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The Indigenous People of North America

Created on Aug 21, 2017 by Kathy Pinna

Holy men, hunters, chiefs, merchants and ceremonial dancers - discover photos of the indigenous peoples of North America.

We're fortunate that photographers like Edward Curtis and Heyn & Matzen took such pains to document Native American culture around 1900.

Many are included here, as well as a couple from the 1920's.

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The Indigenous People of North America

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Sioux life in 1899

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Potawatomi woman 1909

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Great Plains Native American, Moon Beam.

"Dancing to an eclipsed moon"

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Kwakiutl people (British Columbia) 1914.

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Comes Out Holy

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1900 - love his name and his looks.

Susan Frost, 1899

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Sioux Native American

Red Elk Woman

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Sioux, 1907

Qagyuhl dancer

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Wearing a grizzly bear hide, this dancer is a Pacific Northwest Native American

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John Comes Again

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Sioux dancer, 1899

Sioux hunters, 1899

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Cracking Wing, 1881

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Of the Mandan peoples, this boy died 3 years later.

"Eskimo belle"

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Don't blame us for the name - that's the only information on this photo. It was taken to show her fur dress.

Cup'ig walrus drum 1929

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This Cup'ig (Alaska native) drum is made of walrus bladder or stomach.

Siksika fair, 1907

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Chief Running Wolf and party of Blackfoot.

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Horse's Ghost, circa 1915

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At the fair in Montana.

Seminole Chief Nea-math-la

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Two Moons

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Cheyenne, 1910.

1907

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Also called Two Moons, this photo is otherwise unidentified.

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