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Art of the American West: Sioux Photographs

Catlin's portraits, dances, hunts and villages of the Sioux, painted from his 1830s travels on the upper Missouri and Mississippi.

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

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

Three Celebrated Ball Players - Choctaw, Sioux and Ojibbeway

1861

Facsimile of a Sioux Robe, 1861

Facsimile of a Sioux Robe

1861

An Indian Council - Sioux, 1861

An Indian Council - Sioux

1861

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

Father Hennepin and Two Companions Made Prisoners by the…

1847

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

Buffalo Lancing in the Snow Drifts - Sioux, 1861

Buffalo Lancing in the Snow Drifts - Sioux

1861

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Public-domain archive. All works sourced from the National Gallery of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art.