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947 Items

1850 - 1900 | gelatin silver process

John Bemo, 'King of the Forest'

1850 - 1900

Chief Mow-way

1850 - 1900

Chief Otter Belt

1850 - 1900

House of Quanah Parker

1850 - 1900

Unidentified Native American sitting outside with blanket around waist and bird in hand

1850 - 1900

Quanah Parker

1850 - 1900

The Kiowa-Comanche Council at Mount Scott with Quanah Parker

1850 - 1900

Geronimo and Nachete

1886

Geronimo

1850 - 1900

Stand Waite, Cherokee Chief

1850 - 1900

Ross House

1850 - 1900

Former home of John Ross, near Ringgold, Georgia

mid-19th century | oil on canvas

William Potter Ross

November 28, 1861 | ink on paper

Letter from Chief John Ross to Creek Chiefs Motey Kennard and Echo Harjo

modeled 1903; lost-wax cast possibly between 1909 and 1917 | lost-wax cast in bronze

Chief Black Bird, Oglala Sioux

late 19th century | watercolor and pencil on paper

Sioux Chief's Pouch

April 16, 1839 | ink on paper

Letter from Thomas Foreman to Chief John Ross

October 5, 1839 | ink on paper

Act Authorizing Principal Chief to Select Persons to Translate Constitution and Laws of Nation into Cherokee

January 21, 1840 | ink on paper, wax

Letter from Thomas N. Clark, Jr. to Chief John Ross

August 26, 1844 | ink on paper

Letter from Mary B. Stapler to Chief John Ross