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George Catlin

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Painted portrait of a man in a dark blue coat and decorated sash, holding a long pipe against a soft cloudy background.

Kee-món-saw, Little Chief, a Chief

1830

Painting of Hidatsa dancers in feathered headdresses circling a tipi frame hung with green corn, with squash on the ground.

Green Corn Dance, Hidatsa

1830

Painting of figures carrying bundles and canoes along a grassy riverbank beside a waterfall under a cloudy sky.

Ojibwa Portaging Around the Falls of St. Anthony

1830

Painting of a feathered man on a domed earth lodge in a village, with a crowd below and a cloudy sky.

Rainmaking among the Mandan

1830

Painting of a white painted hide tepee on green grass, with a seated figure, a wolf, and a shield on a tripod.

Crow Lodge of Twenty-five Buffalo Skins

1830

Portrait of a man in feathered headdress and beaded necklaces, holding a painted pipe, against a golden background.

Téh-ke-néh-kee, Black Coat, a Chief

1830

Painted portrait of a standing man with feathered headdress, holding a bow and arrow against a hazy golden sky.

Cáh-he-ga-shín-ga, Little Chief

1830

Painting of women playing a ball game on a grassy prairie with spectators, a river, and rolling hills behind them.

Ball-play of the Women, Prairie du Chien

1830

Painting of a calm river with green bluffs, pale cliffs, and a small structure on a hilltop under a pink-grey sky.

Dubuque's Grave, Upper Mississippi

1830

Painting of men in feathered headdresses dancing with clubs and staffs while drummers kneel at the left.

Braves' Dance, Ojibwa

1830

Painted portrait of a woman with red face paint, braids, beaded jewelry and fur-trimmed dress, holding a carved staff.

Chin-cha-pee, Fire Bug That Creeps, Wife of Pigeon's Egg Head

1830

Painting of riders on horseback near a green hill with a ring of bison skulls under an orange sunset sky.

Butte de Mort, Sioux Burial Ground, Upper Missouri

1830

Painting of a standing warrior with a feathered shield, bow, arrows and spear against a pale landscape.

His-oo-sán-chees, Little Spaniard, a Warrior

1830

Painting of Mandan men playing a ring and pole game on a plain, with spectators in feathered headdresses watching.

Tchung-kee, a Mandan Game Played with a Ring and Pole

1830

Panoramic painting of Niagara Falls with white cascades, a turbulent river, evergreen trees and a pink sky.

Niagara Falls

1820

Seated man in red headdress with white feather, blue jacket, white blanket and red leggings, beside a rock under a pale sky.

Mick-e-no-páh, Chief of the Tribe

1830

Painting of feathered dancers with spears before red tipis, a seated drummer at right and a white dog in the foreground.

Dance of the Chiefs, Mouth of the Teton River

1830

Painting of a rider in red chasing a bison herd across golden grassland under a cloudy sky with trees at right.

Caddo Indians Chasing Buffalo, Cross Timbers, Texas

1840

Painting of a young woman in a white beaded dress holding a feather fan, with lodges and a river behind her.

Seet-sé-be-a, Midday Sun, a Pretty Girl

1830

Painting of red sandstone bluffs above green grassland with bison grazing and small figures in the foreground.

View in the Grand Detour, 1900 Miles above St. Louis

1830

Painting of a mounted rider with a lance chasing a bison herd across a green grassland with hills in the distance.

An Osage Indian Lancing a Buffalo

1840

Painting of several men in buffalo masks and fur leggings performing a group dance, holding spears and a shield.

Buffalo Dance, Mandan

1830

Painting of a winding river past eroded ochre bluffs and mesas, with a lone figure on a grassy ridge in the foreground.

Big Bend on the Upper Missouri, 1900 Miles above St. Louis

1830

Painting of mounted warriors in combat on a grassy plain under a dramatic stormy sky, with evergreen trees on the hills.

Battle Between Sioux and Sac and Fox

1840

Painting of seated men around a central fire in a lodge lit from a roof opening, with skulls and hanging shields.

Interior View of the Medicine Lodge, Mandan O-kee-pa Ceremony

1830

Oil portrait of a young boy with red face paint, a pink plume headdress, fur robe, and beaded necklaces against a warm backgr

Tcha-káuk-o-ko-máugh, Great Chief, a Boy

1830

Painting of Mandan men seated in a council circle on grassland, with shields, feathered headdresses and rolling hills behind.

Foot War Party in Council, Mandan

1830

Mounted hunters with bows and lances chase a bison herd across green rolling grassland under a pale sky.

Buffalo Chase with Bows and Lances

1830

Oil portrait of a man with a red roach hairstyle in a fur robe against a loosely painted cloudy sky.

Theodore Burr Catlin, in Indian Costume

1840

Painting of a green grassy slope with distant bluffs on the left under a soft, cloudy, tan-toned sky.

Nishnabottana Bluffs, Upper Missouri

1830

Painting of domed earth lodges on a high riverbank, with people swimming, running and paddling a canoe on the river.

Hidatsa Village, Earth-covered Lodges, on the Knife River, 1810 Miles above St. Louis

1830

Painting of a crowded Choctaw ball game on grassland, with teepees, spectators, and rolling green hills under a blue sky.

Ball-play of the Choctaw--Ball Up

1840