Ta-Tanka-Nazin, : (Standing Buffalo,) A hereditary Chief of the Sioux, and a participator in the Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota

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Title: Ta-Tanka-Nazin, : (Standing Buffalo,) A hereditary Chief of the Sioux, and a participator in the Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota
Creator: Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886, photographer.
Published/Created: Saint Paul : Whitney's Gallery, [1862 or 1863]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 6 x 10 cm (cartes de visite format)
Notes: Half length studio portrait of Standing Buffalo seated bare-chested wearing feather headdress, face paint and blanket while holding hatchet. Many details appear to have been illustrated through negative retouching.; Printed on verso: Whitney's Gallery, Saint Paul.; Title derived from image caption.; "Standing Buffalo" variant personal names: Standing Buffalo III, Tatanka Najin, Tatankanazin, Tatanka Nazin.; "Santee Indians" variant names: Eastern Dakota Indians, Flandreau Indians, Isanti, Santee Sioux Indians.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Dakota Indians.; Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862.; Indians of North America--Minnesota.; Santee Indians.; Siouan Indians.; Sioux Nation.; Sisseton Indians.; Standing Buffalo,--Chief,--approximately 1833-1871--Portraits.; Axes--1860-1870.; Clothing & dress--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Face painting--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Headdresses--1860-1870.; Indigenous peoples--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1860-1870.; Dakota (North American people); Indigenous peoples--Minnesota.; Santee (North American people); Siouan.; Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate.
Genre: Albumen prints 1860-1870.; Cartes de visite 1860-1870.; Portrait photographs 1860-1870.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 40
Barcode: B10933512
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt CDV WhiJ.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: 2412 x 5793
File Size: 789 KB
Record: 40
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-40/cdv040_001

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Full citation: "Ta-Tanka-Nazin, : (Standing Buffalo,) A hereditary Chief of the Sioux, and a participator in the Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-40/cdv040_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 21, 2025.