Native American & Western Photograph Collection | KC History

This artificial collection of 146 photographic images, circa late 1880s to the early 1900s, includes scenes of Native American peoples in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, "Boomer" settlers and settlements, and scenes from the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre. The principal tribes represented are the Ponca, Kiowa, Comanche, Pawnee, Apache, Cherokee, Sac and Fox, Otoe, and Sioux.

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Wounded Knee, Disarming the Hostile Indians

Indians at the Pine Ridge Agency looking off into the distance toward an unidentified Sioux camp and what looks to be a line of soldiers on horseback.

1891-01

Wounded Knee, Gathering up the Dead

Three workers loading the frozen bodies of Sioux dead into a wagon. Soldiers on horseback are looking upon the scene from atop a hill.

1891 (year approximate)

Wounded Knee, Group Portrait of Soldiers

A group portrait of 30 soldiers posing in front of a tent. Three other men can be seen standing in the background.

1890 (year approximate)

Wounded Knee, Indian Camp

Encampment scene showing a group of Indians sitting and two soldiers on horseback.

1890 (year approximate)

Wounded Knee, Indian Fighting at Pine Ridge Agency

Soldiers firing their rifles from behind a barricade. An unidentified officer is standing in the foreground.

1890 (year approximate)

Wounded Knee, Leaders of the Hostile Indians

A photograph of three Sioux Chiefs, Two Strike, Crow Dog and High Hawk. A white man and two Sioux children are also pictured.

1890 (year approximate)

Wounded Knee, Sioux Camp

View of an unidentified Sioux camp and a group of Indians with their backs to the camera.

1890 (year approximate)

Wounded Knee, Soldier Camp

A group of soldiers relaxing in camp. Several tents and buildings can be in see in the background.

1890 (year approximate)

Wounded Knee, Soldiers Behind Barricade

Soldiers positioned behind barricades.

1890 (year approximate)

Wounded Knee, Two Strike and Crow Dog Camp

Distant view of the camps of Sioux Chiefs, Two Strike and Crow Dog at the Pine Ridge Agency. A photographer can be seen in the foreground (right-hand side).

1890 (year approximate)

Wounded Knee, View of Army Camp

Distant view of an army camp. Groups of soldiers can be seen standing in formation and a church and other buildings are in view in the distance.

1890 (year approximate)

Wounded Knee, Women, Children and Soldiers

A group Indian women and children and soldiers posing in front of an unidentified building.

1890 (year approximate)