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]

1937

The Story of Natural Drugs, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, Thomas Jefferson League, oil on Masonite, 5 panels. The panels illustrate the use of indigenous Native American remedies derived from natural sources, by Spanish explorers in the New World.^[2]
Legends of Fernandino and Gabrileno Indians (1937), North Hollywood High School, Los Angeles, California, Fletcher Martin

Date needed

The Jicarilla Apache Trading Post, Carlsbad, New Mexico, La Verne Nelson Black (1887–1938)
Native Americans, University of New Mexico, Zimmerman Library, Kenneth Adams
Father LeMoyne Trying to Convert the Indians on Pathfinders Island, Fulton, New York, Caroline S. Rohland

Alabama

Location	Mural title	Image	Artist	Date	Notes	NRHP listed
USPO Tuscumbia	Chief Tuscumbia Greets the Dickson Family		Jack McMillen	1939

Alaska

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Arizona

Location	Mural title	Image	Artist	Date	Notes	NRHP listed
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]
United States Post Office, Phoenix, Arizona	Spanish Explorers and American Indians		Oscar Berninghaus	1939		83002993^[3]

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

Location	Mural title	Artist	Date	Notes	NRHP listed
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

Location	Mural title	Artist	Date	Notes	NRHP listed
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

Location	Mural title	Artist	Date
USPO 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

Location	Mural title	Artist	Date	Notes	NRHP listed
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

Location	Mural title	Image	Artist	Date	Notes	NRHP listed
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

Location	Mural title	Artist	Date
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

Location	Mural title	Artist	Date	Notes
USPO 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

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

[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

[nris_2009a-3] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nris_2008a-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

[nris_2010a-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

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