Native American & Western Photograph Collection

Title: Unidentifed Group of Indians and White Men
Description: Photographic print on 4" x 8" cardboard mount of an unidentfied group of Native Americans and white men with their backs facing the camera. The top of a tipi can be seen in the distance. It is likely the subjects are watching a ceremony of some sort.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Unidentifed Group of Indians and White Men
Description: Photographic print on 5" x 8" cardboard mount of an unidentfied group of Native Americans and white men with their backs facing the camera. It is likely their a watching a ceremony of some sort.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 05
Description: Photograph five of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Pawnee Indians, Located 70 Miles south of Arkansas City" and shows four Pawnee females (two with infants) in front of a tipi. The elder woman is curing a hide.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Chief Geronimo, Apache
Description: Reproduction of a portrait painting of Apache Chief Geronimo, by E.A. Burbank. Fort Sill, O.T. [Oklahoma Territory], 1898.
Date: 1899
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Siem-o-nad-o, Mojave Indian
Description: Reproduction of a portrait painting of Siem-o-nad-o, a Mojave Indian, by E.A. Burbank, San Carlos, Ariz.
Date: 1899
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Ponca Indian Sun Dance
Description: A Ponca Indian Sun Dance ceremony. The participants are in a line and can seen holding feathered spears in their mouths.
Date: 1894
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Huma of Otoes, Second Chief
Description: Studio portrait of Huma, Second Chief of the Otoes, in native dress. The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Apache Chiefs, Da-va-ko and Dor-con-each-la
Description: Studio portrait of two Apache chiefs, Da-va-ko and Dor-con-each-la, in traditional dress. A handwritten description reads" "Apache Chiefs, who have a history not soon to be forgotten by the people of New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas...they was very desperate." The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Four Comanche Men
Description: Studio portrait of four unidentified Comanche men in native dress. The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Five Apache Men Seated
Description: Studio portrait of five Apache males in native dress. The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by W.L. Sawyers Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Huma of Otoes, Second Chief
Description: Studio portrait of Huma, Second Chief of the Otoes, in native dress. The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wild Horse, Comanche Chief
Description: Studio portrait of a Comanche chief identified as Wild Horse 2 (likely 'Kobay' second chief of the Kwahada Comanche). The subject is seated and wearing an eagle feather war bonnet. The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by W.L. Sawyers Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wichita Grass Wig-Wam
Description: Photographic print on a boudoir card mount showing the exterior of a Wichita grass wigwam dwelling; produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Two Comanche Men
Description: Studio portrait of two unidentified Comanche men in native dress. The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by Lenny & Sawyers Indian Views, Purcell, Oklahoma. The verso contains a handwritten note that reads: "Two Commanche Dudes (very stylish)."
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Comanche Brave (One Who Fears Nothing)
Description: Studio portrait of a Comanche brave identified as "One Who Fears Nothing." The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by Lenny & Sawyers Indian Views, Purcell, Oklahoma.
Date: 1890~/1899~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Granny Houston, Wichita Indian Woman
Description: Studio portrait of an aged Wichita woman identified as Granny Houston, 109 years of age. The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

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