There were obviously many different tribes of Native American Indians before they were pretty much wiped out by the white man, especially after the railroads were built. Most of us grew up watching the westerns where they were always the baddies, causing trouble for the heroic cowboys, settlers and armies, but the reality of their lives and what some of them actually looked like certainly wasn't depicted*. These look like some charismatic and very powerful figures. For those that haven't read it, l highly recommend 'Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee' the book by Dee Brown, which pulls no punches to the way they were treated.
* I will however, give a pass to 'Soldier Blue'.
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