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A man identified only as an American Indian poses for an unknown photographer.

A group of men, identified only as Buffalo Bill's Wild West, poses in this undated photograph. Founded in 1883 by Iowa native William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846–1917), the traveling show changed its name in 1893 to Buffalo Bill's Wild…

A father and his three children pose for photographer William Bradshaw at the Chickahominy Reservation in Charles City County in 1969.

Chickahominy Indians pose in regalia at an unknown location sometime after 1920. They are probably in Richmond to present their annual tribute to the governor.The annual ceremony honored the terms of the treaty ending the Third Anglo-Powhatan War…

Chief Running Deer, of the Rappahannock Indians, prepares to throw a stone-pointed spear at a fish in the James River at the Jamestown Festival Park. At the time Chiles T. Larson took this undated photograph, Running Deer served as a historical…

Webster "Little Eagle" Custalow, chief of the Mattaponi Indians (left), and Norman "Chief Evening Star" Custalowdance at a Thanksgiving celebration outside the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond. Virginia governor Charles S. "Chuck" Robb, Chief…

Five men pose for an unknown photographer at an unknown location sometime in the 1880s. The men are identified as Edward Valentine, Dr. Armstrong, Bushy Head, Ben Valentine, and Mann Valentine. Mann Satterwhite Valentine II (1824–1892), with…

Two members of the Mattaponi Tribe present a gift to Virginia governor Mills E. Godwin Jr. (center) on the steps of the State Capitol in Richmond on November 24, 1976. A man at left holds a long stick with fish and quail tied to it, while at right a…

Virginia governor Gerald L. Baliles presents framed photographs to Chief William Miles (Pamunkey) and Chief Webster Custalow (Mattaponi) at a Thanksgiving ceremony outside in the Executive Mansion in Richmond. A group of Native Americans in…

Virginia governor Charles S. "Chuck" Robb(second from right), Mattaponi chief Webster Custalow, and others watch an Indian man perform a harvest ritual in Richmond while a television news crew films the event. This photograph, by an unidentified…