Guide to the Dugan Aguilar Photograph Collection MSS 2011/41
Christopher Rockwell and Jillian Ewalt
California State University, Sacramento Donald & Beverly Gerth Special Collections and University Archives
April 2018
University Library
2000 State University Drive
Sacramento, CA 95819-6039
lib-scua@csus.edu
Contributing Institution:
California State University, Sacramento Donald & Beverly Gerth Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Dugan Aguilar Photograph collection
Creator:
Aguilar, Dugan
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 2011/41
Identifier/Call Number: 658
Physical Description:
19 Linear Feet
(9 oversized boxes, 1 framed photograph, 2 oversized flat files)
Date (inclusive): 1993-1998
Abstract: Contains primarily black-and-white photographs of Maidu dancers and roundhouses by artist Dugan Aguilar.
Language of Material: English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Some restrictions may apply.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Dugan Aguilar (Paiute/Maidu/Pit River) was born in Susanville, California in 1947. He is well known for his photographic
portraits of the Native communities of California and Nevada. Working predominantly in black and white, he documents contemporary
Native life, traditions and arts, including the activities of the California Indian Veterans and the California Indian Basketweavers
Association. His work has been exhibited widely in California.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code. Requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce
from collections must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives.
Permission for publication is given on the behalf of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, The Library,
California State University, Sacramento as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include permission of the
copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item including date], [Folder Title], MSS 2011/41, Dugan Aguilar photograph collection, Department of Special
Collections and University Archives, University Library, California State University, Sacramento.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Native Americans
Native American arts
Aguilar, Dugan
box 9
Alana, Tecallah DA_01
1995-09
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 21 1/8 x 22 1/8 inches
Description
Alana Spencer and baby Tecallah, standing outside the roundhouse at Chaw'se Grinding Rock, Indian Grinding Rock State Historic
Park in Amador County, California. Amador County, California.
box 9
Tuolumne Rancheria Roundhouse DA_02
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 23 3/4 x 19 ¾ inches
Description
Exterior view of the Round House at Tuolumne Rancheria in Tuolumne, California. Tuolumne, California.
box 1
Matai Ruiz (Yurok) DA_03
1993
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 20 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches
Description
Brush Dance portrait (2 of 9) depicting female wearing bead and dentalia shell jewelry, geometric basket hat, and deerskin
leather dance skirt with decoration. Brush Dance ceremonies were held for the purpose of healing a sick child. The roof of
the Plank house was removed and members of the tribe would dance all night. Humboldt County, California.
box 1
Stormy Rojas (Yurok/Karuk) DA_04
1993
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 20 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches
Description
Brush Dance portrait (1 of 9) depicting female wearing bead and dentalia shell jewelry, geometric basket hat, and deerskin
leather dance skirt with decoration. Brush Dance ceremonies were held for the purpose of healing a sick child. The roof of
the plank house was removed and members of the tribe would dance all night. Humboldt County, California.
box 2
Genevieve Markussen (Yurok/Karuk) DA_05
1993
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 20 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches
Description
Brush Dance portrait (4 of 9) depicting female wearing bead and dentalia shell jewelry, geometric basket hat, and deerskin
leather dance skirt with decoration. Brush Dance ceremonies were held for the purpose of healing a sick child. The roof of
the plank house was removed and members of the tribe would dance all night. Humboldt County, California.
box 2
Tashu Bommelyn (Tolowa/Karuk) DA_06
1993
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 20 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches
Description
Brush Dance portrait (3 of 9) depicting female wearing bead and dentalia shell jewelry, geometric basket hat, and deerskin
leather dance skirt with decoration. Brush Dance ceremonies were held for the purpose of healing a sick child. The roof of
the plank house was removed and members of the tribe would dance all night. Humboldt County, California.
box 3
Kelly Gibson (Yurok) DA_07
1993
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 20 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches
Description
Brush Dance portrait (6 of 9) depicting female wearing bead and dentalia shell jewelry, geometric basket hat, and deerskin
leather dance skirt with decoration. Brush Dance ceremonies were held for the purpose of healing a sick child. The roof of
the plank house was removed and members of the tribe would dance all night. Humboldt County, California.
box 3
Kendra Jones (Yurok) DA_08
1993
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 20 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches
Description
Brush Dance portrait (5 of 9) depicting female wearing bead and dentalia shell jewelry, geometric basket hat, and deerskin
leather dance skirt with decoration. Brush Dance ceremonies were held for the purpose of healing a sick child. The roof of
the plank house was removed and members of the tribe would dance all night. Humboldt County, California.
box 4
Lena Rindel (Yurok/Karuk) DA_09
1993
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 20 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches
Description
Brush Dance portrait (8 of 9) depicting female wearing bead and dentalia shell jewelry, geometric basket hat, and deerskin
leather dance skirt with decoration. Brush Dance ceremonies were held for the purpose of healing a sick child. The roof of
the plank house was removed and members of the tribe would dance all night. Humboldt County, California.
box 4
Pimmuran Tripp (Yurok/Karuk) DA_10
1993
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 20 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches
Description
Brush Dance portrait (7 of 9) depicting female wearing bead and dentalia shell jewelry, geometric basket hat, and deerskin
leather dance skirt with decoration. Brush Dance ceremonies were held for the purpose of healing a sick child. The roof of
the plank house was removed and members of the tribe would dance all night. Humboldt County, California.
box 5
Kapoon Tripp (Yurok/Karuk) DA_11
1993
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 20 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches
Description
Brush Dance portrait (9 of 9) depicting female wearing bead and dentalia shell jewelry, geometric basket hat, and deerskin
leather dance skirt with decoration. Brush Dance ceremonies were held for the purpose of healing a sick child. The roof of
the plank house was removed and members of the tribe would dance all night. Humboldt County, California.
