chief Joseph (Wallowa), Nez Perce leader, this Web site's highlights include an essay on the legacy of the two chiefs, historical photographs, speeches, a bibliography, and study questions. http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/buerge2.html Topics: Notable People, Photograph Collections: History, Washington State: History, Washington State: History By Place, Washington State: People Last updated Sep 11, 2007 Children of the Amazon
A collection of 18 annotated photographs of children of indigenous tribes of Brazil, taken by Denise Zmekhol during 1987 through 1990. Includes photographs from the states of Acre, Mato Grosso, Pará, and Rondônia, and commentary from Zmekhol. From the Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.clas.berkeley.edu:7001/Gallery/zmekhol/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, Regions of the World Last updated Aug 5, 2003 The Curtis Collection
The premier photographer of Native Americans traveled during the years of 1890 to 1930, photographing all of the major tribes west of the Mississippi River. This commercial site provides his biography, a comprehensive portfolio of his photographs, and his notes of the tribes he visited, taken from his The North American Indian, a 20-volume work covering the language, religion, clothing, and way of life of each tribe. His photogravure printing process is also explained. http://www.curtis-collection.com/ Topics: Native Americans, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photography Last updated May 11, 2007 Digital Anaheim
This site presents historic photos of Anaheim, California. Photos are browsable by subject area, such as American Indians, explorers, and the rancho period, or by decade. From the Anaheim Public Library. http://www2.anaheim.net/article.cfm?id=407 Topics: California: History, California: History by Place, California: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Aug 11, 2004 Digital Richard Throssel Papers
A collection of 16 photographs of the Crow (Apsaroke) Indian nation, taken by Richard Throssel from 1905-1910. Also features Throssel's manuscript "Naming Indian Children." From the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. http://ahc.uwyo.edu/onlinecollections/digital/throssel/default.htm Topics: Native Americans, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photography Last updated Aug 4, 2004 The Dorothy Morehead Hill Collection: California Native American Legacy and Tradition
This "collection consists of over 35 years of field notes, interviews, and still and video images. It contains audio, video, photographic and printed items representing the history, culture, customs, economics and social life of the Native Americans in northeastern California." Selected materials are available online and are searchable or browsable by places, tribes, subjects, and other factors. Also includes information about items only available at the Meriam Library, California State University, Chico. http://eagle.csuchico.edu Topics: California: History, California: Libraries & Archives by Type, California: People, California: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jun 21, 2005 Echoes of Freedom: South Asian Pioneers in California, 1899-1965
An illustrated history of early Indian immigrants to California (primarily Sikhs from Punjab), featuring photographs, documents, and publications. Explores the passage to America, work, prejudice, the Gadar Party, the Stockton Sikh Temple, students, the exclusion of women, the Thind Decision (1923), the Luce-Cellar Act (1946), Congressman Dalip Singh Saund, and the Immigration and Nationality Act (1965). From the South/Southeast Asia Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/echoes.html Topics: California: History, California: Photograph Collections, Discover New Trails at LII, Emigration & Immigration, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Aug 9, 2003 Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian
A complete collection of images contained in Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian , "one of the most significant and controversial representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced." It contains 2226 illustrations. Search by keyword or browse by subject, Native American tribe or geographic location, or volume. There is an essay that attempts to place Edward S. Curtis in Context . Another from the Library of Congress' American Memory Project. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Topics: Native Americans, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photography Last updated Feb 20, 2003 Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California
To "help people more fully recognize and appreciate the accomplishments and contributions of California's varied communities," the California Office of Historic Preservation recruited experts to write narrative histories and identify one hundred recorded historic property sites for each of five ethnic minorities in California: California Indians, Black Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and Mexican Americans. Especially useful are the lists of historic sites, some with photographs and links to more detailed reports. lii.org Record of the Month, February 2002. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/5views/5views.htm Topics: California: History, California: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jul 11, 2007 Frank Fuller Avery Collection
This digital exhibit features 800 photographs (selected from glass negatives) taken by Frank Fuller Avery. Avery, who worked for the Indian School Service, was assigned to the Colville Indian Agency in Washington state from 1901 to 1916 when these photographs were made. The subjects include agency headquarters and personnel, students, farming, horses, and related topics. Browsable and searchable. From Washington State University Libraries. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xavery.html Topics: Agriculture, Photograph Collections: History, Washington State: Animals, Washington State: History, Washington State: People, Washington State: Photograph Collections, Washington State: Plants, Washington State: Regions Last updated Oct 18, 2004 Frontier Photographer: Edward S. Curtis
This site is a photographic exhibition of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. His thirty-year "North American Indian Project represented an attempt to capture images of American Indians as they lived before contact with Anglo cultures" and covered almost one hundred Indian tribes in the western third of the United States and Alaska. Lists of places and Native American groups visited are provided. A timeline and suggested readings are also included. http://www.sil.si.edu/Exhibitions/Curtis/ Topics: Native Americans, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photography Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Images of Native Americans
