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Indians of North America -- Social life and customs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

A buffalo surrounded by Indians on horseback. No Neg., undated

 Item — Box Photo M-10, Item: 35
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Back and white original and copy prints of Watonga, Oklahoma, along with scenes of Cheyenne, Arapaho, Caddo and Creek Indians. William Houston Munger Manuscripts Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

A S.C. Cherokee woman grinding corn., undated

 Item — Box Photo M-15, item: 106
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Navajo, Kiowa, Seminole, Pueblo, Cherokee, and Apache Indians. Also included are photographs of baskets from the Aleut, Apache, Attu, Cahuilla, Chemehuevi, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Clallam, Eskimo, Delaware, Havasupai, Haida, Hupa, Klikitat, Kickapoo, Karok, Klamath, Lillooet, Maidu, Makah, Modoc, Mono, Navajo, Nez Perce, Nootka, Paiute, Papago, Penobscot, Pima, Pomo, Pueblo, Hopi, Quinault, Seneca, Shoshoni, Tlingit, Ntlakyapamuk, Umatilla, Wailaki, Wasco, Washo, Winnebago, and Yokut tribes. The collection also contains views of archaeological work in the southwest United States, including Oklahoma City, Fort Sill, Okeene, Anadarko, Idabel, and Ardmore, Oklahoma; San Ildefonso, Santa Fe and Chimayo, New Mexico; and San Antonio, Texas. Alice Marriott Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Albert Hamilton Black Collection

 Item
Identifier: WHC-M-1841
Scope and Contents

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Cheyenne-Arapaho tribal historian. Typescript by Mr. Black entitled "Ceremony of the Earth People" regarding the history and religious rites of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians from the time of first contact with white men through the present, and detailing the procedures of each ceremony, including peyotism.

Dates: 1985

Amanda Roman Nose seated in a chair. Cheyenne.  Double tailed warbonnet beside her. No Neg., undated

 Item — Box Photo M-10, Item: 47
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Back and white original and copy prints of Watonga, Oklahoma, along with scenes of Cheyenne, Arapaho, Caddo and Creek Indians. William Houston Munger Manuscripts Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Arapaho camp with tipis. Horse saddle, sleeping dogs, and wagon. Fort Reno. Negatives, glass plate, 5x7 acetate., undated

 Item — Box Photo S-20, item: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints and original glass plate negatives of Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Sioux, Wichita, and Pawnee Indians. Also includes scenes of the U.S. Army, Fort Reno, Darlington Indian Agency and Concho Indian School, Indian Territory.

Dates: undated

Beaded pipe bag and two catlinite pipes, with pipe cleaner and tobacco packing stick. Neg., undated

 Item — Box Photo M-10, Item: 31
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Back and white original and copy prints of Watonga, Oklahoma, along with scenes of Cheyenne, Arapaho, Caddo and Creek Indians. William Houston Munger Manuscripts Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Black and white lithograph of “Old Bark’s Son Ah-Mah-Nah-Co and Squaw.” (1848). Depicts Native American man and woman seated on the ground. Woman is cooking in a kettle hanging over a fire. Indians, tepees in background. From Abert’s Examination of New Mexico.   , 1848

 Item — Box Photo F-92A, item: 82
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white and color engravings of Indians of the Southwest, namely Pueblo, Hopi, and Navajo. Included are scenes of village life, native dwellings, individual Indians, and dances. Though less numerous, depictions of hunting and ceremonies of the Lakota, Blackfeet, Chippewa, and Mandan Indians are also included in the collection.

Dates: 1848

Black and white steel engraving of the “dance of the Mandan Indians.” (1850). Excellent detail of a celebrated dance. Text accompanies engraving. By C. Bodmer form Graham’s Magazine. , 1850

 Item — Box Photo F-92A, item: 105
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white and color engravings of Indians of the Southwest, namely Pueblo, Hopi, and Navajo. Included are scenes of village life, native dwellings, individual Indians, and dances. Though less numerous, depictions of hunting and ceremonies of the Lakota, Blackfeet, Chippewa, and Mandan Indians are also included in the collection.

