Film-maker Paul Ratner developed a passion for researching old photographs of indigenous people while making "Moses on the Mesa", a film about a German-Jewish immigrant who fell in love with a Native-American woman and became governor of her tribe of Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico in the late 1800s.
“What has been most gratifying to me about researching old photos of Native Americans is when the relatives of the people featured in the photos discover them through our popular Facebook page," Ratner told Bored Panda. "Many of them have never seen these photos and are excited to find them. It is also exciting when folks correctly identify the people and the tribes pictured in the photos since the archives or vintage photo auctions often have incorrect or incomplete information. I feel like through this process we are reclaiming some lost history.”
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Minnehaha. 1904
Bone Necklace. Oglala Lakota Chief. 1899. Photo By Heyn Photo
Blackfeet Tribal Camp With Grazing Horses. Montana. Early 1900s. Glass Lantern Slide By Walter Mcclintock
Eagle Arrow. A Siksika Man. Montana. Early 1900s. Glass Lantern Slide By Walter Mcclintock
Blackfeet Girl. Montana. Early 1900s. Glass Lantern Slide By Walter Mcclintock
Chief James A. Garfield. Jicarilla Apache. 1899. Photo By William Henry Jackson
"Painted Tipis Of The Headmen". Blackfeet. Montana. Early 1900s. By Walter Mcclintock
Arrowmaker, An Ojibwe Man. 1903
"Ringing Bell". 1908. Minnesota. Handpainted Photo Print By Roland W. Reed
Handpainted Print Of A Young Woman By The River. Early 1900s. Photo By Roland W. Reed
Charles American Horse (the Son Of Chief American Horse). Oglala Lakota. 1901. Photo By William Herman Rau
Chief Little Wound And Family. Oglala Lakota. 1899. Photo By Heyn Photo
Cheyenne Chief Wolf Robe. Color Halftone Reproduction Of A Painting From A F. A. Rinehart Photograph. 1898
”In Summer”. Kiowa. 1898. Photo By F.a. Rinehart
“Songlike”, A Pueblo Man, 1899. Photo By F.a. Rinehart
Walks-in-the-water (soya-wa-awachkai) And Her Baby Koumiski (round Face). Siksika. Montana. Ear
Amos Two Bulls. Lakota. Photo By Gertrude Käsebier
She Who Travels In The Sky. Ojibwe. 1908. Photo By Roland Reed
Northern Plains Man On An Overlook. Montana. Early 1900s. Hand-colored Photo By Roland W. Reed
Blackfeet Children (including "sa-ko-uka-etsusin"). Montana. Early 1900s. Glass Lantern Slide B
Mrs. Bad Gun. 1879. Cheyenne. Photo By L.a.huffman
A Blackfoot Couple. Montana. Early 1900s. Glass Lantern Slide By Walter Mcclintock
"Coming Running". Blackfeet Woman With Children. Montana. Early 1900s. Glass Lantern Slide By W
Ojibwe Woman. Early 1900s. Photo By Roland Reed
Piegan Couple. Ca. 1890-1910. Glacier National Park, Montana. Colorized Photo/postcard
Red Stripe Tipi And The Thunder Tipi. Siksika Camp. Montana. Early 1900s
Blackfeet Family. Montana. Early 1900s. Glass Lantern Slide By Walter Mcclintock
Vapore. Maricopa. 1899. Photo By F.a. Rinehart
A Medicine Man With Patient. Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. 1905. Photo By Carl Moon
Broken Arm. Oglala Lakota. Ca. 1899. Photo By F.a. Rinehart
Geronimo (goyaałé). Apache. 1898. Photo By F.a. Rinehart
Piegan Men Giving Prayer To The Thunderbird Near A River In Montana. 1912. Photo By Roland W. Reed
Ute Chief Ignacio. 1870-1890
A Woman By The Star Tipi In Blackfoot Camp. Early 1900s
Riders With Coup Sticks. Blackfeet. Montana. Early 1900s. Glass Lantern Slide By Walter Mcclint
"Hiawatha's Return." 1904. Photo By Detroit Photographic Co
Thunder Tipi Of Brings-down-the-sun. Blackfoot Camp. Early 1900s. Glass Lantern Slide By Walte
Old Coyote (aka Yellow Dog). Crow. Original Photo Circa 1879 (color Tinted Circa 1910)
A Crow Dancer. Early 1900s. Photo By Richard Throssel
Strong Left Hand And Family. Northern Cheyenne Reservation. 1906. Photo By Julia Tuell
Bear Chief Cutting A Green Hide. Blackfeet. Montana. Early 1900s. Glass Lantern Slide By Walter
Chief Mad Wolf. Blackfeet. Montana. Early 1900s. Glass Lantern Slide By Walter Mcclintock
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