Of the four hundred New Deal murals depicting American Indian themes in the Sections program, only 24 were actually painted by American Indian artists.
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.Gray, Mary Lackritz, A Guide to Chicago’s Murals, foreword by Franz Schulze, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002 pp.112-113 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 NotesNRHPlistedUSPO Tuscumbia Chief Tuscumbia Greets the Dickson Family Jack McMillen 1939
Arizona Location Mural title Image Artist Date NotesNRHPlistedUnited States Post Office, Phoenix, Arizona Progress of the Pioneer, the Arrival of the U.S. Mail Coach La Verne Nelson Black 193783002993 Spanish Explorers and American Indians Oscar Berninghaus 1939
District of Columbia Location Mural title Image Artist Date NotesNRHPlisted William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building Washington, D.C. Dangers of the Mail Frank Mechau 1937 66000865 University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, ChicagoThe 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.Gray, Mary Lackritz, A Guide to Chicago’s Murals, foreword by Franz Schulze, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002 pp.112-113 Federal Building(formerly Main Post Office Department building)Covered Wagon Attacked by Indians William C. Palmer 1937
Illinois Location Mural title Image Artist Date NotesNRHPlisted Legler Library, ChicagoFather Marquette's Winter in Chicago Richard Fayerweather Babcock(1887 - 1954) 1934 Gray, Mary Lackritz, A Guide to Chicago’s Murals, foreword by Franz Schulze, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002 pp.108-109 Cliff Dwellers Club ChicagoNavaha 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 canvasrestored in 1986Gray, Mary Lackritz, A Guide to Chicago’s Murals, foreword by Franz Schulze, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002 pp.24-25 Calumet Park Fieldhouse, Chicago Indian Ceremony Thomas C. Lea III 1927-1929 NRHP03000788 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 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 USPOGibson City, Hiawatha Returning with Minnehaha Frances Foy 1940 USPOHerrin George Rogers Clark Conferring With Indians Near Herrin Gustaf Dalstrom 1940
Massachusetts Location Mural title Image Artist Date NotesNRHPlisted Chestnut Hill The Reverend John Elliot Preaching to the Indians William Abbott Cheever 1941
Missouri Location Mural title Image Artist Date NotesNRHPlisted USPO Columbia Indians Watching Stagecoach in the Distance Edward Buk Ulreich 1937 St. Joseph Indian Boat Race Gustaf Dalstrom 1941USPOSt. Louis Cycle of history of the region Edward Millman and Mitchell Siporin 1942
New Mexico Location Mural title Image Artist Date NotesNRHPlisted Gallup, New Mexico McKinley County Courthouse, The Zuni Potters La Verne Nelson Black 1937 Rogers HallNew Mexico Highlands UniversityLas Vegas Dissemination of Education on New Mexico Lloyd Moylan 1937 the mural is a frescoNRHPFlynn, Kathryn A., Treasures on New Mexico Trails: Discover New Deal Art and Architecture, Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1995 p.61 USPOTruth or Consequences Indian Bear Dance Boris Deutsch 1938 originally installed in Geronimo Springs post office
New York Location Mural title Image Artist Date NotesNRHPlisted Honeoye Falls The Life of the Senecas Stuart Edie 1942 Scotia The Glen Family Spared by French and Indians – 1690 Amy Jones 1941
North Dakota Location Mural title Image Artist Date NotesNRHPlisted Langdon Indians Demanding Wagon Toll Leo Beaulaurier 1939
Oklahoma Location Mural title Image Artist Date NotesNRHPlisted 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 1937USPOSeminole Seminole Indian Scene Acee Blue Eagle 1939
Texas Location Mural title Image Artist Date NotesNRHPlisted Caldwell Indians Moving Suzanne Scheuer 1939
Virginia Location Mural title Image Artist Date NotesNRHPlisted USPOArlington Captain John Smith Meets the Massawomek Indians Auriel Bessemer 1940 USPOHopewell Captain Francis Eppes Making Friends with the Appomattox Indians Edmund Archer 1939 oil on canvas USPORichmond Pocahontas Saving the Life of Captain John Smith Paul Cadmus 1939 Smithfield Captain John Smith Trading with the Indians William Abbott Cheever 1941
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