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The American Indian in the 19th Century
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Spotted Tail (left) and his wife, Brule Sioux, 1872, US National Archives, NWDNS-75-ID-27 and NWDNS-75-ID-28A
The National Gallery of Art displays nearly 300 of George Catlin's paintings many of which depict Indian life during the 19th Century.
John Ross Chief of the Cherokee is the second feature of the Library of Congress, "Today in History," for October 3.
Portraits of some key American Indian leaders including Black Hawk, Sitting Bull, and Geronimo can be found at The National Portrait Gallery's "Native Americans," exhibit.
The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian offers exhibits and other materials online.
This page was last updated
August 21, 2002
Background: an altered image of the Declaration of Independence, see the original images at the presentation on the Declaration of Independence by the US National Archives.