List of Native American-themed murals

Of the four hundred New Deal murals depicting American Indian themes in the Sections program, only 24 were actually painted by American Indian artists.[1]

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Alabama

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USPO
Tuscumbia
Chief Tuscumbia Greets the Dickson Family Jack McMillen 1939

Alaska

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Arizona

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United States Post Office, Phoenix, Arizona Progress of the Pioneer, the Arrival of the U.S. Mail Coach   La Verne Nelson Black 1937 83002993[3]
Spanish Explorers and American Indians   Oscar Berninghaus 1939

Arkansas

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California

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Colorado

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Connecticut

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Delaware

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District of Columbia

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William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building
Washington, D.C.
Dangers of the Mail   Frank Mechau 1937 66000865[4]
University of Illinois at Chicago
Medical Center, Chicago
The Story of Natural Drugs Thomas Jefferson League 1937 The panels illustrate the use of indigenous Native American remedies derived from natural sources, by Spanish explorers in the New World.[5]
Federal Building
(formerly Main Post Office Department building)
Covered Wagon Attacked by Indians William C. Palmer 1937

Florida

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Georgia

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Hawaii

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Idaho

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Illinois

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Legler Library, Chicago Father Marquette's Winter in Chicago Richard Fayerweather Babcock
(1887 - 1954)
1934 [6]
Cliff Dwellers Club
Chicago
Navaha John W. Norton 1909-1910 oil on canvas
The Rookery Building, Chicago La Salle, 1680 Gordon Stevenson 1910 oil on canvas
Traders Building Indians and Settlers at Fort Dearborn Edgar Spier Cameron
(1862-1944)
1913-1914 oil on canvas
restored in 1986[7]
Calumet Park Fieldhouse, Chicago Indian Ceremony Thomas C. Lea III 1927-1929 NRHP
03000788
Father Marquette with Traders and Indians
Hunting Party Returns to Village
Indians and Fur Traders
Legler Library, Chicago Father Marquette's Winter in Chicago Richard Fayerweather Babcock 1934 murals is 11' by 18' 86003169[8]
Morgan Park Station post office, Chicago Father Jacques Marquette, 1674 Theodore Johnson 1937
Loop Station Post Office, Chicago Great Indian Council-1833 Gustaf Dalstrom 1938
USPO
Gibson City,
Hiawatha Returning with Minnehaha Frances Foy 1940
USPO
Herrin
George Rogers Clark Conferring With Indians Near Herrin Gustaf Dalstrom 1940

Indiana

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

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Chestnut Hill The Reverend John Elliot Preaching to the Indians William Abbott Cheever 1941

Michigan

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

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Missouri

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Columbia
Indians Watching Stagecoach in the Distance Edward Buk Ulreich 1937
St. Joseph Indian Boat Race Gustaf Dalstrom 1941
USPO
St. Louis
Cycle of history of the region Edward Millman and
Mitchell Siporin
1942

Montana

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Nebraska

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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New Mexico

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Gallup, New Mexico
McKinley County Courthouse,
The Zuni Potters La Verne Nelson Black 1937
Rogers Hall
New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas
Dissemination of Education on New Mexico   Lloyd Moylan 1937 the mural is a fresco NRHP[9]
USPO
Truth or Consequences
Indian Bear Dance Boris Deutsch 1938 originally installed in Geronimo Springs post office

New York

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Honeoye Falls The Life of the Senecas Stuart Edie 1942
Scotia The Glen Family Spared by French and Indians – 1690 Amy Jones 1941

North Carolina

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North Dakota

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Langdon Indians Demanding Wagon Toll Leo Beaulaurier 1939

Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Coalgate Indian Family at Routine Tasks Acee Blue Eagle 1942
USPO
Hugo
The Red Man of Oklahoma Sees the First Stage Coach Joseph Amedeus Fleck 1937
USPO
Seminole
Seminole Indian Scene Acee Blue Eagle 1939

Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Puerto Rico

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Tennessee

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Texas

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Caldwell Indians Moving Suzanne Scheuer 1939

Utah

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Vermont

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Virgin Islands

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Virginia

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Arlington
Captain John Smith Meets the Massawomek Indians Auriel Bessemer 1940
USPO
Hopewell
Captain Francis Eppes Making Friends with the Appomattox Indians Edmund Archer 1939 oil on canvas
USPO
Richmond
Pocahontas Saving the Life of Captain John Smith Paul Cadmus 1939
Smithfield Captain John Smith Trading with the Indians William Abbott Cheever 1941

Washington

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Wisconsin

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Wyoming

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References

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  1. ^ "Flathead War Party: The Story Behind the Hamilton, Montana Post Office Mural" (PDF).
  2. ^ Gray, Mary Lackritz, A Guide to Chicago’s Murals, foreword by Franz Schulze, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002 pp.112-113
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  5. ^ Gray, Mary Lackritz, A Guide to Chicago’s Murals, foreword by Franz Schulze, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002 pp.112-113
  6. ^ Gray, Mary Lackritz, A Guide to Chicago’s Murals, foreword by Franz Schulze, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002 pp.108-109
  7. ^ Gray, Mary Lackritz, A Guide to Chicago’s Murals, foreword by Franz Schulze, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002 pp.24-25
  8. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  9. ^ Flynn, Kathryn A., Treasures on New Mexico Trails: Discover New Deal Art and Architecture , Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1995 p.61