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Art of the American West: North American Indian Photographs

The National Gallery of Art's catalog term for Catlin's Cartoon Collection portraits and scenes of Native nations of North America - Mandan, Sioux, Crow, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Seminole and many more - named here with Catlin's own spellings.

Three Distinguished Warriors of the Sioux Tribe, 1861

Three Distinguished Warriors of the Sioux Tribe

1861

A Sioux Chief, His Daughter, and a Warrior, 1861

A Sioux Chief, His Daughter, and a Warrior

1861

The Sioux Chief with Several Indians, 1861

The Sioux Chief with Several Indians

1861

A Little Sioux Village, 1861

A Little Sioux Village

1861

Scalp Dance - Sioux, 1861

Scalp Dance - Sioux

1861

Dog Dance - Sioux, 1861

Dog Dance - Sioux

1861

Ball-Play of the Women - Sioux, 1861

Ball-Play of the Women - Sioux

1861

A Dog Feast - Sioux, 1861

A Dog Feast - Sioux

1861

Facsimile of a Sioux Robe with Porcupine Quills, 1861

Facsimile of a Sioux Robe with Porcupine Quills

1861

Buffalo Chase, Sioux Indians, Upper Missouri, 1861

Buffalo Chase, Sioux Indians, Upper Missouri

1861

After the Buffalo Chase - Sioux, 1861

After the Buffalo Chase - Sioux

1861

A Sioux Village, 1861

A Sioux Village

1861

Halsey's Bluff - Sioux Indians on the March, 1861

Halsey's Bluff - Sioux Indians on the March

1861

Sioux Village - Lac du Cygne, 1861

Sioux Village - Lac du Cygne

1861

A Sioux War Party, 1861

A Sioux War Party

1861

Bivouac of a Sioux War Party, 1861

Bivouac of a Sioux War Party

1861

Amusing Dance - Sioux, 1861

Amusing Dance - Sioux

1861

Bivouac of a Sioux War Party at Sunrise, 1861

Bivouac of a Sioux War Party at Sunrise

1861

Crow Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior, 1861

Crow Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

1861

Distinguished Crow Indians, 1861

Distinguished Crow Indians

1861

A Crow Chief, a Warrior, and His Wife, 1855

A Crow Chief, a Warrior, and His Wife

1855

A Crow Chief at His Toilette, 1861

A Crow Chief at His Toilette

1861

Crow Warriors Bathing, 1861

Crow Warriors Bathing

1861

A Crow Village on the Salmon River, 1855

A Crow Village on the Salmon River

1855

A Crow Village and the Salmon River Mountains, 1855

A Crow Village and the Salmon River Mountains

1855

A Small Crow Village, 1855

A Small Crow Village

1855

Two Blackfoot Warriors and a Woman, 1861

Two Blackfoot Warriors and a Woman

1861

A Blackfoot Chief, His Wife, and a Medicine Man, 1861

A Blackfoot Chief, His Wife, and a Medicine Man

1861

Three Blackfoot Men, 1855

Three Blackfoot Men

1855

Arapaho Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior, 1861

Arapaho Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

1861

Two Arapaho Warriors and a Woman, 1861

Two Arapaho Warriors and a Woman

1861

Assinneboine Warrior and His Family, 1861

Assinneboine Warrior and His Family

1861

Assinneboine Chief before and after Civilization, 1861

Assinneboine Chief before and after Civilization

1861

Two Nezperce Warriors and a Boy, 1855

Two Nezperce Warriors and a Boy

1855

Antelope Shooting - Assinneboine, 1861

Antelope Shooting - Assinneboine

1861

A Cheyenne Chief, His Wife, and a Medicine Man, 1861

A Cheyenne Chief, His Wife, and a Medicine Man

1861

Three Cheyenne Warriors, 1861

Three Cheyenne Warriors

1861

Cheyenne Village, 1861

Cheyenne Village

1861

A Cheyenne Warrior Resting His Horse, 1861

A Cheyenne Warrior Resting His Horse

1861

Facsimile of a Cheyenne Robe, 1861

Facsimile of a Cheyenne Robe

1861

A Small Cheyenne Village, 1861

A Small Cheyenne Village

1861

