Native American Photographs

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  • Tags: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902

"Breaking up camp."

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Stereograph. Image of a Ute family seen gathered near a partially dismantled tipi. A boy is seen at far right holding a rifle.

"Ma-nu-ni, all of the tribe; with Mormon and Gentile spectators. No. 51"

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Stereograph Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874.
Image of a group of Native Americans and Caucasians seen gathered together in a field.

"Tau-gu, great chief of the Pai-utes. #50" [with John Wesley Powell]

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Portrait of Tau-gu, a Paiute chief standing against a rock beside John Wesley Powell who holds a pipe in his proper left hand.

"The little hunter and his sweetheart. #49" [Mon-su and Su-vu-it]

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Stereograph Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a Paiute boy and girl standing outdoors together, both wearing buckskin clothing. The boy carries a quiver on his back.

"Mon-su and Su-vu-it. #48"

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of two young Paiute children wearing buckskin clothing and sitting on the ground.

"Kwi-toos and his son. No. 47"

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of Paiute man Kwi-toos standing outdoors beside his young son.

"Mo-kwi-uk and his daughter. No. 46"

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Portrait of U-ai-nu-int man Mo-kwi-uk and his young daughter. She touches his fringed shirt with her proper right hand. A feathered…

"The hunter. No. 42"

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874.
Image of a U-ai-nu-int man kneeling on a rock and aiming a rifle.

"Ta-noats, sub-chief of the Nu-a-gun-tits."

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Portrait of Nu-a-gun-tit man Ta-noats wearing fringed buckskin clothing and feathers on his head. He holds an arrow in his hands…