Category Archives: Native American History

Deadwood – Where Fact Is Better Than Fiction

  Many of us have heard of “Deadwood”, in part due to the successful American Western television series by the same name, created, produced and largely written by David Milch. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South … Continue reading

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Rare Collection:1906 Native American Crow Indian Photos by Alfred Baumgartner

An early Billings, Montana photographer, Alfred Baumgartner had a studio on Minnesota Avenue which opened in 1906 and closed just a few years later. Little is known of his work except that he was certainly a true Western Photographer – had … Continue reading

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Wounded Knee Indian Massacre: Rare View Of The “Press Headquarters”

This is a truly amazing January 1891, Albumen Cabinet Card Photograph of a small log cabin behind the Post Office at the Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota – the location from which the first news reports about the Wounded … Continue reading

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American Tragedy: Hanging of the Dakota Sioux, Hayes Lithograph

Above, you will find a fascinating– though exceptionally disconcerting– image that captures one of the lowest points in the history of the treatment of Native American Peoples by the government and citizens of the United States. The print depicts the … Continue reading

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