K’aa lani aka Many Arrows, 1903
Navajo is the second-biggest federally recognized tribe in the United States. Navajo occupies 27 000 square miles in the Southwest of the United States, which made it difficult for the military to corral them even when contact between tribes was not an easy task. Throughout World War 2, Navajo warriors were invaluable to the military as code speakers, soldiers using the Navajo language to relay messages that could not be heard by the Japanese military.
K’aa lani aka Many Arrows, 1903
Pete Mitchell aka Dust Maker, 1898
A photograph of Pete Mitchell from the tribe of Ponca was taken by Frank Rinehart, a photographer known for his work with the Indians. His pictures are not only people’s images but also a look at the people who created America. This picture, taken in 1898, was shot at the Omaha Indian Congress in Nebraska, at that time the largest meeting of American Indian tribes of its kind, and housed more than 500 members from 35 different tribes.
Pete Mitchell Aka Dust Maker, 1898
