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Canela body adornment
Appearance and identity among the Canela of Brazil
Drawing the Western Frontier: The James E. Taylor Album
A 19th century artist's collection of photographs and illustrations relating to Native Americans and the West
Hair Pipes in Plains Indian Adornment: A Study in Indian and White Ingenuity
Describes the uses of hollow cylindrical beads for personal adornment by the Indians of the Great Plains
Kiowa Drawings
Social and artistic traditions of Kiowa Indians
Native American Portraits
A gallery of influential Native Americans
The American Indian Observed: Selected Sketches and Documents from the Collections of the Archives of American Art
A testament to the power of observation
Surviving Images, Forgotten People
Native Americans, Women, and African Americans on Early United States Bank Notes
Frontier Photographer: Edward S. Curtis
Capturing American Indians as they lived before contact with Anglo cultures
Lakota Winter Counts
Pictographic calendars created by Lakota Indians to record memorable historical events
Squint Eyes: Artist & Indian Scout
Cheyenne drawings of 19th century Indian-Army interactions
Edward Nelson's Collection of Yup'ik Masks
Native Alaskan Yup'ik masks presented from a Yup'ik perspective
Lure of the West
Portraits and landscapes from the American west
Benedicte Wrensted: An Idaho Photographer in Focus
The rediscovery of American Indian portraits
Textiles of the North American Southwest
Explores the weaving traditions of the North American Southwest
Tracking the Buffalo: Stories from a Buffalo Hide Painting
This activity explores the role of the buffalo in the lives of the American Indians of the northern plains
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