Two Indian women with a blond Anglo child, standing in front of a well-built wooden building. One woman is carrying a bundle. The photograph was taken in either Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada.
The Murl Emery Photograph Collection consists of seventeen black-and-white photographic reprints of ferries and recreational activities near Searchlight, Nevada on the Colorado River taken from approximately 1910 to 1946, and reprinted from approximately 1970 to 2004.
Transcribed from photograph, "Southern Paiute - 5. A band of Southern Paiute in an 1871 photograph taken by T.H. O'Sullivan. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Library of Congress."
A view of a Nevada Day centennial parade procession featuring a float with signs that read: "Stewart Indian School," "Miss Fannie Litson, Queen," and "Indian land under discussion for statehood 1863."
Transcribed from the picture: "Northern Paiute - 3. Scenes similar to this were not uncommon at the turn of the century. The Northern Paiute people began to incorporate non-native materials into their camps. Location: Mason Valley. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Nevada Historical Society."
Transcribed from the image: "Northern Paiute - 4. The handgame competition is a psychological contest. Handgames, such as this on the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, are common to all Nevada tribes and are still played at many celebrations. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesty of Annie Barr."
Transcribed from the picture, "Northern Paiute - 9. Na-zi-sa-ka was a game played by Paiute women. A braided cloth was thrown through the goal with long poles. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Mabel Paulina."
Transcribed from photograph, "Southern Paiute - 10. A 1912 Southern Paiute family in Goodsprings, Nevada. From left to right: Bahoon, Daisy Mike, woman on right - unknown. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Peabody Museum, Harvard University."
Transcribed from photograph, "Washo - 5. Captain Jim, A Washo spokesman. In 1892, he traveled to Washington, D.C. to plead with the U.S. Government to stop destroying the pine nut trees and the hunting and fishing rights of his people. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Nevada Historical Society."