box 8
[Lilly Baker, basket weaver] DA_12
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 21 x 17 inches
Description
Lilly Baker is the resident dean of Maidu basketry and an esteemed elder of the community. She was born in Plumas County in
1911. Her family tree is full of basket weavers, her mother, Daisy Baker, her maternal grandmother, Jenny Meadows, and her
paternal grandmother, Lucy Baker were all weavers of distinction. She is holding a VHS "Dancing with the Bear: Lilly Baker
and The Maidu Legacy" in her right hand and a geometric patterned basket in her left hand. She makes both coiled and twined
baskets. Unknown location.
box 8
[Bob Pfenning mural] DA_13
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 17 x 21 inches
Description
Mural of ceremonial flag for the Bear Dance (A yokoli) by Bob Pfenning in downtown Quincy. Bundled tassels of maple fiber
were used to make a ceremonial flag, yokoli, used in the important spring ceremony known as weyda boyem, which includes the
relatively well-known bear dance. The maple tassels are usually dyed with a series of horizontal bands, using a reddish orange
dye from the bark of alder trees. The mural reads, "Long before the white man came to this land the Maidu performed the Bear
Dance (Weda) each Spring. This ceremony, which is performed to this day, is a spiritual and social gathering. It honors the
creation, the World Maker and the earth while paying homage to the grizzly bear and rattlesnake. Prayers are said at sunrise
and everyone is asked to speak their heart. This mural is dedicated to the Maidu and the spirit of harmony that the Bear Dance
evokes." Quincy, California.
box 7
[Judith Lowry] DA_14
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 21 x 17 inches
Description
Judith Lowry, cousin of Dugan Aguilar. Depicts Lowry leaning against a Lexus with 'MAIDU' California license plate. Unknown
location.
box 7
[Photographs of Frank Day and his artwork on display] DA_15
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 17 x 21 inches
Description
Maidu artist, storyteller, headman, and historian of the Konkow Maidu: Frank Day and his artwork titled "Fish Dancer" on display.
Unknown location.
Maidu traditionalist dancers and singers DA_16
1996-09
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 22 1/8 x 28 ¼ inches
Description
Group portrait of Maidu ceremonial dancers and singers in traditional regalia in front of a the roundhouse at Chaw'se Indian
Grinding Rock State Historic Park. Amador County, California.
box 6
[Female Maidu dancer] DA_17
1995
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches
Description
Female Maidu dancer, Sandy Keller, adorned in white feather headdress, dentalia shell jewelry, in front of a roundhouse.
Amador County, California.
box 6
[Male Maidu dancer] DA_18
1995
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches
Description
Male Maidu dancer, Rocky Jim, wearing Washoe t-shirt in front of a the roundhouse at Chaw'se Indian Grinding Rock State Historic
Park. Amador County, California.
box 6
[Female Maidu dancer] DA_19
1995
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches
Description
Female Maidu dancer, Andrea Hernandez, with beaded jewelry in front of a roundhouse. Amador County, California.
box 6
[Female Maidu dancers] DA_20
1995
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches
Description
Three female Maidu dancers adorned with dentalia shell and beaded jewelry and feather headdresses in front of a roundhouse.
Woman on far right may be April Moore, great-granddaughter of Lizzie Enos. Amador County, California.
box 6
[Female Maidu dancer] DA_21
1995
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches
Description
Female Maidu dancer, Sarah Keller, adorned with dentalia shell and beaded jewelry, beaded jewelry covering eyes in front of
the roundhouse at Chaw'se Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park. Amador County, California.
box 6
[Female Maidu dancer] DA_22
1995
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches
Description
Female Maidu dancer, Wanda Enos Batchelor, adorned with dentalia shell and beaded jewelry, and feather headdress in front
of a roundhouse. Amador County, California.
box 6
[Female Maidu dancer] DA_23
1995
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches
Description
Female Maidu dancer, Amanda Fews, adorned with dentalia shell and beaded jewelry in front of a roundhouse. Amador County,
California.
box 6
[Maidu woman] DA_24
1995
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches
Description
Female Maidu wearing geometric hat and beaded/dentalia shell jewelry in front of a display of handmade Maidu traditional jewelry.
Unknown location.
box 6
[Chaw'se Roundhouse] DA_25
1995
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed black-and-white photograph 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches
Description
Interior view of the top of the roundhouse at Chaw'se Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park. Amador County, California.
box 6
[Chaw'se Roundhouse] DA_26
1995
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed color photograph 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches
box 6
[Chaw'se Roundhouse] DA_27
1995
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Framed color photograph 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches
Description
Interior view of the top of the roundhouse at Chaw'se Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park. Amador County, California.
folder Oversized Folder, folder 1
[Grand Marshal, Leonard Lowry] DA_28
1998
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Unframed/Matted black-and-white photograph 23 7/8 x 29 7/8 inches
Description
Lassen County Fair Grand Marshall, Leonard Lowry, shown riding in a classic car, waving an American flag. Lassen County,
California.
folder Oversized Folder, folder 2
[Maidu basket weaver] DA_29
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Unframed/Matted black-and-white photograph 23 7/8 x 29 7/8 inches
Description
Female Maidu basket weaver holding a large hand-woven basket. Unknown location.
folder Oversized Folder, folder 2
[Maidu woman] DA_30
Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints1 Unframed/Matted black-and-white photograph 20 x 16 inches
Description
Maidu woman wearing a baseball cap with beaded traditional Native American design. Unknown location.
