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The Rio Grande Pueblo is nestled around the base of a small hill. A group of covered wagons is gathered in front of one of the flat-roofed buildings. Horses are gathered in a cluster in the foreground near a man pulling on a pump of some sort. Additional people walk along the dirt road. Fields are in the right background.

An altar lies at the bottom of a wood ladder in a ceremonial kiva, possibly at Bandelier National Monument near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Light shines down from the entrance to the kiva at the top of the ladder.

The sun sets over Bonanza near Santa Fe, New Mexico.

A man sits among the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. He wears a wide-brimmed hat and has his pant legs rolled above his knees. He sits on a ledge in front of a row of short columns.

The mission at the Santa Cruz Pueblo in New Mexico has two pitched-roof steeples with crosses on top. A woman with a dark shawl wrapped over her head and shoulders walks in the foreground down a path at the side of the mission. Dark clouds line the sky.

Zuni Pueblo is comprised of a series of flat-roofed stone and adobe buildings with round, covered ovens on their roofs. A wagon holding long sticks sits in the foreground near two horses.

The buildings of an unidentified town stand in the foreground with a mountain range in the distance. The nearest building has a porch, and the frame of another building is under construction in the background.

An ancient Mayan stela, a carved stone slab used for commemorative purposes, lies in the foreground in front of a row of palm trees, probably on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. The stela is carved with elaborate decorations.

A Native American man sits on a wood stool and drills a hole into a bead using another stool as his work table. He uses a long spindle with a needle on the end to pierce the bead. Another stool stands in the foreground. A fireplace is in the background. The man wears a dark scarf tied around his forehead and has several strands of beads around his neck.

A young Native American girl sits on the ground with an older man and helps work on an animal hide lying in front of them. Thin strips of the hide have been trimmed off and lie on top of the rest of the skin. The man is cutting another strip from the skin. He wears a scarf tied around his head and a large necklace. The girl wears some smaller necklaces and a long skirt.

A group of men rides horses down a snowy road in Mesa Verde National Park. The road is built into a steep hillside. The rider on the far right is probably Deric Nusbaum, Jesse's stepson. Pine trees line the rocky hillside.

A large shrub flowering with light-colored blossoms stands in the foreground of this view from the head of Navajo Canyon in Mesa Verde National Park. A bare tree and additional flowering shrubs stand near the large shrub.

A small boy looks into a window of one of the houses on a street in Compeche, Mexico. A woman walks down the dirt road with her back to the camera and a shawl wrapped over her head and shoulders. Two men walk in front of her farther down the road. The street is canopied by branches from nearby trees.

Monument Rock stands in the distance behind a shallow stream filled with rocks in Santa Fe Canon in New Mexico. Several trees with bare branches stand in the foreground and more stand in the distance along the hillside.

A man stands among the Mayan ruins on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, probably near Chichen Itza. He stands in front of a short column and wears a wide-brimmed hat and pant legs rolled up above his knees. A rifle lies across a rock in the foreground. Overgrown shrubs line the area.

A medicine man at the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico carries a large load of wood strapped to his back, causing him to hunch over slightly. He wears a scarf tied around his forehead, a patterned shirt and striped pants.

A man stands with a pack mule in a narrow street below Guadalupe in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The mule carries a large load on its back. A young man stands behind them leaning against the corner of a flat-roofed building. The porch of another building with a wooden railing stands in the foreground.

An unidentified, large church with two steeples stands behind a pedestrian plaza in Mexico. Benches and trees are scattered around the plaza area.

An unidentified, Native American man poses for a studio bust portrait. He wears a scarf tied around his forehead and a blanket wrapped around his shoulders and chest.

A variety of vegetables hang from the rafters of the porch at an unidentified house. Other vegetables are placed in large piles in front of the house. A group of people stands near the corner of the house.

A man and a woman appear under the porch of the entryway to an adobe house in Santa Fe. The man is seated on a wood chair and the woman stands leaning against the wall. She wears a long, full skirt. A wood ladder is propped against the wall behind them.

A small boy, possibly Popovi, son of Maria and Julian Martinez of the San ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico, sits in a round, metal bath tub crying. The tub is set up on a wood ledge. He holds the side of the tub with his left hand.

People walk in a funeral procession toward the church at Chimayo in New Mexico. A wagon is parked at the base of a large tree in the right foreground. A large hill is in the distance behind the church.

A large group of unidentified men in suits pose in rows in front of a large stone wall. The men in the front row sit on a ledge with their legs dangling.

Two men stand at the base of a pyramid-like structure with a flat-roofed building at its peak at Chichen Itza, a Mayan Empire ruin on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. One of the men stands on the large stone steps leading up to the building. The other stands on the ground holding a tripod and camera.

Restoration of the Old Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe was completed in 1913, when this photo was probably taken. A wagon stands on the dirt road in front of the palace. In the distance, burros laden with alfalfa are led up the street. A few people walk under the overhang of the palace.

An unidentified, Native American man poses in ceremonial dress for a full-length, studio portrait. He wears a feather headdress and a buckskin shirt with tassles. The ends of the feathers on the headdress have long, curly strands of hair hanging from them. Small horns and a beaded band adorn the headdress. The man's long braids are wrapped in fur. His pant legs have beaded strips on the front. He wears beaded moccasins, a hoop earring in each ear, and rings on three fingers.

Jesse Nusbaum stands next to a camera tripod and leans his hand on top of it pointing his index finger up. He holds a bag and some film cartridges in his other hand and has a cigarette in his mouth. He wears wire-framed glasses and a hat. A cloth is tied to one leg of the tripod.

