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Title: Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississipi
Description: Facsimile edition of an early map of the Mississippi River Valley, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Includes Indian tribe locations, explorers' routes, towns, rivers, pictorial indications of mountains and settlements, as well as written commentary.
Date: 1718
Object Type: Map

Title: El Cuartelejo: Pueblo on the High Plains
Description: Article describes in detail the ruins of El Cuartelejo, the only known dwelling of "Pueblo Indians" in the state of Kansas. Refugees from the Taos pueblo in northern New Mexico came to the area of Scott County, Kansas in the mid-1600's to escape the Spanish; a Scott County homesteader, Herbert Steele, discovered the pueblo ruins of Cuartelejo on his land in 1888.
Date: 2006
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Before Manifest Destiny
Description: Article describes 16 points of interest in the United States and Canada for people interested in ''Old West'' trading posts and Indian factory replicas.
Date: 2004-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Disruption and Disease
Description: Study tracing the spread and effects of disease among the Osage Indians from the 18th century through the end of the 19th, as they moved into the Indian Territory of Kansas, and later present-day Oklahoma. Diseases and changes in environment created significant challenges to the Osage population and culture. The author argues that "'Indian removal policy and settler expansion' disrupted life, enabling epidemic diseases to decimate the Osage people."
Date: 2013
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Murder On the Santa Fe Trail: The United States v. See See Sah Mah and Escotah
Description: The article covers the case against See See Sah Mah and Escotah, two Sac Indians accused in the murder of trader Norris Colburn on the Santa Fe Trail in 1847. The article illustrates the "larger story of Inidan-white relations and the U.S. government's attempts to subject native people to the dictates of an American legal system that differed markedly from the customary ways of Indian law."
Date: 2009
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Trail of Tears: Retracing the Footsteps
Description: Part one of a series of articles from the journal of a ''modern-day traveler on Missouri's portion of the route by which the Cherokees were relocated from the East.'' Includes a timeline of dates and actions prior to the Trail of Tears.
Date: 2005-08-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Map Illustrating the Plan of the Defences of the Western and North Western Frontier
Description: Map of the areas that would become the states of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, indicating lands alotted by treaty to various Native American tribes. Includes rivers, towns, railroads, and forts.
Date: 1837-10-31
Object Type: Map

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: Sac and Fox Bark House
Description: Exterior view of a large bark house in a Sac & Fox Indian village. Several individuals are seated in front of the dwelling; third from left is Pa She Pa Ho, the Sac Chief.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lone Wolf, Kiowa Chief
Description: Studio portrait of Lone Wolf, a Kiowa chief (the subject is likely Mamay-day-te, adopted son of Lone Wolf I (Gui-pah-go), principle chief of the Kiowas until his death in 1879). 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: 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: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 23
Description: Photograph twenty-three of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Pawnee Indian Squaw and Pappoose" and shows an Pawnee mother carrying a infant on her back.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 06
Description: Photograph six of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Otoe Indian, Two Wives and Family" and shows a family of nine posing in native garb, and one child in the background leaning against a doorway.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 02
Description: Photograph two of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Mud Lodge Indians' Winter House" and shows a Pawnee family standing outside of a winter earthen lodge.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Otoe Indian Family
Description: Photographic print on a boudoir/cabinet card mount of an Otoe family - husband, wife and infant - in front of what looks to be a frame dwelling. The mix of traditional and western garb worn by the husband is indicative of the acculturation of native peoples in Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Baptiste Bayhylle, Pawnee Indian
Description: Elderly Pawnee Indian, Baptiste Bayhylle, wrapped in a blanket and wearing a top hat. Bayhylle was a U.S. Indian interpreter for the Pawnee, and was thought to be nearly 100 years old when this photograph was taken.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Shawnee Prophet Grave Site
Description: Article describing the history of the burial site of Indian leader Tensquatawa, also known as the Shawnee Prophet. Tensquatawa spent his final days living in the area near White Feather Spring in present-day Argentine (Kansas City, Kansas), and died there in 1836. The author writes that he is "perhaps the most important Native American buried in the entire state of Kansas."
Date: 1905-06-28
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Map of Eastern Kansas
Description: Photoreproduction of a map of eastern Kansas including a sketch of three buildings in Lawrence. Legend indicates towns, trading posts, post offices, Native American villages, missions, and government forts.
Date: 1856
Object Type: Map

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

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