Native American Photographs

"Ka-ni-ga, the camp-ground."

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Title

"Ka-ni-ga, the camp-ground."

Description

Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a group of small thatched shelters, used by the Kai-Vav-It Indians in northern Arizona.
"Indians of the Colorado Valley. No. 17. Kai-vav-its. A tribe of Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon of the Colorado, in northern Arizona. Ka-ni-ga, the camp ground. Photographed by Hillers."
Sold by "H. Ropes & Co. ... 323 Broadway, New York."
"U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West. By J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson."
Gift of R.C. Waterson, 1875.

Creator

Hillers, John K., 1843-1925, photographer

Source

Graphic Arts Photos Native American
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Publisher

H. Ropes & Co.

Date

ca. 1874

Citation

Hillers, John K., 1843-1925, photographer, “"Ka-ni-ga, the camp-ground.",” Native American Photographs, accessed July 6, 2024, https://collections.americanantiquarian.org/nativeamericanphotographs/items/show/262.