The Cheyenne Brothers Starting on Their Fall Hunt, 1861

The Cheyenne Brothers Starting on Their Fall Hunt

1861

The Cheyenne Brothers Returning from Their Fall Hunt, 1861

The Cheyenne Brothers Returning from Their Fall Hunt

1861

Four Kiowa Indians, 1861

Four Kiowa Indians

1861

Kiowa Chief, His Wife, and Two Warriors, 1861

Kiowa Chief, His Wife, and Two Warriors

1861

Kiowa Indians Gathering Wild Grapes, 1861

Kiowa Indians Gathering Wild Grapes

1861

Camanchee Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior, 1861

Camanchee Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

1861

Camanchee Chief with Three Warriors, 1861

Camanchee Chief with Three Warriors

1861

Camanchee Chief's Children and Wigwam, 1861

Camanchee Chief's Children and Wigwam

1861

Sham Fight of the Camanchees, 1861

Sham Fight of the Camanchees

1861

Camanchee Horsemanship, 1861

Camanchee Horsemanship

1861

Battle between the Jiccarilla Apachees and Camanchees, 1861

Battle between the Jiccarilla Apachees and Camanchees

1861

Camanchees Moving, 1861

Camanchees Moving

1861

Defile of a Camanchee War Party, 1861

Defile of a Camanchee War Party

1861

Tawahquena Village, 1861

Tawahquena Village

1861

Pawneepict Chief, Two Daughters, and a Warrior, 1861

Pawneepict Chief, Two Daughters, and a Warrior

1861

Three Shoshonee Warriors, 1861

Three Shoshonee Warriors

1861

Three Shoshonee Warriors Armed for War, 1861

Three Shoshonee Warriors Armed for War

1861

Two Unidentified North American Indians, 1861

Two Unidentified North American Indians

1861

Pawnee Indians, 1861

Pawnee Indians

1861

A Pawnee Chief with Two Warriors, 1861

A Pawnee Chief with Two Warriors

1861

Facsimile of a Pawnee Doctor's Robe with Fantastic Professional…, 1861

Facsimile of a Pawnee Doctor's Robe with Fantastic…

1861

Facsimile of a Pawnee Doctor's Robe, 1861

Facsimile of a Pawnee Doctor's Robe

1861

Pawnee Indians Approaching Buffalo, 1861

Pawnee Indians Approaching Buffalo

1861

Encampment of Pawnee Indians at Sunset, 1861

Encampment of Pawnee Indians at Sunset

1861

Catching Wild Horses - Pawnee, 1861

Catching Wild Horses - Pawnee

1861

A Pawnee Warrior Sacrificing His Favorite Horse, 1861

A Pawnee Warrior Sacrificing His Favorite Horse

1861

Osage Chief with Two Warriors, 1861

Osage Chief with Two Warriors

1861

Osage Indians, 1861

Osage Indians

1861

Facsimile of an Omaha Robe, 1861

Facsimile of an Omaha Robe

1861

An Osage Indian Pursuing a Camanchee, 1861

An Osage Indian Pursuing a Camanchee

1861

Mandan War Chief with His Favorite Wife, 1861

Mandan War Chief with His Favorite Wife

1861

Three Mandan Warriors Armed for War, 1861

Three Mandan Warriors Armed for War

1861

Four Mandan Warriors, a Girl, and a Boy, 1861

Four Mandan Warriors, a Girl, and a Boy

1861

Mandan Civil Chief, His Wife, and Child, 1861

Mandan Civil Chief, His Wife, and Child

1861

An Aged Minatarree Chief and His Family, 1861

An Aged Minatarree Chief and His Family

1861

Three Minatarree Indians, 1861

Three Minatarree Indians

1861

Riccarree Chief and His Wife, 1861

Riccarree Chief and His Wife

1861

Mandan Village - A Distant View, 1861

Mandan Village - A Distant View

1861

Catlin Feasted by the Mandan Chief, 1861

Catlin Feasted by the Mandan Chief

1861

Green Corn Dance - Minatarrees, 1861

Green Corn Dance - Minatarrees

1861

Buffalo Dance - Mandan, 1861

Buffalo Dance - Mandan

1861

Game of the Arrow - Mandan, 1861

Game of the Arrow - Mandan

1861

A Foot War Party in Council - Mandan, 1861

A Foot War Party in Council - Mandan

1861

A Mandan Medicine Man, 1861

A Mandan Medicine Man

1861

Facsimile of the Robe of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan, 1861

