Rare color images of Native Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries

Rare color photographs depicting Native Americans in the late 19th century and early 20th century are genuinely recorded.

Indigenous peoples of the Americas are residents of America before Cristoforo Colombo . They live in North America and South America. Some assimilate and integrate into the common society in the Americas, often referred to as the American Aboriginal name. They live in nomadic tribes, living on hunting and gathering.

Currently, in the US territory, the Indian ethnic group only accounts for about 1%. They live in areas with difficult natural conditions such as high mountains and dry areas in the West.

In preparation for documenting the short film " Moses on the Mesa ", Paul Ratner , American filmmaker embarked on studying old photographs of Indians. The film is about a German - Jewish immigrants fell in love with an Indian ethnic girl and became the Acoma Pueblo tribal chief in New Mexico in the late 1800s.

Initially, Ratner only found black and white pictures and was colored again. The image was taken at the time of the late 19th century and early 20th century. After that, the subject became attractive to Ratner. He decided to put effort into collecting them.

The photo set was shared on social networking sites. Immediately, they received great interest from the online community. Someone has a better understanding of the lives of early Native Americans a hundred years ago.

Portrait of the girl named Minnehaha.Photo taken in 1904.

Portrait of Eagle Arrow, the man of the Siksika tribe in Montana.Photos taken in the 1900s.

Blackfeet's horse grazing area in Montana.Photo taken in 1900.

Oglala Lakota tribe Bone Necklace.Photo taken in 1899.

Photograph of an American Aboriginal in 1908. Hand painted by Roland W. Reed.

The painting was painted by an Indian woman by the river in the early 1900s. Roland W. Reed's photo.

Arrowmaker, the Ojibwe tribal man.Photo taken in 1903.

A black haired woman.Photo of 1900 by Walter Mcclintock.

Charles American Horse, son of chief American Horse of the Oglala Lakota tribe.Photo taken in 1901 by William Herman Rau.

Chief of the Little Wound with his family in Oglala Lakota.Photo taken in 1899 by Heyn Photo.

The hut is the Blackfeet tribe's residence in Montana.Photo of 1900 by Walter Mcclintock.

"Summer".Photo of people of Kiowa tribe in 1898. Photo of Fa Rinehart.