American Indian Collection (#8)

Trapezoidal doorway leading to Inca Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador
NWI4905451 Trapezoidal doorway leading to Inca Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador.; (add.info)

Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador
NWI4905417 Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador.; (add.info.: Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains)

Reconstructed Inca dwelling amid the ruins at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador
NWI4905173 Reconstructed Inca dwelling amid the ruins at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador.; (add.info.: Reconstructed Inca dwelling amid the ruins at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains)

John Smith (1580-1631) during his captivity among the Indians. John Smith while a captive among Native Americans of
NWI4901890 John Smith (1580-1631) during his captivity among the Indians. John Smith while a captive among Native Americans of Virginia Colony.; (add.info)

Young Navajo Pollen Trail Dancer honoring weavers with the Sash and Rug Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials
NWI4909286 Young Navajo Pollen Trail Dancer honoring weavers with the Sash and Rug Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials

Zuni Red-Tailed Hawk Dancer performing the Turkey Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico
NWI4908980 Zuni Red-Tailed Hawk Dancer performing the Turkey Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico.; (add.info)

Zuni Red-Tailed Hawk Dancer performing the Turkey Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico
NWI4908944 Zuni Red-Tailed Hawk Dancer performing the Turkey Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico.; (add.info)

Navajo Blue Eagle Dancer honoring weavers with the Belt Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico
NWI4908768 Navajo Blue Eagle Dancer honoring weavers with the Belt Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico.; (add.info)

Navajo Blue Eagle Dancers honoring weavers with the Belt Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico
NWI4908364 Navajo Blue Eagle Dancers honoring weavers with the Belt Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico.; (add.info)

Navajo Blue Eagle Dancers performing the Corn-Grinding Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico
NWI4908299 Navajo Blue Eagle Dancers performing the Corn-Grinding Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico.; (add.info)

Navajo Blue Eagle Dancer performing the Basket Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico
NWI4908066 Navajo Blue Eagle Dancer performing the Basket Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico.; (add.info)

Navajo Pollen Trail Dancer performing the Hoop Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico
NWI4907997 Navajo Pollen Trail Dancer performing the Hoop Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico.; (add.info)

Zuni Pueblo woman baking bread in an horno at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico
NWI4907928 Zuni Pueblo woman baking bread in an horno at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico.; (add.info.: Zuni Pueblo woman baking bread in an horno at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials)

Doorway of Spanish mission at Pecos Pueblo, seat of the 17th-century Pueblo Revolt, New Mexico
NWI4907503 Doorway of Spanish mission at Pecos Pueblo, seat of the 17th-century Pueblo Revolt, New Mexico.; (add.info.: Doorway of Spanish mission at Pecos Pueblo)

Ruins of Spanish mission at Pecos Pueblo, seat of the 17th-century Pueblo Revolt, New Mexico
NWI4907402 Ruins of Spanish mission at Pecos Pueblo, seat of the 17th-century Pueblo Revolt, New Mexico.; (add.info.: Ruins of Spanish mission at Pecos Pueblo, seat of the 17th-century Pueblo Revolt)

White House, ruins of an Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling, Chelly Canyon, Arizona
NWI4906660 White House, ruins of an Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling, Chelly Canyon, Arizona.; (add.info.: White House, ruins of an Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling, Chelly Canyon)

White House, ruins of an Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling, Chelly Canyon, Arizona
NWI4906610 White House, ruins of an Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling, Chelly Canyon, Arizona.; (add.info.: White House, ruins of an Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling, Chelly Canyon)

Ruins of Spanish mission at Pecos Pueblo, seat of the 17th-century Pueblo Revolt, New Mexico
NWI4907286 Ruins of Spanish mission at Pecos Pueblo, seat of the 17th-century Pueblo Revolt, New Mexico.; (add.info.: Ruins of Spanish mission at Pecos Pueblo, seat of the 17th-century Pueblo Revolt)

Bear paw petroglyphs of the Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloans, Chelly Canyon, Arizona
NWI4906293 Bear paw petroglyphs of the Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloans, Chelly Canyon, Arizona.; (add.info.: Bear paw petroglyphs of the Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloans, Chelly Canyon)

Daily Life of American Indians: Indian Paleon Caribou Hunter. Indians nod the skin of the animal to dry it in
NWI4906140 Daily Life of American Indians: Indian Paleon Caribou Hunter. Indians nod the skin of the animal to dry it in the plains of the United States; (add.info.: Daily Life of American Indians)