Dates: 1850

Cache Creek Mission picnic, Undated

 Item — Box Photo W-14, Item: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche Indians along with scenes of the town of Apache, Oklahoma and of nearby Cache Creek Mission. D.C. Ward Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Caddo or Kickapoo Indian cowboys. Note their long hair. They are all mounted. A fine picture., Undated

 Item — Box Photo W-3, item: 64
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of towns in Woodward County, Oklahoma including Woodward, Richmond, Curtis, Tangier, Mooreland, Haskew, Mutual and Enid. The collection also contains photographs of agriculture, businesses, cowboys, the range cattle industry, schools, and the United States Cavalry. Woodward County Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Carnegie, July 1937. Drummers at Kiowa Giveaway, 1937, July

 Item — Box Photo M-16C, item: 722
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Navajo, Kiowa, Seminole, Pueblo, Cherokee, and Apache Indians. Also included are photographs of baskets from the Aleut, Apache, Attu, Cahuilla, Chemehuevi, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Clallam, Eskimo, Delaware, Havasupai, Haida, Hupa, Klikitat, Kickapoo, Karok, Klamath, Lillooet, Maidu, Makah, Modoc, Mono, Navajo, Nez Perce, Nootka, Paiute, Papago, Penobscot, Pima, Pomo, Pueblo, Hopi, Quinault, Seneca, Shoshoni, Tlingit, Ntlakyapamuk, Umatilla, Wailaki, Wasco, Washo, Winnebago, and Yokut tribes. The collection also contains views of archaeological work in the southwest United States, including Oklahoma City, Fort Sill, Okeene, Anadarko, Idabel, and Ardmore, Oklahoma; San Ildefonso, Santa Fe and Chimayo, New Mexico; and San Antonio, Texas. Alice Marriott Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1937; July

Cheyenne-Arapaho Camp near Fort Reno and Darlington Agency, O.T. Two horses in foreground. Negatives, glass plate, 5x7 acetate., undated

 Item — Box Photo S-20, item: 20
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints and original glass plate negatives of Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Sioux, Wichita, and Pawnee Indians. Also includes scenes of the U.S. Army, Fort Reno, Darlington Indian Agency and Concho Indian School, Indian Territory.

Dates: undated

Cheyenne-Arapaho Camp near Fort Reno and Darlington Agency, O.T. Two tipis are painted. Circa 1890. Negatives, glass plate, 5x7 acetate., 1890

 Item — Box Photo S-20, item: 21
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints and original glass plate negatives of Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Sioux, Wichita, and Pawnee Indians. Also includes scenes of the U.S. Army, Fort Reno, Darlington Indian Agency and Concho Indian School, Indian Territory.

Dates: 1890

Cheyenne-Arapaho Camp near Fort Reno, O.T. Fifteen tipis in foreground, wagons, horses. Circa 1890. Negatives, glass plate, 5x7 acetate., undated

 Item — Box Photo S-20, item: 38
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints and original glass plate negatives of Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Sioux, Wichita, and Pawnee Indians. Also includes scenes of the U.S. Army, Fort Reno, Darlington Indian Agency and Concho Indian School, Indian Territory.

Dates: undated

Cheyenne-Arapaho camp near river, men and horses in front, tipis, wagons in background. Near Fort Reno. 1890-1891. Negatives, glass plate, 4x5 and 5x7 acetate., 1890-1891

 Item — Box Photo S-20, item: 40
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints and original glass plate negatives of Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Sioux, Wichita, and Pawnee Indians. Also includes scenes of the U.S. Army, Fort Reno, Darlington Indian Agency and Concho Indian School, Indian Territory.

Dates: 1890-1891

Cheyenne-Arapaho camp on the North Canadian River. Fort Reno-Darlington Area. Circa 1890. Negatives, 5x7 acetate., 1890

 Item — Box Photo S-20, item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints and original glass plate negatives of Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Sioux, Wichita, and Pawnee Indians. Also includes scenes of the U.S. Army, Fort Reno, Darlington Indian Agency and Concho Indian School, Indian Territory.

Dates: 1890

Cheyenne-Arapaho Camp, tipis and buggies. 1890. Negative, glass plate., 1890

 Item — Box Photo S-20, item: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints and original glass plate negatives of Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Sioux, Wichita, and Pawnee Indians. Also includes scenes of the U.S. Army, Fort Reno, Darlington Indian Agency and Concho Indian School, Indian Territory.

Dates: 1890

Cheyenne-Arapaho camp with Darlington Indian Agency in background. Negatives, glass plate, 5x7 acetate., undated

 Item — Box Photo S-20, item: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints and original glass plate negatives of Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Sioux, Wichita, and Pawnee Indians. Also includes scenes of the U.S. Army, Fort Reno, Darlington Indian Agency and Concho Indian School, Indian Territory.

Dates: undated

Cheyenne-Arapaho camp with tipis, wagons. Fort Reno. Negatives, glass plate., undated

 Item — Box Photo S-20, item: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints and original glass plate negatives of Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Sioux, Wichita, and Pawnee Indians. Also includes scenes of the U.S. Army, Fort Reno, Darlington Indian Agency and Concho Indian School, Indian Territory.

