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Fragment Entitled "William Penn's Treaty with the Indians", England, c. 1785

Fragment Entitled "William Penn's Treaty with the Indians", England, c. 1785. Quaker leader Penn in a meeting with Native Americans. After an engraving by John Hall after a painting by Benjamin West, published by John Boydell

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Hollow Horn Bear, 1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Hollow Horn Bear, 1907. [Brule Lakota chief who fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn]. Photogravure, plate 82 from "The North American Indian, volume 3" (1908)

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A'h-sha-la-cóots-ah, Mole in the Forehead, Chief of the Republican Pawnee, 1832

A'h-sha-la-coots-ah, Mole in the Forehead, Chief of the Republican Pawnee, 1832

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