Civilization of American Indians. Botocoudo woman, Indian ethnic group, forests of Brazil
JAB5036749 Civilization of American Indians. Botocoudo woman, Indian ethnic group, forests of Brazil. In "Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire naturelle" by Mr

Tipi (Tepee), a Sioux Indian dwelling, in a snow storm, emitting sparks from the centre of the hole to its top
NWI4896528 Tipi (Tepee), a Sioux Indian dwelling, in a snow storm, emitting sparks from the centre of the hole to its top, in the Grande Prairie (USA and Canada), circa 1800 Lithography

History of Indigenous Peoples: Wampanoag Warrior in costume, Massachusetts. Colourful engraving of the 19th century
NWI4896246 History of Indigenous Peoples: Wampanoag Warrior in costume, Massachusetts. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: History of Indigenous Peoples)

Pilgrim Fathers celebrating Thanksgiving with their Indian friends in New England
NWI4900621 Pilgrim Fathers celebrating Thanksgiving with their Indian friends in New England (fete celebree on November 30 to thank God for the first recuperation)

History of Indigenous Peoples: Native Americans practice running, shooting arrows, and throwing ball, Florida, 1500s
NWI4894589 History of Indigenous Peoples: Native Americans practice running, shooting arrows, and throwing ball, Florida, 1500s

The feathered snake, Ko Lo Wissi, from the Pueblo Indians, mythological and sacred figure of the Pueblo religion
NWI4894567 The feathered snake, Ko Lo Wissi, from the Pueblo Indians, mythological and sacred figure of the Pueblo religion (New Mexico)

History of Indigenous Peoples: Hut in land of the Indians of Omaha, the Great Plains, 1800s
NWI4894231 History of Indigenous Peoples: Hut in land of the Indians of Omaha, the Great Plains, 1800s. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: History of Indigenous Peoples)

History of indigenous peoples: Village of Seminole with thatched houses in the Everglades, United States, 19th century
NWI4894195 History of indigenous peoples: Village of Seminole with thatched houses in the Everglades, United States, 19th century

Indian ceremony of a tribe from the south east, involving a ritual of fire, circa 1500
NWI4894135 Indian ceremony of a tribe from the south east, involving a ritual of fire, circa 1500. In the centre of a tent village, the sorcerer poured liquid on flames

Geographic map of the distribution of Indian tribes (Iroquois, Algonquin, Modoc, Nez Perce, Blackfeet, Crow, Sioux)
NWI4894085 Geographic map of the distribution of Indian tribes (Iroquois, Algonquin, Modoc, Nez Perce, Blackfeet, Crow, Sioux, Ojibwa, Pawnee (or Paneassa, Pari, Pariki), Osage, Kiowa, Caddo

Geographic map of the distribution of Indian tribes (Iroquois, Algonquin, Modoc, Nez Perce, Blackfeet, Crow, Sioux)
NWI4893916 Geographic map of the distribution of Indian tribes (Iroquois, Algonquin, Modoc, Nez Perce, Blackfeet, Crow, Sioux, Ojibwa, Pawnee (or Paneassa, Pari, Pariki), Osage, Kiowa, Caddo

History of Indigenous Peoples: Native Americans driving a herd of wild horses into the water
NWI4893848 History of Indigenous Peoples: Native Americans driving a herd of wild horses into the water. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: History of Indigenous Peoples)

Indians of America: Indians of South East America hunting deer, 16th century. Engraving
NWI4897385 Indians of America: Indians of South East America hunting deer, 16th century. Engraving.; (add.info.: Indians of America: Indians of South East America hunting deer, 16th century)

Indians of America: Seminoles in a monoxyl canoe made in a strain of cypers, Florida, 19th century
NWI4897258 Indians of America: Seminoles in a monoxyl canoe made in a strain of cypers, Florida, 19th century. Coloured engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Indians of America)

History of Indigenous Peoples: American Indians using whale bones as a guide to Hoe to plant corn and beans, Florida
NWI4896976 History of Indigenous Peoples: American Indians using whale bones as a guide to Hoe to plant corn and beans, Florida, 16th century

History of Indigenous Peoples: Sioux Warriors loading on horseback to the sun
NWI4896942 History of Indigenous Peoples: Sioux Warriors loading on horseback to the sun. Colourful engraving after an illustration by Frederic Remington.; (add.info.: History of Indigenous Peoples)

History of Indigenous Peoples: Native Americans in a canoe hunting elan. Colourful engraving of the 19th century
NWI4896857 History of Indigenous Peoples: Native Americans in a canoe hunting elan. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: History of Indigenous Peoples)

