An American found color photos of Indians of the late XIX century

Filmmaker Paul Ratner revealed his passion for studying old photographs of Indians during the filming of the film "Moses on Table Mountain", dedicated to the love story of a German Jew and an Indian woman.

"Many of the photos I found were hand-colored, because color films in the 30s were still the lot of experimenters," Ratner says. —Coloring black-and-white prints was an art in itself, and many of the colorized photos testify to a remarkable talent, with the help of which quite realistic images of people who lived more than a hundred years ago have reached us."

Minnehaha, 1904.

Bone Necklace, chief of the Oglala Lakota tribe, 1899.

Siksiki tribe camp with grazing horses, Montana, early XX century.

Eagle Arrow from the Siksiki tribe, Montana, early XX century.

James Garfield, chief of the Apache-Jicarilla tribe, 1899.

The Ringing Bell, Minnesota, 1908.

A girl from the Siksiki tribe, Montana, the beginning of the XX century.

Painted dwellings of elders, Siksiki tribe, Montana, early XX century.

Arrow maker, Ojibwe man, 1903.

Chief Little Harm with his family, Oglala Lakota tribe, 1899.

The Song-like of the Pueblo People, 1899.

Wolf Mantle, chief of the Cheyenne tribe, 1898.

Walking on the Water and her daughter Chubby, Siksiki tribe, Montana.

Five horsemen coming down the hill, the beginning of the XX century.

Children of the Siksiki tribe, Montana, the beginning of the XX century.

Indian on patrol, Montana, early XX century.

A couple of Picanee Indians, Glacier National Park, Montana, early XX century.

Cheyenne woman, 1879.

Elder of the Zuni people, New Mexico, 1903.

A couple from the Siksiki tribe, Montana, early XX century.