Visual Materials

Ponca

Description: Studio portraits of Eagle Plume, White Eagle and a group of men in traditional clothing and regalia.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1869-approximately 1915.
Call number: photCL 275
Creator: Ingalls, George W (1838-1921)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Mrs. Elizabeth A. Ingalls, 1923.
Restrictions: Advance arrangements for viewing negatives must be made in advance with the Curator of Photographs. The collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department.

Ute

Visual Materials

Studio portraits of Colorado Ute Indians wearing traditional and western clothing. People identified: Henry Jim; Galota (i.e. Charlie Grote, d. 1906) in image 1; Buckskin Charley (or Charlie) in image 16; Schavano (or Shavano) in image 6; Ignacio; Chief Ouray and his wife, Chipeta; Wass in image 7; Severo (Capote) in image 4. Includes portrait of Ignacio and Ouray together. Research shows that these photographs are connected to the 1880 Ute delegation to Washington, D.C. (Source: Identification made from group portrait of 1880 delegation in James Jefferson, Robert W. Delaney, and Gregory C. Thompson, "The Southern Utes: A Tribal History," (Ignacio, CO: Southern Ute Tribe, 1972), p. 36.

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Osage

Visual Materials

Studio portraits; family and wickiup; subchiefs at Grand Council, 1875. Views of Industrial Boarding School, Osage Agency in Indian Territory, and a group portrait of white agency employees, ca. 1880. People identified: Strike Axe; Epe-saun-cee; War Eagle and Eagle Feather; Saucy Chief; Wash-en-pashie; Grey Bird; Two Giver; Hle-ah-too-me (with baby).

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Choctaw/Chickasaw

Visual Materials

Studio portraits of delegates and U.S.-educated Indian men and women; Council House building and group portraits of tribal members; group portraits of Indian school girls; new homes and buildings built in Indian Territory. People identified: Peter Pitchlyn; Allen Wright; Coleman Cole; Dan Tucker; S. W. Garvin; Ah-it-to-tub-by; D. O. Fisher; Samuel A-ha-tone and Lone Wolf; residence of Smith Paul, Paul's Valley, Oklahoma. Photographers: cartes-de-visite by A. G. DaLee (Lawrence, Kansas) and J. T. Bradshaw (Quincy, Illinois). Also A. Zeno Shindler (1869 portrait of Choctaw delegate Allen Wright).

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Modoc

Visual Materials

Studio portraits of individuals involved in the Modoc War of 1873: Tobey Riddle (or Winema), Frank Riddle and their son, Jeff Riddle; Scarface Charley; Steamboat Frank; Shacknasty Jim; Captain Jack; U.S. Indian scouts Tecumseh, Dave Hill and George Harney (Warm Spring Apache). Photographs by Charles M. Bell, Washington D.C., 1875. Also included are group portraits of Modoc school children and white teachers, ca. 1875.

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Paiute (Northern)

Visual Materials

Mostly in Nevada. Includes portraits; woman weaving willow water bottle; men and women playing cards and gambling; locations in Paiute legends. People identified: G.W. Ingalls and Wovoka (or Jack Wilson), originator of the Ghost Dance; Son of the Moon or Wah-Quadzy; Captain Dave Numana; "Old Winnemucca" Paiute Chief of Nevada; Sarah Winnemucca; Johnson Sides. Photographers: E.P. Butler; Latto (Boston); Oakland Studio; unidentified.

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U.S. Indian Agents, Missionaries and Explorers

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Studio portraits of Rev. James Wilbur and G. W. Ingalls; group portrait of missionaries and Indians in western suits. Also included are four John K. Hillers photographs made during J. W. Powell's 1873 expedition to the Southwest, which included Ingalls. Pictured are Powell, Ingalls, James C. Pilling, J. E. Colburn, Thomas Moran, Nathan Adams, and Paiute Indians. Photographer: John K. Hillers; unidentified.

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