Old native american photos

History is often stereotypically presented as a dull subject (though many of you, alongside myself, may disagree vehemently). But what really brings those obscure dates and names to life are photos showing us what people like you and I might have looked like back then, and that’s exactly what the Historical Pictures and Old Memories group on Facebook does.

Born in Wisconsin in 1868, Edward Sheriff Curtis took to photography at an early age. In 1895 he photographed Princess Angeline, the daughter of the Duwamish Chief Seattle, for whom…

Old-timey photos usually show people with serious faces, but this recently discovered photo shows a young indigenous woman beaming a beautiful smile.

Little Bird: Ojibwe woman 1908

Captain Emmett Crawford’s Apache scouts who followed him deep into Mexico in pursuit of Geronimo. Yet distrust of the Apaches was so deeply rooted in the Mexican troops that volunteers from Chihuahua attacked Crawford and his men in November 1885, resulting in Crawford’s death.

The federal government, by its own admission, has mismanaged both the monetary assets and the natural resources that it holds in trust for Native American tribes and is finally settling claims against the nation. What a shame that it has taken so long to acknowledge the wrongs of the past and to make reparations.

Among the numerous Native American nations that have lived on the Great Plains were the Sioux. The name “Sioux” means “little snakes.” They occupied the