Facsimile of the Robe of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan

1861

Mandan Ceremony - The Water Sinks Down, 1861

Mandan Ceremony - The Water Sinks Down

1861

Three Iowa Indians, 1861

Three Iowa Indians

1861

Three Iroquois Indians, 1861

Three Iroquois Indians

1861

Three Riccarree Indians, 1861

Three Riccarree Indians

1861

An Aged Ojibbeway Chief and Three Warriors, 1861

An Aged Ojibbeway Chief and Three Warriors

1861

Two Ojibbeway Warriors and a Woman, 1861

Two Ojibbeway Warriors and a Woman

1861

Ojibbeway Indians, 1861

Ojibbeway Indians

1861

Saukie Warrior, His Wife, and a Boy, 1861

Saukie Warrior, His Wife, and a Boy

1861

Black Hawk and Five Other Saukie Prisoners, 1861

Black Hawk and Five Other Saukie Prisoners

1861

Two Saukie Chiefs and a Woman, 1861

Two Saukie Chiefs and a Woman

1861

The Running Fox on a Fine Horse - Saukie, 1861

The Running Fox on a Fine Horse - Saukie

1861

Menomonie Chief, His Wife, and Son, 1861

Menomonie Chief, His Wife, and Son

1861

Old Menomonie Chief with Two Young Beaux, 1861

Old Menomonie Chief with Two Young Beaux

1861

Two Ottoe Chiefs and a Woman, 1861

Two Ottoe Chiefs and a Woman

1861

Weeco Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior, 1861

Weeco Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

1861

Three Piankeshaw Indians, 1861

Three Piankeshaw Indians

1861

Kaskaskia Chief, His Mother, and Son, 1861

Kaskaskia Chief, His Mother, and Son

1861

Seneca Chief, Red Jacket, with Two Warriors, 1861

Seneca Chief, Red Jacket, with Two Warriors

1861

Puncah Indians, 1861

Puncah Indians

1861

Puncah Chief Surrounded by His Family, 1861

Puncah Chief Surrounded by His Family

1861

Ottowa Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior, 1861

Ottowa Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

1861

Mohigan Chief and a Missionary, 1861

Mohigan Chief and a Missionary

1861

Three Peoria Indians, 1861

Three Peoria Indians

1861

Nine Ojibbeway Indians in London, 1861

Nine Ojibbeway Indians in London

1861

Iowa Indians Who Visited London and Paris, 1861

Iowa Indians Who Visited London and Paris

1861

Ojibbeway Indians in Paris, 1861

Ojibbeway Indians in Paris

1861

Oneida Chief, His Sister, and a Missionary, 1861

Oneida Chief, His Sister, and a Missionary

1861

Three Delaware Indians, 1861

Three Delaware Indians

1861

Three Creek Indians, 1861

Three Creek Indians

1861

Two Choctaw Indians, 1861

Two Choctaw Indians

1861

Two Weeah Warriors and a Woman, 1861

Two Weeah Warriors and a Woman

1861

Seminolee Indians, Prisoners at Fort Moultrie, 1861

Seminolee Indians, Prisoners at Fort Moultrie

1861

Osceola and Four Seminolee Indians, 1861

Osceola and Four Seminolee Indians

1861

Two Cherokee Chiefs, 1861

Two Cherokee Chiefs

1861

Kickapoo Indians Preaching and Praying, 1861

Kickapoo Indians Preaching and Praying

1861

Three Potowotomie Indians, 1861

Three Potowotomie Indians

1861

Shawano Indians, 1861

Shawano Indians

1861

A K'nisteneux Warrior and Family, 1861

A K'nisteneux Warrior and Family

1861

Three Micmac Indians, 1861

Three Micmac Indians

1861

Yntah Medicine Man, a Warrior, and a Woman, 1855

Yntah Medicine Man, a Warrior, and a Woman

1855

Three Celebrated Ball Players - Choctaw, Sioux and Ojibbeway, 1861

Three Celebrated Ball Players - Choctaw, Sioux and Ojibbeway

1861

An Ojibbeway Village of Skin Tents, 1861

An Ojibbeway Village of Skin Tents

1861

Buffalo Chase in the Snow Drifts - Ojibbeway, 1861

Buffalo Chase in the Snow Drifts - Ojibbeway

1861

Amusing Dance - Saukie, 1861

Amusing Dance - Saukie

1861

Slaves' Dance - Saukie, 1861

Slaves' Dance - Saukie

1861

Eagle Dance - Choctaw, 1861

Eagle Dance - Choctaw

