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The oldest man in all Hopiland. Said to be over a hundred years old. Oraibi, Arizona
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Hopiland, Arizona. Kauowena, the oldest woman in Walpi. There are four generations between the old woman and the child
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Old Hopi woman and young child seated together in window of adobe structure.
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A corner of Oraibi, Arizona
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View of a Hopi man with a burro, and another burro nursing a calf. Pueblo buildings, a ladder, and pottery are in the surroundings.
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Hopi Pueblo, Arizona. Oraibi, oldest and greatest town of the Hopi Indians
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Hopi men wearing dance regalia, preparing for Snake Dance. A crowd watches along pueblo walls.
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Hopiland, Arizona. Young Hopi girl of the pueblo of Oraibi
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This set of photographs by Frederick Monsen focuses on Native Americans of the Southwest in mostly candid views taken in Pueblo communities, approx. 1886-1911. Photographs include portraits, ceremonies, dances, pueblos, livestock and scenes of daily activities. A smaller portion of the collection consists of landscapes, cliff-dwellings, ruins, gold miners, wagons and scenes of pioneer life in the West. Some photographs were made by Monsen while he was with U.S. Geological Surveys (including the Brown-Stanton survey of 1889), and others during his own photography trips. The majority of Native Americans pictured are Hopi and Navajo, but there are also Paiute, Apache, and Pueblo Indians. There are a few views of Mojave Indians of Southern California, and natives of Baja, Mexico. There are several views of Indian children, shown with and without clothes, in their daily activities. Scenes of non-Indian Western life include men in covered wagons on trails, gold prospectors and stagecoaches. There are many artistic landscape views of canyons, buttes and mesas; Death Valley; salt beds; ancient ruins; cactus and other desert plants. Unusual subjects of note are three photographs of skeletons in the deserts of Arizona and one view of the covered bodies of prospectors being carried on burros. The prints are all signed by Monsen and have typed or handwritten captions on the back, written by Monsen.
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Oraibi, Hopi Pueblo on the Third Mesa, Painted Desert, Northern Arizona. The famous Snake Dance at Oraibi
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Hopi Indian men wearing dance regalia, performing Snake Dance. One man holds a snake.
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Hopi Indians, Arizona. Masauwah, High priest of Mishongnovi
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Portrait of Hopi man.
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