Description: Two American Indian women who participated in "The Longest Walk," resting at Delaware State Park, Delaware, Ohio, taken for the Columbus Free Press ca. 1978. The Longest Walk was an American Indian Movement-led event in support of tribal sovereignty for American Indians and in protest of anti-Indian legislation that was being proposed at the time. The walk covered a 3,200-mile stretch across the United States. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05848
Subjects: American Indian women; Cultural heritage; American Indian history and society; American Indian Movement (AIM); Activism; Protests and protestors;
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of an American Indian woman identified as Dove Wing, ca. 1880-1889. She holds a rifle propped on her left shoulder and stands against an illustrated backdrop. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03837
Subjects: American Indian women; American Indians--Portraits; American Indian history and society
 

Description: Traditional women's dance performers at an annual powwow held at Edgewater Park in Columbus, Ohio, on September 5, 1987, taken by a photographer for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. The women are identified as Selma Walker, directory of the Columbus Native American Center, and Little Star Woman Two Hawks Van Scyoc and Medicine Wind Two Hawks Karus, vice president and president of the West Virginia Native American Association. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B02F15_06
Subjects: American Indian women; Cultural heritage; American Indian history and society; Dancers;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken for the Columbus Free Press ca. 1972 at the Columbus American Indian Center, located at 1525 S. High St. in Columbus, Ohio. The women pictured are Carol Walker (right), Gale Lochlear (center) and Brenda Aldenderfer (left). They are of Sioux and Cherokee heritage. On the table are containers of beads used to teach traditional beading. The Columbus American Indian Center, now the Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio (NAICCO), was founded in 1975 by Selma Sully-Walker of the Dakota Tribe. Sully-Walker's photograph can be seen framed on the table. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05847
Subjects: American Indian women; Cultural heritage; American Indian history and society;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a lithograph of an oil painting titled "Chippeway Squaw" published in volume one of "History of the Indian Tribes of North America" by Thomas Loraine McKenney and James Hall. This lithograph shows a Chippeway woman, or Ojibwe (alternate spellings include Chippewa and Ojibwa), carrying her baby on her back in a cradleboard. The term "squaw" is an English word borrowed from the Algonquian word for woman. However, "squaw" has historically been used in a diminutive manner or as a racial epithet for an American Indian woman. Today, and throughout its history of being used by non-native peoples, "squaw" is offensive for many American Indians. Thomas McKenny served as the United States Superintendent of Indian Trade in 1821 and commissioned portraits of American Indian leaders who visited Washington D.C. to negotiate treaties with the United States federal government in order to to preserve the memory and history of America's native peoples. After the paintings were completed, he commissioned lithographs of the 300 paintings and compiled them into three volumes of "History of the Indian Tribes of North America" where a short biography accompanied each portrait. The paintings were housed at the Smithsonian Institution Building, commonly referred to as the Castle, and in 1868 all but five were destroyed in a devastating fire. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: V970_97M199h_v1_p198_ChippewayWoman
Subjects: American Indian history; American Indians--Portraits; American Indian women; Ohio Women; Mothers and children
Places: Washington D.C.
 

Description: Photograph of Margaret Grey-Eyes "Mother" Solomon, last Wyandot Indian, ca. 1880. Her family lived on the Grand Reserve, the twelve-by-nineteen square mile reservation in what is now known as Wyandot County. She attended the first school on the reservation, established by missionary John Stewart. In July 1843, she, her first husband David Young and their children, were among the tribe members relocated to Kansas City, Kansas. She and her second husband, John Solomon, returned to live in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, around 1865. Margaret's work in the Wyandot community earned her the nickname "Mother Solomon." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03678
Subjects: Wyandot Indians--History; Women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities; American Indian history and society;