For more than fifty years, Horace Poolaw, a Kiowa American Indian, dedicated himself to documenting the lives of members of his tribe in southern Oklahoma.

Title: [Au-Pia Goodle or Red Otter, Kiowa Medicine Man and Wife] Creator: Bretz, George W. Date: ca. 1894-1895 Place: Fort Sill, Indian Territory Part Of: Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection Series: Series 4: Texas Locations and People Physical Description: 1 photographic print on cabinet card: gelatin silver; 17 x 11 cm File: ag2008_0005_4_6_4_03_c_redotter_opt.tif Rights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact [email protected]. For more information, see: digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jtx/id/381 View the Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs at: digitalcollections.smu.edu/all/cul/jtx/

These rare and beautiful vintage photos of Native American girls were taken between the late 1800s and the turn of the 19th Century, yet despite being over a hundred years old, many of the old photos are still in mint condition.

For more than fifty years, Horace Poolaw, a Kiowa American Indian, dedicated himself to documenting the lives of members of his tribe in southern Oklahoma.

Running Horse, a Native American (Kiowa) man, - 1890/1910

For five decades at the beginning of the 20th century, Horace Poolaw photographed a Kiowa community in flux.

These rare and beautiful vintage photos of Native American girls were taken between the late 1800s and the turn of the 19th Century, yet despite being over a hundred years old, many of the old photos are still in mint condition.