Digital Spotlight: Native American Heritage

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE from the National Archives provides a collection of photographs of American Indians taken in the 19th and early 20th century.

Contents: After a brief introduction, users can select from dozens of topics such as basketwork, burial customs, children, dances, hunting, and weaving to view sets of photographs.

Classroom Connections: Teachers will find these images useful in teaching about the history of National American culture.

Featured Digital Objects:
Babies on Cradleboards https://www.archives.gov/…/na…/pictures/select-list-023.html
Arapaho Ghost Dance https://www.archives.gov/…/na…/pictures/select-list-038.html
Wickiup https://www.archives.gov/…/na…/pictures/select-list-080.html

To visit the collection go to https://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/pictures.