1861

Dance to the Berdache - Saukie, 1861

Dance to the Berdache - Saukie

1861

Bear Dance - K'nisteneux, 1861

Bear Dance - K'nisteneux

1861

Discovery Dance - Saukie, 1861

Discovery Dance - Saukie

1861

Snow Shoe Dance - Ojibbeway, 1861

Snow Shoe Dance - Ojibbeway

1861

Ball-Play Dance - Choctaw, 1861

Ball-Play Dance - Choctaw

1861

Gathering Wild Rice - Winnebago, 1861

Gathering Wild Rice - Winnebago

1861

Facsimile of an Ojibbeway Robe, 1861

Facsimile of an Ojibbeway Robe

1861

Salmon Spearing - Ottowas, 1861

Salmon Spearing - Ottowas

1861

Funeral of Black Hawk - Saukie, 1861

Funeral of Black Hawk - Saukie

1861

War Dance of the Saukies, 1861

War Dance of the Saukies

1861

Three Navaho Indians, 1861

Three Navaho Indians

1861

Apachee Chief and Three Warriors, 1855

Apachee Chief and Three Warriors

1855

Four Apachee Indians, 1855

Four Apachee Indians

1855

Two Apachee Warriors and a Woman, 1855

Two Apachee Warriors and a Woman

1855

Four Navaho Warriors, 1861

Four Navaho Warriors

1861

Flathead Indians, 1861

Flathead Indians

1861

Four Flathead Indians, 1855

Four Flathead Indians

1855

A Flathead Chief with His Family, 1855

A Flathead Chief with His Family

1855

Nayas Indian Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior, 1855

Nayas Indian Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

1855

Nayas Indians

Nayas Indians

Date unknown

An Old Nayas Indian, His Granddaughter, and a Boy, 1855

An Old Nayas Indian, His Granddaughter, and a Boy

1855

Two Young Hyda Men, 1855

Two Young Hyda Men

1855

Three Young Chinook Men, 1855

Three Young Chinook Men

1855

Klahoquaht Chief, His Wife, and Son, 1855

Klahoquaht Chief, His Wife, and Son

1855

Klatsop Indians, 1855

Klatsop Indians

1855

Three Walla Walla Indians, 1855

Three Walla Walla Indians

1855

Facsimile of a Sioux Robe, 1861

Facsimile of a Sioux Robe

1861

A Stone Warrior, His Wife, and a Boy, 1855

A Stone Warrior, His Wife, and a Boy

1855

Copper Chief, His Wife, and Children, 1855

Copper Chief, His Wife, and Children

1855

Spokan Chief, Two Warriors, and a Boy, 1855

Spokan Chief, Two Warriors, and a Boy

1855

Athapasca Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior, 1855

Athapasca Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

1855

Four Dogrib Indians, 1855

Four Dogrib Indians

1855

Three Selish Indians, 1855

Three Selish Indians

1855

Two Chippewyan Warriors and a Woman, 1855

Two Chippewyan Warriors and a Woman

1855

Three Esquimaux, 1855

Three Esquimaux

1855

Alaeutian Chief and Two Warriors, 1855

Alaeutian Chief and Two Warriors

1855

Cochimtee Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior, 1855

Cochimtee Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

1855

Mohave Chief, a Warrior, and His Wife, 1855

Mohave Chief, a Warrior, and His Wife

1855

A Yuma Chief, His Daughter, and a Warrior, 1855

A Yuma Chief, His Daughter, and a Warrior

1855

Three Yumaya Indians, 1855

Three Yumaya Indians

1855

Buffalo Chase, 1861

Buffalo Chase

1861

Buffalo Chase, with Accidents, 1861

Buffalo Chase, with Accidents

1861

Catlin and Indian Attacking Buffalo, 1861

Catlin and Indian Attacking Buffalo

1861

Buffalo Chase - Bulls Protecting the Calves, 1861

Buffalo Chase - Bulls Protecting the Calves

1861

K'nisteneux Indians Attacking Two Grizzly Bears, 1861

K'nisteneux Indians Attacking Two Grizzly Bears

1861

Pipe Dance - Assinneboine, 1861

Pipe Dance - Assinneboine

1861

Horse Racing - Minatarrees, 1861

Horse Racing - Minatarrees

1861

Catlin Painting the Portrait of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan, 1861

Catlin Painting the Portrait of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan

1861

Making Flint Arrowheads - Apachees, 1855

Making Flint Arrowheads - Apachees

1855

Facsimile of Chief Four Men's Robe - Mandan, 1861

Facsimile of Chief Four Men's Robe - Mandan

1861

An Indian Encampment at Sunset, 1861

An Indian Encampment at Sunset

1861

Nayas Village - Indians Bathing, 1855

Nayas Village - Indians Bathing

1855

The Scalper Scalped - Pawnees and Cheyennes, 1861

The Scalper Scalped - Pawnees and Cheyennes

1861

An Apachee Village, 1855

An Apachee Village

1855

"Paint Me" - Apachee, 1855

"Paint Me" - Apachee

1855

Camanchees Lancing a Buffalo Bull, 1861

Camanchees Lancing a Buffalo Bull

1861

View of Chicago in 1837, 1861

View of Chicago in 1837

1861

American Pasturage - Prairies of the Platte, 1861

American Pasturage - Prairies of the Platte

1861

View of the Lower Mississippi, 1861

View of the Lower Mississippi

1861

Caddoe Indians Gathering Wild Strawberries, 1861

Caddoe Indians Gathering Wild Strawberries

1861

Indian File - Iowa, 1861

Indian File - Iowa

1861

A Whale Ashore - Klahoquat, 1855

A Whale Ashore - Klahoquat

1855

Excavating a Canoe - Nayas Indians, 1855

Excavating a Canoe - Nayas Indians

1855

Launching a Canoe - Nayas Indians, 1855

Launching a Canoe - Nayas Indians

1855

An Indian Council - Sioux, 1861

An Indian Council - Sioux

1861

Nayas Village at Sunset, 1855

Nayas Village at Sunset

1855

Nayas Village at Night, 1855

Nayas Village at Night

1855

An Indian Ladder - Nayas Indians, 1855

An Indian Ladder - Nayas Indians

1855

A Puelchee Chief and Two Young Warriors, 1854

A Puelchee Chief and Two Young Warriors

1854

Chief and Members of the Konza Tribe, 1861

Chief and Members of the Konza Tribe

1861

Omaha Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior, 1861

Omaha Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

1861

Black Hawk and the Prophet - Saukie, 1861

Black Hawk and the Prophet - Saukie

1861

War Dance of the Apachees, 1855

War Dance of the Apachees

1855

La Salle and Party Arrive at the Village of the Illinois.  January 1,…, 1847

La Salle and Party Arrive at the Village of the Illinois. …

1847

La Salle's Party Feasted in the Illinois Village.  January 2, 1680, 1847

La Salle's Party Feasted in the Illinois Village. January…

1847

De Tonty Suing for Peace in the Iroquois Village.  January 2, 1680, 1847

De Tonty Suing for Peace in the Iroquois Village. January…

1847

Father Hennepin and Two Companions Made Prisoners by the Sioux. …, 1847

Father Hennepin and Two Companions Made Prisoners by the…

1847

Chief of the Taensa Indians Receiving La Salle.  March 20, 1682, 1847

Chief of the Taensa Indians Receiving La Salle. March 20,…

1847

La Salle Meets a War Party of Cenis Indians on a Texas Prairie. …, 1847

La Salle Meets a War Party of Cenis Indians on a Texas…

1847

La Salle Received in the Village of the Cenis Indians.  May 6, 1686, 1847

La Salle Received in the Village of the Cenis Indians. May…

1847

Vapor Bath - Minatarree, 1861

Vapor Bath - Minatarree

1861

Two Sioux Chiefs, a Medicine Man, and a Woman with a Child, 1861

Two Sioux Chiefs, a Medicine Man, and a Woman with a Child

1861

Facsimile of a Mandan Robe, 1861

Facsimile of a Mandan Robe

1861

Buffalo Lancing in the Snow Drifts - Sioux, 1861

Buffalo Lancing in the Snow Drifts - Sioux

1861

See-non-ty-a, an Iowa Medicine Man, 1844

See-non-ty-a, an Iowa Medicine Man

1844

The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas, 1844

The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas

1844

The Female Eagle - Shawano, 1830

The Female Eagle - Shawano

1830

Boy Chief - Ojibbeway, 1843

Boy Chief - Ojibbeway

1843

A Crow Village of Skin Tents on the Salmon River, 1855

A Crow Village of Skin Tents on the Salmon River

1855

Spearing by Torchlight on the Amazon, 1854

Spearing by Torchlight on the Amazon

1854

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