Dates: undated

Cheyenne-Arapaho Ghost Dance. Tipis, horses, wagons, in foreground. Near lake. Camp near Fort Reno. Circa 1891. Negatives, glass plate, 4x5 and 5x7 acetate. (Photographer may have been C.C. Stotz), 1891

 Item — Box Photo S-20, item: 44
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints and original glass plate negatives of Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Sioux, Wichita, and Pawnee Indians. Also includes scenes of the U.S. Army, Fort Reno, Darlington Indian Agency and Concho Indian School, Indian Territory.

Dates: 1891

Cheyenne saddle with a beaded border. Neg., undated

 Item — Box Photo M-10, Item: 25
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Back and white original and copy prints of Watonga, Oklahoma, along with scenes of Cheyenne, Arapaho, Caddo and Creek Indians. William Houston Munger Manuscripts Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Colored heliotype of Shutaawitsi (Deputy) Preceded by Kothluwalawa, His Ceremonial Father.” (1904). Very colorful religious ceremony. By Mary Wright Gill from B.A.E 23rd Annual Report.  , 1904

 Item — Box Photo F-92A, item: 71
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white and color engravings of Indians of the Southwest, namely Pueblo, Hopi, and Navajo. Included are scenes of village life, native dwellings, individual Indians, and dances. Though less numerous, depictions of hunting and ceremonies of the Lakota, Blackfeet, Chippewa, and Mandan Indians are also included in the collection.

Dates: 1904

Colored lithograph of two “Co-co-pas” males playing with cards and a female playing with beads. (1857). By the artist Arthur Schott from Emory-U.S. & Mexican Boundary Survey.  , 1857

 Item — Box Photo F-92, item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white and color engravings of Indians of the Southwest, namely Pueblo, Hopi, and Navajo. Included are scenes of village life, native dwellings, individual Indians, and dances. Though less numerous, depictions of hunting and ceremonies of the Lakota, Blackfeet, Chippewa, and Mandan Indians are also included in the collection.

Dates: 1857

Colored lithograph of “Yumas-Figure to the Left- ‘Portrait of Leoch…’” (1857). Shows two Yuma women (one holding large sunflower) and one male hunter. Women wearing grass skirts. By Arthur Schott from Emory-U.S. & Mexican Boundary Survey. , 1857

 Item — Box Photo F-92, item: 21
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white and color engravings of Indians of the Southwest, namely Pueblo, Hopi, and Navajo. Included are scenes of village life, native dwellings, individual Indians, and dances. Though less numerous, depictions of hunting and ceremonies of the Lakota, Blackfeet, Chippewa, and Mandan Indians are also included in the collection.

Dates: 1857

Dead Man’s foot and other people at Strong Bull’s Camp, Anderson Chamberlain’s Ranch, four miles west of Watonga, Oklahoma. Negatives, glass plate, 5x7 acetate., undated

 Item — Box Photo S-20, item: 22
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints and original glass plate negatives of Cheyenne-Arapaho, Arapaho, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Sioux, Wichita, and Pawnee Indians. Also includes scenes of the U.S. Army, Fort Reno, Darlington Indian Agency and Concho Indian School, Indian Territory.

Dates: undated

Fred Lincoln Wenner Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-652
Scope and Contents

Journalist. Typescripts and manuscripts (1889-1939), and clippings (n.d.) regarding the history and settlement of Oklahoma; and correspondence (1904-1950) between Wenner and the Territorial Board for the Leasing of School Lands, of which Wenner was secretary, and with notable personalities in Oklahoma regarding Oklahoma history. Fred L. Wenner Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1887-1950

Gifts to Brewer from Tonkawa Indians., undated

 Item — Box Photo T-6A, item: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Tonkawa, Oklahoma Territory and state, and scenes of farming, railroad construction, schools and businesses. Also includes scenes of Caddo, Omaha, Wichita, Cheyenne, Tonkawa, Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache Indians. Tonkawa Public Library Manuscripts Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Indian Club., Undated

 Item — Box Photo R-9, item: 149
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of the University of Oklahoma, the Naval Air Station at Norman, Oklahoma, defense work at Tinker Field, including women workers, the British Air School at Miami, Oklahoma, during World War II, dust storms, Ponca and Cherokee Indians and scenes of the 101 Ranch. Grace Ernestine Ray Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

John Oliver Tahnedoah, Chief Swimming Bear, Kiowa. At Gourd Clan reunion. Yarn-wrapped braids. Carnegie, Oklahoma, 1970., 1970

 Item — Box Photo H-22, item: 43
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of railroad depots in Oklahoma and Kansas, along with scenes of mining settlements and mining in Colorado.

Dates: 1970

Kiowa Indian girl holding her doll and cradle board., undated

 Item — Box Photo T-7A, item: 160
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Tonkawa, Oklahoma Territory and state, and scenes of farming, railroad construction, schools and businesses. Also includes scenes of Caddo, Omaha, Wichita, Cheyenne, Tonkawa, Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache Indians. Tonkawa Public Library Manuscripts Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated