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George Catlin

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Oval painting of three Delaware figures: a woman in a sunburst blanket and two men in beaded hide clothing with rifles.

Three Delaware Indians

1861/1869

Three standing figures in traditional dress on grassland under a pale sky, painted within an oval frame.

Three Creek Indians

1861/1869

Two seated men in beaded clothing and feathered headdresses rest on rocks in an open grassland, painted in an oval frame.

Two Choctaw Indians

1861/1869

Painting of two feathered warriors and a woman in fringed clothing standing on a grassy plain under a pale blue sky.

Two Weeah Warriors and a Woman

1861/1869

Painting of a group of Seminole figures in feathered headdresses and beaded clothing on grass, within an oval frame.

Seminolee Indians, Prisoners at Fort Moultrie

1861/1869

Painting of Osceola and four Seminole people on a grassy plain, a standing man holding a rifle, a seated man, women and a chi

Osceola and Four Seminolee Indians

1861/1869

Two standing men in fringed traditional dress, one holding a feathered staff and the other a rifle, in an oval-framed grassy

Two Cherokee Chiefs

1861/1869

Three Native American men in traditional dress holding wooden sticks on open grassland, shown in an oval inset painting.

Kickapoo Indians Preaching and Praying

1861/1869

Three Indigenous figures in traditional dress stand on grass in an oval vignette, one wearing a feathered headdress.

Three Potowotomie Indians

1861/1869

Painting of Shawano Indians: a woman, two men in feathered headdresses, a man with a pipe, and two children on grassland.

Shawano Indians

1861/1869

Painting of a feathered warrior with a woman and a boy with a bow on the prairie, tipis in the background.

A K'nisteneux Warrior and Family

1861/1869

Painting of three Indigenous people on a plain: a woman with a baby, a standing man with a rifle, and a seated man with feath

Three Micmac Indians

1861/1869

Three figures in feathered headdresses and fur garments stand on a plain in a painted oval, by George Catlin.

Yntah Medicine Man, a Warrior, and a Woman

1855/1869

Three Celebrated Ball Players - Choctaw, Sioux and Ojibbeway

1861

Two hunters on snowshoes chase bison through snowy hills, with a long herd trailing across the winter landscape.

Buffalo Chase in the Snow Drifts - Ojibbeway

1861/1869

Watercolor of a group of painted men in feathered headdresses dancing on grass, some holding spears, bows and a shield.

Amusing Dance - Saukie

1861/1869

Watercolor of painted, feathered men dancing before conical tents while seated musicians play a drum on the right.

Slaves' Dance - Saukie

1861

Painting of Choctaw men performing an eagle dance in feathered headdresses before tipis and trees, with drummers and onlooker

Eagle Dance - Choctaw

1861/1869

Painting of painted male dancers in feathered headdresses performing in a line on grass, with a standing figure in a robe and

Dance to the Berdache - Saukie

1861/1869

Painted group of dancers in bear skins and feathered headdresses performing together on grassland under a pale sky.

Bear Dance - K'nisteneux

1861

Watercolor of painted men with red feathered headdresses and spears performing a dance on grass under a pale sky.

Discovery Dance - Saukie

1861

Painting of men in feathered headdresses performing a snowshoe dance on snow, holding staffs decorated with feathers.

Snow Shoe Dance - Ojibbeway

1861/1869

Painting of a Choctaw ball-play dance, with lines of dancers on open grassland, seated spectators, poles and rolling hills.

Ball-Play Dance - Choctaw

1861/1869

Painted oval scene of canoes with paddlers gathering rice through marsh grasses toward a lake with green hills beyond.

Gathering Wild Rice - Winnebago

1861/1869

Oval painting of a tepee village on a grassy plain with a river, a flagpole, and riders on horseback on hills.

Fort Pierre

1861/1869

Painted facsimile of an Ojibbeway robe showing rows of small animals, birds, celestial symbols and objects on a tan field.

Facsimile of an Ojibbeway Robe

1861/1869

Night river scene with torch-lit canoes, figures spearing fish, dark reeds on the left and a calm water expanse.

Salmon Spearing - Ottowas

1861/1869

Painting of figures in feathered headdresses gathered around a seated figure and wooden enclosure in a forest clearing.

Funeral of Black Hawk - Saukie

1861/1869

Painting of painted warriors with red headdresses performing a war dance on a grassy field, with tepees and a house in the di

War Dance of the Saukies

1861/1869

Painting of three Navaho figures on a grassy plain: a woman in a patterned blanket and two men with arrows and a feathered he

Three Navaho Indians

1861/1869

Four men in feathered headdresses and body paint stand with spears and bows against a pale sky, with a painted robe.

Apachee Chief and Three Warriors

1855/1869

Painting of four Apache figures in feathered headdresses and fringed clothing, with a woman carrying an infant, on a green an

Four Apachee Indians

1855/1869

Painting of two Apache warriors with feathered headdresses and a standing woman in a green skirt against a grassland.

