United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shoshone Agency
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2205
Container / Volume:
Volume 10
Image Count:
5
Abstract:
Seven volumes of letterpress copies of ALS and TLS concerning business of the Shoshone Agency at the Wind River Indian Reservation, 1903-1907; two volumes of letterpress copies of manuscript and typescript letters and receipts relating to financial bu...
Description:
The Wind River Indian Reservation, located in Fremont County, Wyoming, was created for the Eastern Shoshoni Indians under provisions of the Treaty of Fort Bridger in 1868. Part of the Reservation was occupied by Northern Arapaho Indians in 1878. Har...
Subject (Geographic):
Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming., Northern Arapaho Tribe., Wyoming., Fort Washakie (Wyo.), and Wind River Indian Reservation (Wyo.)
Subject (Name):
Burnett, Fincelius G., 1844-1933., Nickerson, H. G., Ryder, James P., Wadsworth, Harry E., and United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shoshone Agency.
Subject (Topic):
Arapaho Indians, Government relations, Land tenure, Missions, Arapaho reservations, Social life and customs, Indian reservations, Shoshoni Indians, and Shoshoni reservations
Images created by George Trager and distributed by the Northwestern Photographic Company of views of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, including portraits of Dakota Indians and United States Army personnel, and the aftermath of the Woun...
Description:
George E. Trager began photographing army officers and Dakota Indians at the Pine Ridge Reservation in March, 1890. He later formed a partnership with Joseph Ford to sell photographs of Pine Ridge, including images following the Wounded Knee Massacre,...
Subject (Geographic):
South Dakota, Pine Ridge, and Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)
Subject (Name):
Ford, Joseph, fl. 1890-1892., Trager, George E., Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company, Northwestern Photographic Co., and United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Indians of North America, Indian reservations, and Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
Photographs of the Apache Indian Reservation in San Carlos, Arizona, including views of the new guardhouse, a scouts camp, and Indian children at school
Description:
Manuscript captions on verso of some mounts.
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona, Arizona., and San Carlos Indian Reservation (Ariz.)
Subject (Topic):
Indian reservations, Indians of North America, and Apache Indians
Photographs of landscapes on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, a group of miners at the Poor Man Mine in Idaho, and views of the cities of Dickenson, Jamestown, and Medora, North Dakota, apparently taken from a railroad car window
Description:
Manuscript captions on mounts.
Subject (Geographic):
Montana, Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.), Idaho, North Dakota, and Poor Man Mine (Idaho)
Subject (Topic):
Indian reservations, Pictorial works, Miners, and Cities and towns
Photographs of Dakota Indian camps and of St. Elizabeth Mission in South Dakota. Loose photographs depict camps and winter houses and families, their pets and livestock. There are several portraits of school children and students, perhaps at Hampton ...
Description:
Manuscript captions accompany many of the photographs. One card photograph, published by Seymour of Sioux City, Iowa, and one unmounted print of two children in cradleboards, copyright 1898 by Lee Morehouse, are present among the otherwise anonymous ...
Subject (Geographic):
South Dakota, St. Elizabeth's Mission, Wakpala, and Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.)
Subject (Name):
Deloria, Tina. and Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Va.)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Dakota Indians, and Indian reservations
Photographs of Indian dwellings and studio portraits of Arikara, Gros Ventres (Hidatsa) and Mandan Indians apparently taken at Fort Berthold Indian agency in North Dakota. The portraits are identified as Crow Bear, Lean Wolf, Energy Searcher, Lean Ma...
Description:
Unmounted half stereographs, with manuscript captions on verso.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (N.D.) and North Dakota
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Arikara Indians, Mandan Indians, Hidatsa Indians, and Indian reservations
Photograph album by an unidentified photographer of Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kiowa Indians, probably taken in or around the Cheyenne-Arapaho Agency in Darlington, Canadian County, Oklahoma. The outdoor scenes include a large number of family groups, wome...
Description:
Individual photographs measure 10 x 12.5 cm, and have manuscript captions and numbers.
Subject (Geographic):
Oklahoma and Darlington (Okla.)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Cheyenne Indians, Arapaho Indians, Kiowa Indians, Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian Agency (Okla.), Baptism, Missionaries, and Indian reservations
Photographs show groups of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians posed in front of tipis, tents, and trees, most likely in what is now Oklahoma. A few wear western clothing, and a white man and boy appear in some images. Individuals pictured include Mrs. Scabb...
Description:
Photographer unidentified.
Subject (Geographic):
Oklahoma, Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation (Okla.), and Niagara Falls (N.Y.)
Subject (Name):
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma
Subject (Topic):
Arapaho Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Indian reservations, Indians of North America, and Tipis
Circa thirty letters, most autograph, signed, to George LeRoy Brown, primarily concerning his term as acting Indian agent of Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota. Brown's dispute with writer and activist Charles Eastman is particularly well documented. B...
Description:
George LeRoy Brown (1849-1921) was acting Indian agent at the Pine Ridge Agency from 1891 to 1893, following the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. An 1872 graduate of West Point, Brown served as professor of military science at Delaware College, later th...
Subject (Geographic):
South Dakota. and Pine Ridge (S.D.)
Subject (Name):
Brown, George LeRoy, 1849-1921., Cutcheon, Byron M., 1836-1908., Eastman, Charles A., 1858-1939., Hare, William Hobart, 1838-1909., Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840-1924., Sanford, George B. 1842-1908. (George Bliss),, Welsh, Herbert, 1851-1941., and United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency.
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Government relations, Indian agents, and Indian reservations
