Antique Print of the Chief of the Otoe Tribe by Prichard, '1843'

Antique print titled 'Muck-A-Tah-Mish-O-Kah-Kaik'. Lithograph of a Sauk Chief. The Sac or Sauk are a group of Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands culture group, who lived prima...

Esh-Ta-Hum-Leah: The Thoughtful Leader of the Sioux This is a hand-colored lithograph titled "Esh-Ta-Hum-Leah, a Sioux Chief," which is part of the "History of the Indian Tribes of ...

This is an original 19th century hand-colored McKenney and Hall lithographic portrait of a Native American entitled "Wa-Na-Ta, Grand Chief of the Sio...

This is an original 19th century hand-colored folio-sized lithographic portrait of a Native American entitled "Tah-Chee, A Cherokee Chief", from McKenney and Hall's 'History of the Indian Tribes of North America'. It was lithographed by J. T. Bowen after a painting by Charles Bird King and published by E. C. Biddle in Philadelphia in 1838. Tahchee's name translates to Dutch in Cherokee, and he became known as William Dutch. He was born in 1790 in the Cherokee Nation, which is now in a portion of Alabama. Tahchee became known as a skilled warrior and leader among his people, and he was eventually appointed as a chief of the Cherokee Nation "Old Settlers". During his time as chief, Tahchee was a rival of the Osage people and he worked to protect the Cherokee people and their land from encroachment by white settlers. He was a strong advocate for maintaining Cherokee sovereignty and cultural traditions, even as pressure mounted from the United States government to remove the Cherokee from their ancestral lands. In 1838, Tahchee and many other Cherokee people were forcibly removed from their homes in what is known as the Trail of Tears...