Need Native American portraits for a tattoo!?

Question

I'm part cherokee and comanche indian and i would like to get a tattoo on my right shoulder blade of a native american(i would prefer a woman since my closest native american ancestor was a woman and I am a woman too). Whenever I type in stuff like "portraits of native americans" in a search engine like google, i can't find what i'm looking for! Please help me! Thanks!

Answer 1

The Edward Curtis photographs mentioned above are not culturally accurate. Just an FYI.

Below are links posted with pictures of Native woman from those tribes.
But just a suggestion. Why not use a symbol that represents your tribe instead of a full woman? Like a medicine wheel that represents your tribes culture. If you want more info. on how to get this info. e-mail me at [e-mail]

Links to woman photos.
Comanche:
(you can just type in comanche woman (or comanche women) in google and then click on images)
www.badeagle.com
www.legendsofamerica.com
www.wbhm.org

Cherokee:
(go to google type in Cherokee woman or Cherokee women and then click on images)
www.ancientworlds.net
www.pbs.org
www.ncmuseumofhistory.org
www.getty.edu
www.pbase.com
www.census.gov

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Keep plugging this word into search engines until you find what you are looking for because I myself have native american tattoos in the style known as 'GITKSAN'. It is particularly associated with the tribes of the Pacific Northwest and often the basis of totems./

Here is one design of GiTKSAN that I created and is similiar to many Gitksan images. I actually have a GITKSAN coloring book made for tribes.

http://www.cafepress.com/howraven

Just keep plugging the word GITKSAN into wikipedia, and google and this may lead you to the type of images you are researching.

Good luck.

Answer 3

I agree, a symbol is a good idea. If a person, I would go more with art that is of a fictional person...not an actual photograph, as that just seems odd the idea of putting someone else's family member on you...

If someone put my grandmother on them via a tattoo because they wanted something to connect to an ethnicity, that would just be odd and not appreciated...

Answer 4

I have a large Truck,I go to 48 states & Canada.On both sides of my Truck I have A caricature painting of an american indian with long hair,feathers in his hair with a drum in his hand a cloud above him -- Says " RAINDANCER" Thousands of people have taken pictures,videos.some of them went as far as Germany,France England,Japan,China and lord knows where else ?

Answer 5

What about the Edward Curtis photographs? I don't remember what tribes he photographed..but you never know.