Portrait of Joseph Wabasha Chief of the Red Leaf Sioux

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Title: Portrait of Joseph Wabasha Chief of the Red Leaf Sioux
Published/Created: Redwood Falls, Minn. : C. W. Lake, [between 1900 and 1910]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : collodion print ; mount 16.5 x 11 cm (cabinet card format)
Notes: Half length studio portrait of Wabasha III wearing western clothing. Heavy retouching. Original negative likely produced approximately 1870 to 1876.; Contemporary inscribed image captions on verso: Napoleon Wabasha's Father - Henry St. Clair's Grandfather. ; Portrait of Joseph Wabasha Chief of the Red Leaf Sioux Signed treaty ending the Red Cloud War in 1868 - Died Apri 23 - 1876.; Title derived from contemporary inscribed image caption on verso.; "Wabasha" variant personal names: Joseph Wabasha, Tahtapepsaah, Wabasha III, Wapasha III.; "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.; Indians of North America--Great Plains.; Indians of North America--Minnesota.; Mdewakanton Indians.; Santee Indians.; Siouan Indians.; Sioux Nation.; Red Cloud's War, 1866-1867.; Wabasha,--approximately 1812-1876--Portraits.; Indigenous peoples--Minnesota--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1870-1880.; Lake, C. W.--(Charles Wilber),--1865-1943,--publisher.
Genre: Cabinet photographs 1900-1910.; Collodion printing-out paper prints 1900-1910.; Portrait photographs 1870-1880.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 520
Barcode: B11256748
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt CAB Uni.022
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 3630 x 5816
File Size: 990 KB
Record: 520
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-520/cab208_001

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