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Indian Corn – also known as Flint Corn and Calico Corn – one of the three types of maize cultivated by the Native Peoples of North America.

Plains Indian headdress such as would have been worn by Roman Nose (Cheyenne warrior) in the 19th century. The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, USA.

Pupils at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania, c. 1900. Students were required to wear uniforms and had to surrender traditional attire upon their arrival.

Early Indian coins were made by cutting sheets of silver into pieces and marking each piece with one or more symbols using small punches. As there are no portraits or inscriptions, the coins are now known by numbers. This coin, for example...

Teacher and young boys posed for photograph at an unknown American Indian boarding school, c. 1900. Minnesota Historical Society.

Indian Girl in White Blanket, painting by Robert Henri, 1917. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Photo by Daderot.

Sir William Johnson saves the life of French General Baron Dieskau after the Battle of Lake George, 1755, oil on canvas painting by Benjamin West, between 1764 and 1768. Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

In the ancient world, some coins had dates on them. giving us precise information as to when people ruled. These coins are inscribed with dates, so they give fixed points in the chronology of ancient states, to which other evidence can be...

The caves of Ajanta were built between 2nd century BCE and 6th century CE. Here beautifully decorated inner pillars and trifolium from Cave 26 can be seen.

Hare Indian Dog, hand-colored lithograph by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1848. Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Wyoming.