History of Indigenous Peoples: Native American Indian playing flute with young women from a prairie village
NWI4896691 History of Indigenous Peoples: Native American Indian playing flute with young women from a prairie village. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

History of Indigenous Peoples: Religious Ceremony of Zuni using Tobacco, New Mexico
NWI4896631 History of Indigenous Peoples: Religious Ceremony of Zuni using Tobacco, New Mexico. Coloured engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: History of Indigenous Peoples)

Indians of America: Village of Tipis in Arapaho, 19th century
NWI4898241 Indians of America: Village of Tipis in Arapaho, 19th century.; (add.info.: Indians of America: Village of Tipis in Arapaho, 19th century.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

History of Indigenous Peoples: Mohawk Village, New York, circa 1780. Colourful engraving of the 19th century
NWI4896402 History of Indigenous Peoples: Mohawk Village, New York, circa 1780. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: History of Indigenous Peoples: Mohawk Village, New York)

American Indians: Strips of meat drying to make dried meat in strips near a tipie in the plains
NWI4897743 American Indians: Strips of meat drying to make dried meat in strips near a tipie in the plains. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: American Indians)

Indians of America: Warrior Pueblo (Anasazi) of Katzimo, near Acoma, monitors the movements of an army in the bay
NWI4897603 Indians of America: Warrior Pueblo (Anasazi) of Katzimo, near Acoma, monitors the movements of an army in the bay

American Indians: Sauk and Fox Indians of American Algonquin (or Algonquian) in the Great Lakes region, 1850
NWI4897494 American Indians: Sauk and Fox Indians of American Algonquin (or Algonquian) in the Great Lakes region, 1850. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: American Indians)

History of Indigenous Peoples: A woman of the Iroquois tribe pounding grain in a large mortar in her wooden house
NWI4895941 History of Indigenous Peoples: A woman of the Iroquois tribe pounding grain in a large mortar in her wooden house, 1890's

History of indigenous peoples: Indians of Flathead (tribe of flat heads) applauding the forehead of a new born in a
NWI4895836 History of indigenous peoples: Indians of Flathead (tribe of flat heads) applauding the forehead of a new born in a board that crushes his head

Powhatan Indian pot from Virginia (USA), 1585, on a campfire, filled with water for cooking cobs of maize
NWI4894951 Powhatan Indian pot from Virginia (USA), 1585, on a campfire, filled with water for cooking cobs of maize. Wooden engraving, colour, 19th century

History of Indigenous Peoples: Indian warrior (Sioux) with victims, Northern Great Plains
NWI4894865 History of Indigenous Peoples: Indian warrior (Sioux) with victims, Northern Great Plains. Colourful engraving from an illustration by Frederic Remington.; (add.info)

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"Exploring the Rich Heritage of American Indian Culture" Step back in time and immerse yourself in the vibrant world of the American Indian. From ancient civilizations to historic events, their legacy is beautifully depicted through art and artifacts. Delve into pre-Columbian life with Diego Rivera's captivating mural, showcasing the Zapotec Civilization. The intricate details transport you to a bygone era, offering glimpses into their daily lives. Journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts, where Jennie A. Brownscombe's oil painting captures "The First Thanksgiving. " Witness the harmonious gathering between Pilgrims and Native Americans as they celebrate unity amidst adversity. Trace the footsteps of tribes across America with maps from 1612 and 1715. These visual representations reveal how indigenous communities thrived across vast territories, each with its unique customs and traditions. Experience Santa Fe's Indian Market, where Native American baskets showcase exquisite craftsmanship passed down through generations. Admire these masterpieces that embody cultural pride and artistic excellence. Marvel at Captain John Smith's map of Virginia from 1612, providing insights into early interactions between European settlers and local tribes. This historical document sheds light on a pivotal chapter in American history. Explore Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) during Spanish conquest through a colored woodcut from 1556. Marvel at its grandeur before it was forever altered by colonization—a testament to resilience against foreign forces. Discover Cheyenne Chief Two Moons' regal presence captured by Edward S. Curtis in 1910—an iconic portrait that immortalizes tribal leadership during challenging times. Witness Jean Leon Gerome Ferris' depiction of "The First Thanksgiving" in 1621—a heartwarming scene symbolizing cooperation between Pilgrims and Native Americans during an uncertain period for both cultures. Meet Sitting Bear - Arikara - brought to life by artist John Andrew & Son in 1908—his dignified gaze reflecting strength and resilience, embodying the spirit of his people.