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Indians Collection

Background imageIndians Collection: Jamaicans on board the Empire Windrush

Jamaicans on board the Empire Windrush
Jamaican men on board the Empire Windrush who have come to Britain to seek work; some of the men, dressed smartly in jackets and ties, are reading a newspaper

Background imageIndians Collection: The first Thanksgiving 1621

The first Thanksgiving 1621. Pilgrims and Natives gather to share meal. Date c1932

Background imageIndians Collection: Geronimo

Geronimo (1829 - 1909), War Chief of the White Mountain Apache [in 1905]

Background imageIndians Collection: Tagore

Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941)

Background imageIndians Collection: RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Totonaca Civilization

RIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Totonaca Civilization. 1950. MEXICO. Mexico City. National Palace. Mexican Mural Painting. Fresco

Background imageIndians Collection: Tecumseh, Native American chief of the Shawnee tribe

Tecumseh, Native American chief of the Shawnee tribe
Tecumseh (Tecumtha, Tekamthi, 1768-1813), Native American Indian chief of the Shawnee tribe. He became the chief spokesman for the Indians of the Ohio Valley

Background imageIndians Collection: Native American Indian Buffalo Hunt Under the White Wolf Ski

Native American Indian Buffalo Hunt Under the White Wolf Skin. An Indian stratagem on the level prairies. Date: ca. 1858

Background imageIndians Collection: American Indians. Sitting Bull, Chief of the Sioux

American Indians. Sitting Bull, Chief of the Sioux
Portrait of Sitting Bull with elaborate feathered head dress reaching to the ground. Sitting Bull lead the resistance against the Americans which culminated in the defeat of General Custer

Background imageIndians Collection: How Navajo Indian Rugs are made - USA

How Navajo Indian Rugs are made - USA Date: circa 1930s

Background imageIndians Collection: Sioux Indian Chief - Hollow Horn Bear

Sioux Indian Chief - Hollow Horn Bear (18501913) - a BruleIakota leader during the Indian Wars on the Great Plains of the United States. Date: 1906

Background imageIndians Collection: Lake Superior Chippewa - Apostle Islands, Wisconsin

Lake Superior Chippewa - Apostle Islands, Wisconsin
Lake Superior Chippewa - a historical band of Ojibwe Indians on one of the Apostle Islands, Wisconsin, USA. Date: circa 1924

Background imageIndians Collection: American Indians. Billy Bowlegs and his suite of Indian Chie

American Indians. Billy Bowlegs and his suite of Indian Chie
Billy Bowlegs (Holata Micco) was a leader of the Seminole people, he went on to serve as a Captain in the Union Army during the Civil War

Background imageIndians Collection: A Rehearsal of the Wild West show

A Rehearsal of the Wild West show
A series of sketches by Ralph Cleaver of rehearsals for Colonel Codys " Wild West" show at Olympia, including Sioux braves racing horses, cow girls and cowboys

Background imageIndians Collection: Boston Tea Party 1773

Boston Tea Party 1773
Boston citizens, dressed as Indians, board English ships and throw tea chests into the harbour in protest against taxation

Background imageIndians Collection: The Conference of Kaw Indians with the United States Governm

The Conference of Kaw Indians with the United States Governm
Image showing the Kaw native American Indians appealing to the United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs to protect their land from settlers, 1857

Background imageIndians Collection: American Indians. Sitting Bull addressing a meeting of brave

American Indians. Sitting Bull addressing a meeting of brave
Sitting was an inspirational Sioux Chief, who together with Crazy Horse, defeated Custer and tried to prevent the American Indians being forced into reservations

Background imageIndians Collection: American Indians. John Francis, chief of the Passamaquoddy I

American Indians. John Francis, chief of the Passamaquoddy I
Indian chief dressed in embroidered tunic and trousers from Lake Utopia, New Brunswick, Canada

Background imageIndians Collection: Indian Military Elephant

Indian Military Elephant
Elephant employed in war by Indians in ancient times : only his head and trunk are armoured, and he carries a howdah equivalent to a miniature fort

Background imageIndians Collection: First Nation warriors of northwestern territories - Canada

First Nation warriors of northwestern territories - Canada
A superb photograph of two First Nation warriors of an indigenous tribe of the northwestern territories - Canada. circa 1900s

Background imageIndians Collection: The Florida. 16th century. Timucua Indian village. Food tran

The Florida. 16th century. Timucua Indian village. Food transportation by canoe. Engraving by Theodore de Bry (1528-1598). Brevis narratio floridae Eorum Quae in.... Frankfurt, 1591

Background imageIndians Collection: American Indians scalping

American Indians scalping
American Indian holding up the scalp of a died man, that he has just been in combat with. Date: Circa 1870s

Background imageIndians Collection: Sikhs of the Indian Army in France during World War I

Sikhs of the Indian Army in France during World War I
Sikhs of the Indian Army on the march in France during World War I. Date: 1914

Background imageIndians Collection: Indian Rice Merchants, Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma)

Indian Rice Merchants, Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma)
Indian Rice Merchants (Lakhmichand Manikchand) in Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma) - note the slightly cheeky bit of advertising by the Insurance Broker in the front row

Background imageIndians Collection: The Native American Indian Buffalo Chase

The Native American Indian Buffalo Chase. Singling Out. Date: ca. 1858

Background imageIndians Collection: Bolivia - La Paz - Aymara Indians

Bolivia - La Paz - Aymara Indians Date: circa 1910s

Background imageIndians Collection: Native American Indians do the Snow-Shoe Dance

Native American Indians do the Snow-Shoe Dance

Background imageIndians Collection: Sikh soldiers resting in a French building, WW1

Sikh soldiers resting in a French building, WW1
Sikh soldiers (regiment unidentified but likely to be The 15th Sikhs) resting in a building on the Western Front during the First World War

Background imageIndians Collection: Three people in Cowboy and Indian costume in studio photo

Three people in Cowboy and Indian costume in studio photo
Three people in Cowboy and Indian costume in a studio photo -- signed The Three Shentons. Date: circa 1910

Background imageIndians Collection: Native American Indian Picture Writing

Native American Indian Picture Writing (Medicine Mans Chant) of the Chippewa or Ojibbewa Indians. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageIndians Collection: El Navajo Hotel, Gallup, New Mexico, USA

El Navajo Hotel, Gallup, New Mexico, USA
El Navajo, the new Santa Fe hotel and station at Gallup, New Mexico, USA. Date: 1910s

Background imageIndians Collection: The Carnival of Oruro, Bolivia

The Carnival of Oruro, Bolivia
The Carnival of Oruro - a religious festival (dating back over 2000 years) in Oruro, Bolivia - one of UNESCOs Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity

Background imageIndians Collection: Conflict of the Linn boys with the Indians

Conflict of the Linn boys with the Indians. Print showing Linn brothers in hand-to-hand combat in a Native American village, Kentucky, ca. 1785. Date 1883

Background imageIndians Collection: Denver in 1859

Denver in 1859. Date c1891 April 21

Background imageIndians Collection: Seminole Indians - USA, Florida, Everglades

Seminole Indians - USA, Florida, Everglades
The Everglades, Florida, USA. Seminole Indians on the Tamiami Trail. The Kitchen of Chesnut Billys Indian Camp. The Tamiami Trail was opened in 1928

Background imageIndians Collection: Hyderabad: The Char Minar

Hyderabad: The Char Minar
Illustration depicting a street market in Hyderabad, India with the Char Minar and its four minarets, measuring 160 feet, dominating the scene

Background imageIndians Collection: The perils of our forefathers

The perils of our forefathers

Background imageIndians Collection: Native Amercan Women

Native Amercan Women
Highly romanticised depiction of a Native American Woman Date: 1911

Background imageIndians Collection: United States (1897). American Indians

United States (1897). American Indians in a reserve of Idaho

Background imageIndians Collection: American Indians. The Red Indian on show in London. Chief Wh

American Indians. The Red Indian on show in London. Chief Wh
American Indian father and son with bows and arrows

Background imageIndians Collection: American Indians. The Modoc War in America. Lake Tule, with

American Indians. The Modoc War in America. Lake Tule, with
The American army fought the Modoc Indians at the Lava Beds, California, after the Modoc had killed General Canby and the Rev Dr Thomas at a conference of Modoc chiefs and US Peace Commissioners

Background imageIndians Collection: Winslow / Massasoit Meet

Winslow / Massasoit Meet
Mr Edward Winslow visits Massasoit, chief of the Pokanokets, to explain their reasons for settling upon his lands

Background imageIndians Collection: Champlain / Huron Indians

Champlain / Huron Indians
Samuel De Champlain, with help from the recently befriended Huron Indians, on the war path with the Iroquois

Background imageIndians Collection: Sport / Football / Guyana

Sport / Football / Guyana
Native Guyanese Indians play a regional variant of football, reliant it appears on keeping the ball in the air using clever ball skills

Background imageIndians Collection: Group of Marathas during the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1819)

Group of Marathas during the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1819), between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire, India. Date: 1818

Background imageIndians Collection: The Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party - a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773

Background imageIndians Collection: Rio Ampayaco, Peru - Bora Indians in their village

Rio Ampayaco, Peru - Bora Indians in their village. The Bora are an indigenous tribe of the Peruvian, Colombian and Brazilian Amazon, located between the Putumayo and Napo rivers

Background imageIndians Collection: Native Americans Indians, Osage and Iroquois Chiefs

Native Americans Indians, Osage and Iroquois Chiefs
Native American Indians, Osage and Iroquois Chiefs. 1876

Background imageIndians Collection: Indigenous Tribe from the Colombian Pacific Coast region

Indigenous Tribe from the Colombian Pacific Coast region
Photograph of Villagers from an indigenous Tribe (Buscaja Indians) from the Colombian Pacific Coast region - Buenaventura, Colombia. Date: 1932



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