A collection "of visual materials relating to Native Americans," including photographs and illustrations from pamphlets, journals, pulp magazines, newspapers, and ephemera. Topics include color plate illustrations, European interpretations, popular culture, and early ethnography. Images browsable by name, date, and topic. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/nativeamericans/ Topics: Native Americans, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Mar 3, 2004 Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains: Online Image Database
An image documenting the people, places, industry, and events of the northern Rockies region from the late 1860s through 1960. Images feature title and description, date, location, artist/photographer, and format, which may be a photograph, stereograph, painting, drawing, serigraph, or document. From the Montana State University Libraries. http://www.lib.montana.edu/digital/nadb/ Topics: Native Americans, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Aug 28, 2008 Jim Thorpe Official Web Site
Provides brief biographical information and photos of athlete Jim Thorpe, who is known for his accomplishments in football, baseball, and as the gold medalist in the decathlon and pentathlon events at the 1912 Olympic Games. From the Estate of Jim Thorpe. http://www.cmgww.com/sports/thorpe/ Topics: Native Americans, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Sports, The Olympic Games, The Olympic Games: Competitions Last updated Jun 2, 2004 The Life of the Indigenous Woman in Chiapas/Vida de la Mujer Indigena en Chiapas
An exhibit of over 30 photographs representing "the life of the indigenous and peasant woman in Chiapas," Mexico, taken by indigenous Mayans. Commentary available in English and Spanish. From the Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.clas.berkeley.edu:7001/Gallery/chiapas/ Topics: Native Americans, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Mar 8, 2004 The Muwekma Ohlone
This official site of the Muwekma Ohlone Indian Tribe, "the original inhabitants of San Francisco, California, USA, and the surrounding Bay Area," contains news, history, a photo gallery, and links to other Native American sites. Much of the site documents their legal struggle for federal recognition, for which there is an online petition. The site also contains information about the Muwekma Ohlone Pocket Park Project in San Francisco. http://www.muwekma.org/ Topics: California: History, California: History by Place, Native Americans, Photograph Collections: History, San Francisco Bay Area: Oakland, San Jose, more ... Last updated Feb 1, 2005 North American Indians: Stereographs From the Keystone-Mast Collection
A collection of over 20 stereographic photographs of North American Indians. Browsable by topic (people, ceremony, dwelling, lifestyle). Includes introduction. From the Keystone-Mast Collection, California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/projects/stereo/indian/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jun 10, 2006 The People: A History of Native Nevadans Through Photography
Over fifty historic images of the Native American population of Nevada. Also includes "a map of Native American Nevada; an index of the photographs shown; an explanation of the different photographic processes used; and a page of links to other Native Nevadan WWW sites." From the State of Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs, Division of Museums and History. http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/museums/reno/expeople/people.htm Topics: Native Americans, Photograph Collections: History, U.S. History By Place Last updated Dec 7, 2002 The Photography Collection
A searchable collection of photographs of the American West, primarily Colorado, that provides access to images of a portion of the over one million item collection. Over 100,000 "images of North American Indians, pioneers, railroads, mining, Denver and Colorado towns. ... Notable collections depict the daily lives of the Tenth Mountain Division ski troops and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show." From the collections of the Denver Public Library and the Colorado Historical Society. http://photoswest.org/ Topics: Discover New Trails at LII, Geology, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Technology, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 13, 2005 Picturing the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla Tribes
About 250 photos taken by "Major Lee Moorhouse of Pendleton, Oregon ... an Indian Agent for the Umatilla Indian Reservation and a photographer. From 1888 to 1916 he produced over 9,000 images which document urban, rural, and Native American life in the Columbia Basin, and particularly Umatilla County, Oregon." Search, or browse by subject, name, or place. Also includes brief background about Moorhouse. From the University of Oregon Libraries. http://boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/mh/index.html Topics: Native Americans Last updated May 8, 2008 Stereotyping Native America
This exhibit of photographs features "turn of the 20th century stereographs of Native Americans" and related depictions to "showcase how, around the turn of the 20th century, photographic convention dictated Native Americans be portrayed according to mainstream American typologies." Includes an introductory essay and annotated images. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/stereotyping/default.lasso Topics: Native Americans, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Taking Stock of Indian Ranching
"This web article emerged from historical research done on the participation of Native Californians in the cattle industry, conducted with the support of the American Indian Studies program at University of California Riverside and the Soboba band of Luiseño Indians." Photos and images of cattle brands accompany the article. Includes a glossary and bibliography. From an anthropology doctoral candidate at the University of California, Riverside. http://www.americanindian.ucr.edu/references/indian_ranching/ Topics: California: Agriculture, California: Photograph Collections, Livestock, Native Americans, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Oct 14, 2004 |
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