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  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 028

    Caption: "Pima Indian Children and Their Hut, Made from Bush Branches, Sacaton Indian Reservation, Sacaton, Arizona. May 24, 1934." Several children of the Akimel O'odham (Pima) tribe in front of a hut made with tree branches and wood beams, its walls and roof thatched in brush. Located south of Phoenix and including the town of Sacaton, the Gila River Indian Reservation is home to members of the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and the Pee-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. The reservation was established in 1859. Eighty years later, in 1939, Congress provided for the self-governance of the reservation via the Gila River Indian Community.

    Date: 5/24/1934

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 342

    No Caption: Grace McCarthy standing on a snow covered landscape next to a series of snow sculptures with "1932" written in rocks below.

    Date: 1932