Five Native American men race their horses past a large crowd of men who have assembled along the fence that lines the dirt track. A square, viewing stand is in the left background. An American flag is on a pole on the top of the stand. A second, octagonal stand is in the right foreground. Banners along the front side of the stand advertise a "Big Special Program" at the Crystal Theatre for that night. A side banner calls the program the "Best Moving Picture" and advertises an orchestra.

A large rock formation protrudes from the base of a hillside in the distance, probably in the Four Corners region of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. A tree with bare branches stands in the left foreground.

Two horseback riders stop in front of a large rock mound, probably in southeast Utah. A man stands near the riders holding his hands on his hips. A group of small children stand near him. Two covered wagons are in the left background. A third, uncovered wagon stands near them. Another rock formation stands in the distance and the top of a mesa lines the horizon.

Two shovels lie propped over a ditch at an excavation site at Hawikuh in New Mexico. The ditch is several feet deep. Small shrubs lie in the background and a mountain top is in the distance.

Jesse Nusbaum stands with one foot on a wood ladder and holding a small, naked boy, possibly Popovi, son of Maria and Julian Martinez of the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico. Nusbaum wears a hat and a tie. A pueblo stands in the background with a metal washing bin turned upside down on the ground.

Two Native American women race their horses past a large crowd congregated behind a fence on the side of a dirt track. One woman is ahead of the other. Some of the men in the crowd stand on the fence rails. A square, viewing stand holds more people watching the race. The roof of the stand advertises "The Smith Printing Co." in Montrose, Colorado. Additional companies have advertisements on the side of the stand, including "Sam Baker Shoes." Most of the people watching wear hats and suits. A small group of boys huddles on the track inside the fence.

The sarcophagus of Chipeta, wife of Ouray, chief of the Utes from 1820 until 1880, south of Montrose at the site where Ouray and Chipeta lived after the Brunot Treaty of 1873. Chipeta died Aug. 16, 1924 at the age of 81. She was originally buried on the Uintah Indian Reservation in Utah, but her body was moved to the concrete mausoleum in March of 1925. The front end of the sarcophagus has "Chipeta" chiseled into it. The mausoleum and surrounding area are lightly covered in snow. A telephone pole stands in the distance near a railroad track. Horses or cattle stand near the pole. A group of poles, possibly forming a teepee, also stand in the distance. A sign stands in the left background.

The remains of a stone wall stand on the slope of a small hill, probably in southeastern Utah or southwestern Colorado, in this slightly out of focus image. Small shrubs and rocks lie in the foreground. A hill dotted with small trees is in the background.

Mount Wilson in Colorado stands at a distance with snow covering portions of the jagged rocks at the top.

A group of four women and one man kneel in the foreground tending to a Zuni garden at Hawikuh in New Mexico. The garden is laid out in two grids of small squares divided by short dirt walls. The man kneels behind them working to complete a stick fence. The village appears in the background across a shallow river bed. Most of the buildings are flat- roofed with the exception of one more modern building with a pitched roof and a stove-pipe protruding from it. Additional stick fences surround gardens in the village.

Julian Martinez of the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico poses for a half-length, side portrait. His long hair is tied with braided strings and hangs on either side of his chest. He wears an earring in his left ear. He and his wife, Maria, are internationally recognized for reviving several ancient Native American painting techniques during the first half of the 20th century.

The Round Tower of Cliff Palace, a large cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park, in the foreground; dwelling is under a large rock overhang.

An unidentified man stands in front of the Ouray Spring Teepee just south of Montrose at the site where Ouray, chief of the Utes from 1820 until 1880, and his wife, Chipeta, lived. The concrete teepee houses the spring from which the couple obtained drinking and cooking water. A short rock wall and a fence surround the site that is now part of the Ouray Memorial Park. The man wears a long coat and hat and stands behind three wooden posts that say "Ouray Spring." Snow lightly covers the ground.

Two young boys dressed in suits lean against a wood column on the portal at the Governor's Palace in Santa Fe, New Mexico after it was restored. Log beams line the overhang of the outdoor walkway where a band plays in the distance. A crowd of people has gathered to watch the band. A car is parked on the dirt street. Additional store fronts are in the background across the square. A corner of the park in the center of the square is also visible with people walking and resting on benches.

A road leading to the arches at La Conception on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico stands in the foreground with the arches visible in the distance. A stone wall lines the road and trees grow on either side. A gate with two small towers on either side stands at the end of the road protecting access to La Conception.

An unidentified, older, Native American man poses for a side view, studio bust portrait. He wears a scarf tied around his forehead and has white hair. A blanket is wrapped around his shoulders.

A woman sits on a round cushion in front of a fireplace in an adobe house in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has her knees drawn toward her and rests her arms on them. She wears a dark dress. A wood cross rests on the mantle above the fireplace. Several woven and two sheepskin rugs lie on the floor and a mirror and two pictures hang on one wall. A wood chair with a coat draped over it sits near an open door in the background. Log beams line the ceiling.

Mrs. Stella Leviston, a woman in a full skirt and a blouse with a lace collar, stands on the porch of the superintendent's stone residence at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. A clay pot with cactus is on a ledge, cliff dwelling ruins are in the distance.

Jesse Nusbaum, far right, stands with his excavation team, including his stepson Deric, third from left, at their camp above Step House in Mesa Verde National Park. Standing at Deric's left is the park's future superintendent Marshall Finnan. Four other men stand with them in front of a tent. A campfire ring and several large buckets are on the ground in front of the men. Other pots and pans and canisters of food, including salad wafers, are set on a log behind where Nusbaum stands. A cloth bag with several words on it, including "cement," lies near Deric's feet.

The ruins of a cliff dwelling lie under a rock overhang in Mesa Verde National Park. Trees line the top ledge of the overhang as well as the ground below the dwelling. Small patches of snow cover small rocks on the ground.