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Map of the Western Territory

Date: 1834
Description: This map shows the locations of Indian tribes, and lands sold and ceded, as well as roads, forts, and rivers. Lands in the Great Plains are covered, and Ar...
Photograph

Creek and Cherokee Woman

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Description: Miss Nina Porter, the niece of General Porter, born to a Creek father and a Cherokee mother.
Photograph

Cherokee Boy

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Description: C.W. Turner, Jr., a young Cherokee "Rough Rider" who wished to go to war.
Photograph

Two Young Cherokees

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Description: Two Cherokee children embrace for a portrait.
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Cherokee Woman

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Description: Miss Carlotta Shackelford, "The Cherokee Duchess."
Photograph

Cherokee Female Seminary

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Description: A Cherokee Female Seminary. Students stand on the lawn and porch in front of the building.
Photograph

Cherokee Man

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Description: Head and shoulders vignetted studio portrait of Vance McSpadden of the Cherokee High School Class of 1898.
Photograph

Cherokee Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Mrs. Robert W. Hamilton, a Cherokee Woman.
Photograph

Cherokee Male Seminary Football Team

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Description: Group portrait of a Cherokee Male Seminary football team.
Photograph

Cherokee High School Football Team

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Description: Group portrait of a Cherokee High School football team.
Photograph

Cherokee Woman

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Miss Emma Coleman, a Cherokee Indian. She is facing right in a semi-profile.
Map or Atlas

Map of Indian Boundary Lines

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Description: A hand-drawn map of Indian boundary lines in southwest Virginia. It also includes the Duck River and the Elk River.
Photograph

Chief Lone West

Date: 1938
Description: "Chief Lone West", Cherokee movie actor from Santa Monica, poses in a headdress near an International truck. According to the original caption, he was also...
Photograph

Fourth Annual Conference of American Indians

Date: 10 1914
Description: Fourth Annual Conference of American Indians taken in front of Lathrop Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Included are: Mr. (William) Kershaw (M...
Photograph

Henry Kendall College Football Team

Date: 1898
Description: Group portrait of the 1898 Henry Kendall College football team, made up of four Creek Indians, two Choctaw Indians, one Cherokee Indian, and ten white men.
Photograph

Henry Kendall College Football Team

Date: 1897
Description: Group portrait of the 1897 Henry Kendall College football team, holders of the championship in Indian Territory. The players are Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw,...
Photograph

Cherokee Woman

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Mrs. Robert W. Hamilton, a Cherokee woman.
Photograph

Cherokee Woman

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Miss Nana Reynolds, a Cherokee Indian.
Photograph

Muskogee Presbyterian Church Sunday School

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Description: A portrait of a Muskogee Presbyterian Church Sunday School Class. Pictured are Cherokee, Creek, and White girls.
Photograph

Henry Kendall College School Building

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Description: A Henry Kendall College School Building.

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