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Category Archives: American Indian history
The Laboratory-War Zone: Natural Knowledge and Frontier Violence in the American West
The “Skull of [a] Medicine Man” sits among 728 photographs in William Henry Jackson’s Descriptive Catalogue of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories produced between 1869 and 1873. This seemingly unremarkable catalog listing obscures a disturbing reality – … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century, American history, American Indian history, Anthropology, Colonialism, Photography, Racism, Uncategorized, Western history
Tagged Epistemology, Ethnographic Photography, Geological Survey, Hayden Survey, Louis Agassiz, Manifest Destiny, Scientific Racism, Senses, Vision, William Henry Jackson
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The Beauty and Strength of the Crow: Richard Throssel’s Photographic Collection
What if you could see the world through the eyes of an American Indian photographer? How would their perspective differ from outsiders who often portrayed them in stereotypical or exotic ways? Richard Throssel was a Cree photographer who had a … Continue reading
Posted in American Indian history, Photographic collections, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged American Indian Heritage Month, Crow Nation, Cultural Documentation, Cultural Representation, Edward Sheriff Curtis, Historical Photography, Indigenous Peoples, Northern Cheyenne, Reservations, Richard Throssel
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‘Plopped Down in the Middle of That’: Indian Boarding School Life Documented in the Warm Valley Historical Project
The Warm Valley Historical Project, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, was conducted from 1990 to 1991 in coordination with the Shoshone Episcopal Mission to interview residents about Wind River Reservation life during the early … Continue reading
Posted in American Indian history, Arapaho, Cultural assimilation, Eastern Shoshone, Indigenous Peoples, Uncategorized, women's history, Wyoming history
Tagged Arapaho, Eva Enos, Indian boarding schools, Native American Education, Native American Experiences, Rapid City Indian School, Reverend John Roberts, Scott Riner, Shoshone, Shoshone Mission School, Warm Valley Historical Project, Wind River Reservation
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Songs of the Arapaho
November is Native American Heritage Month. The American Heritage Center pays tribute to the rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories of Native people. The Northern Arapaho have a rich musical culture, from dramatic religious songs to haunting war songs … Continue reading
The Legacy of Zdeněk Salzmann for the Arapaho (Hinónoʼeiteen)[1]
November is Native American Heritage month. The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) refers to it as a “month to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native People.”2 That celebration started … Continue reading
Posted in American Indian history, Arapaho, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, Wyoming history
Tagged anthropological linguist, Arapaho, Arapaho language, Arapaho Language Project, Languauge, linguist, National Congress of American Indians, Native American Heritage month, Wind River Reservation, Zdeněk Salzmann
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Remembering Estelle Reel: Wyoming’s Educational Pioneer
In recognition of Estelle Reel, the first woman elected and to hold the office of state superintendent of public instruction in Wyoming and the second woman elected and to hold a statewide office in the United States, January 7 of … Continue reading
Buddy Mays, Photojournalist of the Southwest
The AHC is pleased to announce that we have just recently completed a new online finding aid for the Buddy Mays papers. Buddy Mays was born in 1943 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. After high school, Mays served in the … Continue reading
Crow Tribal Photographs, Then and Now
Dan Hayward and Audrey Plenty Hoops delivered two complementary multi-media talks about the Crow, or Aps’aalooke, Indian Nation of southern Montana on April 18, 2012. Hayward’s presentation, titled Crow Tribal Photographs, Then & Now, introduced his large photographic project of … Continue reading
Cheramy Collection: Unveiling American Indian History at the Toppan Rare Books Library
The Toppan Rare Books Library is home to a remarkable piece of history – The Cheramy Collection. Donated in 2008 by Ed and Shirley Cheramy of Jackson, Wyoming, this collection comprises more than 150 books, articles, and government publications that … Continue reading
Baker and Johnston’s Native American Portraits
The American Heritage Center has digitized the entirety of the Baker and Johnston photograph collection. The Baker and Johnston Photographic Studio operated in Evanston, Wyoming, in the late 1800’s by Charles S. Baker and Eli Johnston. They photographed a variety … Continue reading