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Apache

Description: People identified: Dr. Carlos Montezuma (childhood through adulthood); Esh-kin-tsay-gizah "Mike" (White Mountain Apache); Al-chi-say (White Mountain Apache); San Juan (Mescalero Apache); Little Blond; Augustin Virgil (Jicarilla Apache). Some portraits made during delegation to Washington, D.C., 1874. Photographers: Cosmopolitan Photographic Studio (Chicago); Gentile (Chicago); Baker & Johnston (Evanston, Wyoming); A. Frank Randall; unidentified.
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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Chippewa/Ojibwa

Visual Materials

Studio portraits of members of Ojibwa Delegation to Washington D.C., ca. 1880. Photographs attributed to Charles M. Bell. People identified: [Identifications and spellings from Smithsonian image database] Edawigijig; Kis-ki-ta-wag; Wadwaiasoug; Akewainzee; Oshawashkogijig; Nijogijig (Two Days); Oshoga (O-sho-ga); Wasigwanabi; Ogimagijig; Naw-gaw-nab.

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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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Shoshone

Visual Materials

Mostly in Nevada, Utah. Includes studio portraits, dance scenes, dwellings, tepees. One photograph of Indians with Sheriff Ferrel; writing in hand of Ingalls says: "The Aftermath or the four survivors of last Indian massacre of Nevada before mess cleaned up at Reno. July 1910." One of the Shoshone girls was adopted and re-named Mary Josephine Estep, and there are several photos of her growing up. Several photographs of Chief Washakie (Eastern Shoshone) with his council and his family. Photographers: 1 carte-de-visite by C. R. Savage; Baker & Johnston (Evanston, Wyoming); 2 stereographs published by O. C. Smith (Brooklyn, New York).

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Crow

Visual Materials

Studio portraits and candid photographs of families, dances and school children, mostly in Montana. Views of Indians and whites at Baptist Mission. Two photographs of Crow delegates in Washington D.C. by Charles M. Bell. People identified: Plenty Coups; Bull Tail, White Mouth and families; Shows-a-Fish and Theodore White Mouth; White Arm and family; Rebecca Flathead; Pretty Shell and Pretty Beads (mother and child); Good Eye. Photographers: Charles M. Bell; Huffman, Montana; unidentified.

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Ponca

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Studio portraits of Eagle Plume, White Eagle and a group of men in traditional clothing and regalia.

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