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Reproduction of a drawing shows a head and shoulders portrait of the Native American (Suquamish) Chief Seattle. He wears a shirt and long hair.

Johnny Baker, the foster son of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and a star in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses in front of a tent with a large group of soldiers and several Native Americans. Another cowboy, possibly William Levi "Buck" Taylor, points a gun toward Baker, who stands in the left midground leaning against a post. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands at the entrance to the tent in the background. A Native American man wearing a feather headdress stands next to Cody. Two large, American flags hang on each side of a stuffed buffalo head mounted above the entrance to the tent. Sioux Chief Red Shirt stands in the left background. Sioux Chief Rocky Bear stands on the right side of the group wearing a feather headdress.

A group of cowgirls rides in the left background in an arena during a rehearsal for a performance in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A group of Native American men on horseback is stopped in the right midground. A large tent is in the background covering the viewing stands.

Unexcavated prehistoric (Anasazi) ruins near Aztec, New Mexico; shows masonry walls and two men standing atop wall rubble of archaeological site.

Full length photograph of (left to right) Red Cloud, Dakota Chief, William Cody, and American Horse, Dakota Chief. Cody is standing, Red Cloud and American Horse are seated and wearing headdresses. Red Cloud hold peace pipe. Photograph taken at Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Studio group portrait of American Horse and Red Cloud, Dakota Chiefs, and Johnny Baker, adopted son of Buffalo Bill and performer in his Wild West Shows. American Horse and Red Cloud are seated, wearing war bonnets and decorated vests; American Horse is holding a peace pipe. Baker, standing, is wearing a suit, coat and hat.

Studio portrait of head and shoulders of Crow King, Dakota Chief, wearing jacket.

Original drawing of two elderly Native Americans in a tipi that is riddled with holes presumably due to acid rain.

Original drawing of a white man with treaties under his arm labeled "Peace Treaties," "Agreements," "Solemn Contracts," and "Armistice Terms" handing a pipe to a Native American man.

Views of body of Indian in tree grave., Vintage negative number : (no number).

View of log general store located along the road between Lame Deer and Crow Agency. Buckboard and Indian men with horses in front. Busby School buildings and water tower in distant background., Vintage negative number : (no number).

View of Indian camp with man and sweat lodge frame in foreground., Vintage negative number : (no number).

Francis Elliott's papers consist of letters (1866-1871) to his family discussing his experiences in Virginia City and Beartown, Montana Territory, where he was a miner, farmer, and freighter. Also included are three letters (1880-1881) to Elliott's brother, George, from Joseph Skettington concerning Elliott's death, burial, and estate., This collection consists of ten letters (1866-1871) from Frank Elliott in Montana to his family in Illinois. The letters describe the beauty of Montana, the physical hardships of the bitter winters, a planned civilian campaign against the Indians, and economic difficulties. The last letter in 1871 expresses considerable disillusionment with Montana. There are also three letters (1880-1881) to Elliott's brother from Joseph Skeffington of Bear Town, telling of Elliott's death in 1875. (Small Collection 660)

Henry D. Hauser traveled to Virginia City, Montana Territory, in 1865. His diary details his trip from Kentucky to Montana, life and work in Virginia City, and return trip to Cincinnati, Ohio. The volume also contains an account of travel and living expenses., The diary of Henry D. Hauser describes his train and stage trip (beginning in May 12, 1865) from St. Louis, Missouri, to Virginia City, Montana Territory, via Atchison, Kansas; Denver, Colorado; and Salt Lake City, Utah. After reaching Virginia City on June 18, 1865, Hauser describes his work for N.P. Langford looking at claims, writing deeds, collecting money; social activities including billiards and dancing; business associations with Judge Hezekiah Hosmer and Walter B. Dance; area robberies and hangings; etc. The regular diary entries end on December 21, 1865. Following that date there are scattered entries for 1866 and 1867. Beginning in November 1868 there are entries for a trip from Virginia City to Cincinnati. The diary also contains accounts of expenses during Hauser's trips and while living in Virginia City, and notes concerning rivers and Indian tribes in Montana Territory.

Native American Lakota Sioux wearing headdresses, ride horses on the main street of Rosebud, South Dakota, on the Rosebud Agency. Businesses include a millinery store and a bank.

Date original: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972, The Doris Duke Indian oral history project audio recordings consists of interviews pertaining to the lives of Native Americans and their legends, customs, social and cultural beliefs, personal life experiences, and views on the urbanization of the Native American.; The general content of these interviews pertains to the lives of Native Americans and their legends, customs, social and cultural beliefs, personal life experiences, and views on the urbanization of the Native American.; The majority of the interviews are arranged by tribe.; Organizational History; In 1966 Doris Duke funded a program to interview Native Americans on their views of history and their place in society. The program was directed by C. Gregory Crampton of the American West Center at the University of Utah. The interviews, now housed in the J. Willard Marriot Library, represent various Native American tribes from the intermountain region and non-indians who were closely associated with these tribes.

