Sitting Bull's Log Cabin Morning of the Fight

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Title: Sitting Bull's Log Cabin Morning of the Fight
Creator: Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934, photographer.
Published/Created: Mandan, North Dakota : Sitting Bull Log Cabin, Co., [1893]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 16.5 x 11 cm (cabinet card format)
Notes: Reenactment of attempted arrest of Sitting Bull which led to his death. Sitting Bull's log cabin near the Grand River in Standing Rock Indian Reservation is shown being surrounded by several mounted and unmounted individuals (mostly white American men) playing role of Indian reservation police armed with guns. Original negative likely produced by D.F. Barry approximately 1890 to 1891.; Printed on top margin: Sitting Bull's Log Cabin now on Exhibition at World's Fair, Chicago, 1893, owned by Sitting Bull Log Cabin Co., Mandan, North Dakota.; Title derived from image caption.; "Sitting Bull" variant personal names: Four Horn, Hunkesi, Jumping Badger, Sitting Buffalo Bull, Slon-he, Slow, Tah-ton-ka-he-yo-ta-kah, Tatanka Iyotanka, Tatanka Yotanka, Toro Seduto, Toro Sentado.; "Hunkpapa Indians" variant names: Unc Papa Indians, Uncpapa Indians, Unkpapa Indians.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Hunkpapa Indians.; Indigenous reservation police.; Indians of North America--Great Plains.; Indians of North America--North Dakota.; Indians of North America--South Dakota.; Lakota Indians.; Siouan Indians.; Sioux Nation.; Sitting Bull,--1831-1890--Homes & haunts.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.); United States.--Office of Indian Affairs.--Standing Rock Agency.; Log cabins--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indigenous policing.; Hunkpapa.; Indian reservation police.; Indigenous peoples--Great Plains.; Indigenous peoples--North Dakota.; Indigenous peoples--South Dakota.; Lakota.; Siouan.; Standing Rock Reservation (N.D. and S.D.); Sitting Bull Log Cabin Co.,--publisher.
Genre: Albumen prints 1890-1900.; Cabinet photographs 1890-1900.; Group portraits 1890-1900.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 333
Barcode: B11256751
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt CAB BarD.007
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 5808 x 3510
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 333
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-333/cab021_001

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Full citation: "Sitting Bull's Log Cabin Morning of the Fight". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-333/cab021_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 30, 2025.