Ta-ton-ka-I-yo-ton-ka - Sitting Bull, : The celebrated hostile Sioux Chief, in command at the Custer Massacre. / Photographed by O. S. Goff, Bismarck, D.T.

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Title: Ta-ton-ka-I-yo-ton-ka - Sitting Bull, : The celebrated hostile Sioux Chief, in command at the Custer Massacre. / Photographed by O. S. Goff, Bismarck, D.T.
Creator: Goff, O. S. (Orlando Scott), 1843-1917 photographer.
Published/Created: Bismarck, D.T. : O. S. Goff, 1881
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 16.5 x 11 cm (cabinet card format)
Notes: Three-quarter length studio portrait of Sitting Bull seated before illustrated backdrop wearing mixture of western and traditional clothing including hair feather and otter fur hair wraps while holding pipe.; Title derived from image caption printed on verso.; "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881, by O. S. Goff, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D.C.; "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.; Indians of North America--Great Plains.; Lakota Indians.; Siouan Indians.; Sioux Nation.; Sitting Bull,--1831-1890--Portraits.; Clothing & dress--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Hides & skins--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indigenous peoples--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Pipes (Smoking)--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1880-1890.
Genre: Albumen prints 1880-1890.; Cabinet photographs 1880-1890.; Portrait photographs 1880-1890.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 393
Barcode: B10931836
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt CAB Gof.001
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 3488 x 5784
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 393
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-393/cab081_001

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Full citation: "Ta-ton-ka-I-yo-ton-ka - Sitting Bull, : The celebrated hostile Sioux Chief, in command at the Custer Massacre. / Photographed by O. S. Goff, Bismarck, D.T.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-393/cab081_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 02, 2025.