Native Americans, also known as First Americans, Indigenous Americans, American Indians, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the United States, including Hawaii and territories of the United States, and other times limited to the mainland.
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| Portraits of Native Americans from the late 19th and early 20th centuries |
There are 574 federally recognized tribes living within the US, about half of which are associated with Indian reservations. “Native Americans” (as defined by the United States Census) are Indigenous tribes that are originally from the contiguous United States, along with Alaska Natives.
Indigenous peoples of the United States who are not American Indian or Alaska Native include Native Hawaiians, Samoans, and Chamorros. The US Census groups these peoples as “Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander”.
These amazing vintage photos from Rick Soloway captured portraits of Native Americans from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| A young American Indian mother and her baby |
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| A young Chiricahua Apache woman in native dress |
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| A young Kiowa (Kiawah) woman in native dress |
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| A young Native American girl in western dress |
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| An Apache warrior seated and holding a sheathed bow and arrow quiver |
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| An unknown Native American Indian with ornate headdress |
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| Bear Shield |
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| Chief Red Whip |
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| Chief Running Bird |
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| Chief White Horse |
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| Crazy Horse |
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| Frank Hup and Son |
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| Joseph and Susie Good |
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| Judge Bird Head and wife |
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| Long Bull |
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| Lovely Enohet woman |
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| Mountain Chief |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Sitting Hawk |
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| Mrs. Blue Bird |
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| Mrs. James Cedar |
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| Mrs. Locke |
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| Pawnee couple, Genoa, Nebraska |
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| Pawnee tribesman, Genoa, Nebraska |
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| Pawnee woman, Genoa, Nebraska |
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| Portrait of Pedro, a Navajo |
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| Sioux Indian |
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| Two Native American children in western dress |
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| Two Strikes, Chief of Sioux Nation, Wounded Knee, South Dakota |
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| Two Winnebago or Menominee women from Northern Wisconsin |
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| Two young Apache women from Arizona with their basketry |
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| Woman in traditional dress |
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| Wounded Bear, Wounded Knee, South Dakota |
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| Young Native American man with a rifle standing next to a seated Caucasian man wearing a hat |
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| Young Native American woman |
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| "Curley" a Crow Indian Scout for General Custer |
