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Masecalli at window. Hopi. Village of Oraibi, Arizona. Photo by Adam Clark Vroman. ca. 1900.
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Masecalli at window. Hopi. Village of Oraibi, Arizona. Photo by Adam Clark Vroman. ca. 1900.

The Eagle Medicine Man. An Apsaroke shaman. 1908. Photo by Edward Curtis.
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The Eagle Medicine Man. An Apsaroke shaman. 1908. Photo by Edward Curtis.

Chief Left Hand Bear. Oglala Lakota. ca. 1899. Photo by Heyn Photo.
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Chief Left Hand Bear. Oglala Lakota. ca. 1899. Photo by Heyn Photo.

Wooden Leg. Cheyenne. 1927. Photo by Thomas B. Marquis
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Wooden Leg. Cheyenne. 1927. Photo by Thomas B. Marquis

White Buffalo (possibly Cheyenne youth, 18 years old, with naturally gray hair). 1879. Photo by J.N. Choate
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White Buffalo (possibly Cheyenne youth, 18 years old, with naturally gray hair). 1879. Photo by J.N. Choate

White and Yellow Cow and his wife Singing Bird. Gros Ventre. 1907-1908. Source - NYPL
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White and Yellow Cow and his wife Singing Bird. Gros Ventre. 1907-1908. Source - NYPL

Tsianina Redfeather, a famous Creek/Cherokee singer and performer. Early 1900s. Source - Denver Public Library. Tsianina...
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Tsianina Redfeather, a famous Creek/Cherokee singer and performer. Early 1900s. Source - Denver Public Library.

Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone (December 13, 1882 – January 10, 1985) was a Muscogee singer, performer, and Native American activist, born in Eufaula, Oklahoma, then within the Muscogee Nation. She was born to Cherokee and Creek parents and stood out from her 9 siblings musically. From 1908 she toured regularly with Charles Wakefield Cadman, a composer and pianist who gave lectures about Native American music that were accompanied by his compositions and her singing. He composed classically based works associated with the Indianist movement. They toured in the United States and Europe.

She collaborated with him and Nelle Richmond Eberhart on the libretto of the opera Shanewis (or "The Robin Woman," 1918), which was based on her semi-autobiographical stories and contemporary issues for Native Americans. It premiered at the Metropolitan Opera. Redfeather sang the title role when the opera was on tour, making her debut when the work was performed in Denver in 1924, and also performing in it in Los Angeles in 1926.

After her performing career, she worked as an activist on Indian education, co-founding the American Indian Education Foundation. She also supported Native American archeology and ethnology, serving on the Board of Managers for the School of American Research founded in Santa Fe by Alice Cunningham Fletcher.

Miss Otter-Bee. El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma. ca. 1907-10.
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Miss Otter-Bee. El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma. ca. 1907-10.

Arriving at the Blackfoot dance. Montana. Early 1900s. Photo by N.A. Forsyth. Source - Montana Historical Society
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Arriving at the Blackfoot dance. Montana. Early 1900s. Photo by N.A. Forsyth. Source - Montana Historical Society

A Hesquiat woman. 1915. Photo by Edward S. Curtis. Souce - Museum of Photographic Arts.
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A Hesquiat woman. 1915. Photo by Edward S. Curtis. Souce - Museum of Photographic Arts.

“A Morning Chat”, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. 1904. Photographer: Edward S. Curtis. Source - Palace of the Governors archi...
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“A Morning Chat”, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. 1904. Photographer: Edward S. Curtis. Source - Palace of the Governors archives.

Running Antelope, Hunkpapa Lakota. 1872. Photo by Alexander Gardner.
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Running Antelope, Hunkpapa Lakota. 1872. Photo by Alexander Gardner.

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