National Native American Heritage Month

Selected Images

Pocahontas by Unidentified Artist, copy after Simon van de Passe, after 1616, oil on canvas. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942 Currently on view in the Portrait Gallery's exhibition: American Origins.

Members Sewing Society
Smithsonian Institution Flickr site

Members of the 3rd and 4th Division Navajo code talker platoons of World War II, dressed in their unit's uniform, pose for a group photo during a commemoration of the landing on Iwo Jima
National Archives

Taos Pueblo 1935-36 By Helmut Naumer, Sr. Pastel, paper. H. 30.5, L. 47.0 cm Bandelier National Monument, BAND 1408
National Park Service

Sometimes, During a Summer Storm, Her Hair Ran with Rainbows 1992 By Kevin Peters Acrylic on canvas. L 76, W 61 cm Nez Perce National Historical Park, NEPE 34566
National Park Service

Harvest Dance c 1940 By Pablita Velarde Dancers in their traditional corn dance attire; the six figures include two men, two women, one koshare [ceremonial clown] and a singer/drummer. This work was commissioned by Bandelier National Monument under the Works Progress Administration [WPA] program. Casein paint, masonite. L 40.5, W 17.8 cm [L 16, W 7 inches] Bandelier National Monument, BAND 664
National Park Service

Mummy Cave, Navajo Indian Reservation, Chinle, Apache County, AZ
Library of Congress

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ
Library of Congress

Historic American Buildings Survey., Donald W. Dickensheets, Photographer. June 24, 1940 (SOUTH ELEVATION). - Ceremonial Cave, Bland, Sandoval County, NM
Library of Congress

Historic American Buildings Survey M. James Slack, Photographer, April 12, 1934 INTERIOR HOUSE No. 3 BLOCK No. 1 - Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM
Library of Congress

Sections - Pueblo of Zuni, Central & Original Portion, Vicinity of State Roads 32 & 53, Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, NM
Library of Congress

Buffalo Eddy 1 Petroglyphs
National Park Service

Buffalo Eddy 2 Petroglyphs
National Park Service

Photograph of Native Americans from Southeastern Idaho
National Archives

Native Americans from Southeastern Idaho
National Archives

Native Americans from Southeastern Idaho
National Archives

Jesse Cornplanter, descendant of Cornplanter, the famous Seneca chief, making a ceremonial mask, Tonawanda Community House, Tonawanda, New York
National Archives

Apache Nalin
Smithsonian Institution Flickr site

Fish-Weir Across Trinity River--Hupa
Smithsonian Institution Flickr site

Flora Debears, Cahuilla
Smithsonian Institution Flickr site

Jicarilla maiden
Smithsonian Institution Flickr site