
A Knik family
Knik Chief Nikaly and his family of the Athabascan Dena’ina tribe pose next to a tent near Anchorage, Alaska, in 1918 for photographer H.G. Kaiser. Located on Cook...

A Shoshone-Bannock man
Photographed around 1940, in full regalia, George P. LeVatta, was a member of the Shoshone-Bannock tribe from the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho. He worked as a...

A few of the best of the West
Pictured are members of Troop C, probably of the 5th Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army, Fort Grant, Arizona, in 1881. The post, designated a fort on April 5, 1879, and...

A salute and the flag
Russell DeCora, a member of the Winnebago Tribe, was photographed in June 1942, while serving in the U.S. Navy.

Andrew Knife in regalia
This photo of Andrew Knife from 1941–42, at age 58, is included in the records of the Indian Reservation at Pine Ridge, South Dakota.

Bright Path in the blocks
Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe was a member of the Sac and Fox tribe who was born in Oklahoma in 1888. Named by the Associated Press as the greatest athelete of the...

Bull Eagle signs up
By signing this document on August 21, 1874, Bull Eagle of the Lakota Sioux enlisted as a scout with the 11th Infantry Regiment during the Plains Indians Wars. He...