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Kiowa

Description

Kiowa Indians who became Baptist Church deacons; families on porch of new house; Indians at churches in Oklahoma; tepees; dwellings; encampments; woman painting history on buffalo robe.

People identified: Deacon Podelly; Chief Big Tree; Pi-tal-ye (Sun Boy); Deacon Wind; Deacon Sinco; Samuel Akutone. Photographers/publishers: John K. Hillers; Russell (Anadarko, OK); Hedrick (Taloga, OK); unidentified.

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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.

Arapaho

Visual Materials

Photographs by John K. Hillers, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, 1875. People identified: Chief Left Hand; Chief Big Mouth and his daughters; Bear Robe and wife; Chief White Man; Yellow Bear and wife.

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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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Cheyenne

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Photographs by John K. Hillers, except three by unidentified photographers. Most are group and single portraits of Cheyenne delegates to the annual Grand Council, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 1875. Several views of temporary encampments. [Note: Sometimes Ingalls' dates on backs of prints and his ledger captions differ by one year – 1874 or 1875]. People identified: G. W. Ingalls with group of Cheyenne, 1875; Phil McCusker, U.S. Interpreter, and wife "Minnehaha"; Little Chief; Feathered Wolf; Plenty Horses; White Shield and son; Starving Elk; Little Bear and wife; Buffalo Meat; Chief Whirlwind and wife; Wolf on the Hill and wife.

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Kiowa kids [Six Kiowa girls sitting by wagons]

Visual Materials

A disbound album of primarily portrait photographs of Plains Indians, taken by photographer William E. Irwin from the 1890s to early 1900s, in Indian Territory. His images document the Chiricahua Apache, Comanche, and Kiowa Indians who lived near Anadarko and Fort Sill, Oklahoma; some photographs may have been taken at Irwin's studio at Chickasha, Indian Territory. Besides the studio and field portraits, there are also candid views illustrating late 19th-century Plains Indians in their daily lives; several views of cowboys and cow herding; Fort Sill; tepees; landscapes; and one view of a Wichita Indian grass house or wickiup. Notable portraits include those of Geronimo, seated, posing with headdress and revolver; Appeahtone (Kiowa Chief) and his wife; and Quanah Parker (Comanche Chief) with two of his wives. Many of the photographs focus on Comanche and Kiowa Indians posing for studio portraits. These portraits depict infants and children, young women, mothers, scouts, and warriors, many identified by name. Named individuals include Poor Buffalo, White Buffalo, Lone Wolf, and Little White Shield, among others. Field photographs show Apache, Kiowa, and Comanche encampments; a Wichita grass house; both cowboys and Indians caring for their herds; and views in and around Anadarko and Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

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Kiowa

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