Stanley J. Morrow was a prominent photographer in the Dakota and Montana territories who operated from 1868 through 1882. This collection of seventy stereographs contains scenes photographed by Morrow between 1868 and 1881. It includes views of Morrow's home and studio in Yankton, D.T., military expeditions including views of General Crook's 1876 expedition against the Lakota Sioux and images of George K. Sanderson's cleanup of Little Bighorn Battlefield (1879), views of Fort Keogh (ca. 1878), and Indian portraits and village scenes., This collection of seventy stereographs contains scenes in the Dakota and Montana territories captured by Morrow between 1868 and 1881. It includes images of the Little Bighorn Battlefield including the marking of graves (1879); Crow, Cheyenne, Sioux, and Gros Ventre villages and portraits of individuals; views of soldiers returned from General Crook's expedition, including a soldier re-enacting shooting a horse for food and captured Sioux Indians (1876); the Morrow family, home and studio in Yankton, D.T., and steamboats (including the Helena) and an ice gorge from the Great Flood of 1881; officers quarters and troops at Ft. Keogh; the Gates of the Mountains, Prickly Pear Canyon, and other scenes in the vicinity of Helena, Montana.

This collection contains a few photographs of James Rankin, but the majority of the photographs are images of Charles M. Russell, Russell's family and friends, Russell's residences and studio, and people who knew Russell or collected his work. There are a few photographs of Russell's Native American friends and the Russells and their friends dressed in Indian costumes, and of the hearse at Russell's funeral.

The photographs in the Power family photograph collection cover a broad range of interests and activities, spanning the years 1872-1945. The photograph collection represents not only some of the business investments and properties; it also documents family, friends and social life in Montana at the turn of the century. The photographs are arranged by subject, beginning with the family in alphabetical order, each file also sorted chronologically. Subjects following Power family include Power connected Business Enterprises, Ranches, and Residences. General topics include Animals, Children, Cities and Towns, Forts and Fortifications, Groups, Houses, Indians of North America, Landscapes, Portraits of Men, Mining, Monuments and Memorials, Recreation, Transportation, U.S. Senators, Universities and Colleges, Portraits of Women, and Yellowstone National Park.

"This dissertation is a re-examination of the removal of the Choctaws from Mississippi during the 1830s, through an ethnohistorical lens. It traces the removal process through the divergent perspectives, voices, and experiences of the Choctaws themselves from the dozen years preceding Removal through Removal to Indian Territory, and in so doing, illuminates Choctaw voices, rather than focusing on a strictly political history told as a sequential narrative as has been the case previously throughout the literature. It tells the story of Choctaw removal through the voices and profiles of seven crucially important Choctaw leaders, as well as the stories of ordinary Choctaws from 'the Trail of Tears and Death.'"--Abstract from author supplied metadata.

Conflicts over reservation boundaries have a long and torrid history in the Mission Indian Agency of Southern California. Because the 1852 treaties of Santa Ysabel and Temecula were repudiated by the Senate, the federal government's oversight of Indian affairs in Southern California was weak. "Even when the government did attempt to aid the Indians, the effortswere ultimately undermined by political forces on the local, state, and national level," writesGlenn Farris (Hartnell 2004:14). Until the 1930s, only sporadic attempts to stabilize or defendexecutive order reservation boundaries were made. Rather, the political will was focused on the speedy dissolution of the reservations and the termination of federal responsibility. A detailed case study of the labyrinthine bureaucratic muddle over Capitan Grande reservation's boundaries is presented here as a microcosm of what was occurring on most of the Mission Indian Agency reservations in Southern California. This essay and its accompanying maps will document the numerous boundary changes from 1875 to 1934.

Author abstract: Activism entails not only individuals overtly campaigning for changes in public spheres, but in other ways and strategies as well. One of these other avenues is the use of political satire and humor. Comedy publicizes frustrations of American issues, just as sit-ins, walk-outs, or marches do. For the most part, scholars fail to address the importance of humor. This work researches not only the comedic works of Charlie Hill, the 1491s, and other American Indian comedians, but also how their craft possibly alters stances and opinions. These comedians have a voice, and, therefore, deserve examination. This work shows the influence of these comedians by revealing and detailing theories of humor and how comics implement these theories into their routines. By researching humor and the theory behind the craft, this thesis focuses on how American Indian comedians use their profession as a means to advocate for social and political change. The work ultimately argues that scholars need to tap into this approach of social and political activism.