Indians of North America -- Religion
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Ah-ton-we-tuck (The Cock Turkey), a Kickapoo, repeating his prayer from the stick in his hand. Western shore of Lake Michigan, Illinois. Print of Catlin painting from the Smithsonian Institute., undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Kickapoo Indians from Kansas, Oklahoma, and Mexico, as well as Kickapoo bark lodges.
Albert Hamilton Black Collection
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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.
Apache Chief wearing an intricate crucifix around his neck, leather leggings and holding feathered accoutrements. Original. Purcell, Indian Territory., undated
Black and white original prints of Apache, Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Oto, and Wichita Indians taken at the Lenny and Sawyers Studio in Purcell, Indian Territory.
Black and white copper engraving of “The People of Florida Sacrificing Their First Born to the Sun.” (1778). Shows women dancing in a circle around women holding baby. Author unknown. From Russell, N.M. History of America. , 1778
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.
Black and white steel engravings (2) of a “Prophet’s Lodge.” And a Medawisos.” (1856). The first shows a Chippewa religious ceremony and the latter, a Sioux religious ceremony. By J.C. Tidball from Schoolcraft’s Indian Tribes. , 1856
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.
Doris Duke Indian Oral History Collection
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Oral history collection. Typescripts of interviews conducted with hundreds of American Indians in Oklahoma regarding the histories and cultures of their respective tribes. Included are accounts of Indian ceremonies, customs, social conditions, philosophies, and standards of living. Members of every tribe resident in Oklahoma were interviewed.
Elizabeth Clark Rosenthal Collection
George Silverhorn Collection
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Collector. Large painted cloth depicting an Indian peyote ritual.
Indian altar society. Women wearing blankets. Some carrying pocketbooks. Gathered with priest beside the church. Fairfax, Oklahoma. 3 copy prints, one 8x10 and two 5x7. Negative, 5x7., undated
Black and white copy prints of Catholic churches, schools and monastic orders in Oklahoma. Also includes Osage and Quapaw Indians and scenes of Guthrie, Boley, Langston, Fairfax, Ardmore, Antlers and Chickasha, Oklahoma.
Ma-shee-na (The Elk’s Horns), a Kickapoo sub-chief, in the act of praying. Western shore of Lake Michigan. Print of Catlin painting from the Smithsonian Institute., undated
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Kickapoo Indians from Kansas, Oklahoma, and Mexico, as well as Kickapoo bark lodges.
Madeline Czarina Colbert Conlan Collection
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Historian. Manuscripts by Conlan reflecting the histories and cultures of numerous Indian tribes, the Choctaw Indians in particular, from 1756 to 1932; and a textbook, published in Great Britain (1950).
Mass in the woods. Quapaw Reservation, I.T. Father Ketchum. Photographer – Sipple, Baxter Springs. 2 copy prints, 5x7. Negative, 5x7., undated
Black and white copy prints of Catholic churches, schools and monastic orders in Oklahoma. Also includes Osage and Quapaw Indians and scenes of Guthrie, Boley, Langston, Fairfax, Ardmore, Antlers and Chickasha, Oklahoma.
Sepia steel engraving of “Gods of the Dakotas.” (1853). Shows drawn figures of the gods of water, forest, thunder, grass, and war. By S. Eastman from Schoolcraft’s Indian Tribes. , 1853
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.
The prayer stick which Kannekuk, the Kickapoo prophet, used. Prayer stick in the possession of his grandson, John Winsee. Drawing made in October, 1906. Copy from the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas. Negative, 5x7., 1906 October
Black-and-white original and copy prints of Kickapoo Indians from Kansas, Oklahoma, and Mexico, as well as Kickapoo bark lodges.
Thomas McKean Finney and Frank Florer Finney Collection
Tinted lithograph of a “Indian Altar and Ruins of Old Zuni.” (1856). Shows Indian performing some type of ritual. Before the altar with two white men looking on in the distance. By H.B. Mollhausen from Pacific R.R. Surveys, Volume 3. , 1856
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.
Tinted lithograph of “Zuni Sacred Spring.” (1856). Shows spring surrounded by a rock wall. From Pacific R.R. Surveys, Volume 3. , 1856
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.
Tonkawa Public Library Collection
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Typescripts of interviews and news articles with pioneers and army officers from the area around present-day Tonkawa, Oklahoma, regarding U.S. Army operations, Indians, and the settlement of the region. Tonkawa Public Library Photograph Collection also in repository.
Walter Stanley Campbell Collection
Professor. Personal correspondence (1897–1957); correspondence with Campbell’s relatives (1822–1896); correspondence with publishers and literary agents (1920–1958); literary manuscripts (circa 1914–1957); diaries, notebooks, and journals (1901–1926); and business papers (circa 1925–1959) regarding Campbell’s writings on the West, Indians, and Oklahoma, with emphasis on transportation, fortifications, cowboys, wars and battles, criminals and outlaws, and American Indian chiefs, along with original Indian art by Carl Sweezy. [Boxes 104 through 121 of this collection are available online at the OU Libraries website.]FULL FINDING AID (PDF)
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