Two Apachee Warriors and a Woman

1855/1869

Four Navaho warriors in feathered headdresses and fringed leggings stand on a grassy plain, one pointing, one holding a spear

Four Navaho Warriors

1861/1869

Watercolor of Indigenous figures fishing by a river, with a woman holding a fish and a blanketed man standing nearby.

Flathead Indians

1861

Four Indigenous figures on a grassy plain under cloudy skies, one wearing a feathered headdress and draped blanket, painted i

Four Flathead Indians

1855/1869

Oval painting of a Flathead man, boy, and seated family beside a lodge with hanging pelts and fish on the ground.

A Flathead Chief with His Family

1855/1869

Painting of two standing men and a woman with an infant on open grassland, the men in feathered headdresses and blankets.

Nayas Indian Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

1855/1869

Oval watercolor of a man and woman beside a tepee under trees, with hides drying and a canoe on the water at right.

Nayas Indians

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Painting of an older Indigenous man with a rifle, a woman in a painted robe, and a crouching child beside a river.

An Old Nayas Indian, His Granddaughter, and a Boy

1855/1869

Two young men with feathered headdresses stand on a riverbank with paddles, while a canoe with three figures floats behind th

Two Young Hyda Men

1855/1869

Painting of three men in feathered headdresses outdoors, one holding a bow, one a shield, one a long pipe.

Three Young Chinook Men

1855/1869

Three figures in feathered headdresses with spear and staff, and a seated woman holding an infant, against a pale blue sky.

Klahoquaht Chief, His Wife, and Son

1855/1869

Painting of four Indigenous figures, three men with feathered headdresses and paddles, and a woman with arrows and a child.

Klatsop Indians

1855/1869

Three Native figures in feathered headdresses and fringed clothing stand on a grassy plain, one balancing a clay pot on her h

Three Walla Walla Indians

1855/1869

Painted facsimile of a Sioux robe showing mounted warriors, archers, and a tepee in rows around a central decorated band.

Facsimile of a Sioux Robe

1861/1869

Painting of three Indigenous figures on a grassy plain: a feathered warrior with a quiver, a boy, and a woman wrapped in a bl

A Stone Warrior, His Wife, and a Boy

1855/1869

Painting of a man with feathered headdress, a child with a bow, and a woman carrying an infant on a prairie.

Copper Chief, His Wife, and Children

1855/1869

Painting of a central chief with feathered headdress and staff, flanked by two warriors with a shield and lance, and a small

Spokan Chief, Two Warriors, and a Boy

1855/1869

Painting of three Indigenous figures on a plain: a woman in a beaded dress, a man with a staff, and a feathered warrior with

Athapasca Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

1855/1869

Four Indigenous figures in fringed clothing and feathered headdresses stand on a grassy plain under a pale sky.

Four Dogrib Indians

1855/1869

Painting of three standing Indigenous figures in fringed clothing and beaded necklaces on a grassy plain within an oval frame

Three Selish Indians

1855/1869

Painting of two men in feathered headdresses and a woman in a blue dress standing in an open landscape, in an oval frame.

Two Chippewyan Warriors and a Woman

1855/1869

Three figures in fur clothing stand on snowy ground under a pale sky; a woman carries a child on her back.

Three Esquimaux

1855/1869

Three men in feathered headdresses and fringed clothing hold a bow, a spear, and a staff against a pale sky.

Alaeutian Chief and Two Warriors

1855/1869

Three Indigenous figures on a grassy plain: a man with a staff, a central man in a pink blanket and feathered headdress, and

Cochimtee Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

1855/1869

Painting of a Mohave chief, a warrior, and a woman standing in an open landscape, in an oval frame.

Mohave Chief, a Warrior, and His Wife

1855/1869

Painting of a woman and two Yuma men in feathered headdresses and beaded jewelry standing in a grassy landscape with hills.

A Yuma Chief, His Daughter, and a Warrior

1855/1869

Painting of three standing Indigenous men in feathered headdresses, one holding a spear, within an oval frame.

Three Yumaya Indians

1855/1869

Painting of five Indigenous figures, including men in straw hats and a woman with a basket, in an open landscape.

Five Maya Indians

1855/1869

Oval painting of a mounted rider shooting a bow at a charging bison across a grassy plain.

Buffalo Chase

1861/1869

Painting of bison stampeding over plains as a hunter gallops behind, with a fallen rider and horse in the foreground.

Buffalo Chase, with Accidents

1861/1869

Painting of a bison herd on open grassland, with a bow hunter and a rifle hunter in the lower right foreground.

Catlin and Indian Attacking Buffalo

1861/1869

Bison herd on grassy prairie, one animal rolling in a mud wallow in the foreground beneath a cloudy sky.

A Buffalo Wallow

1861/1869