Brulé Lakota Chiefs of Rosebud Agency

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Title: Brulé Lakota Chiefs of Rosebud Agency
Creator: Anderson, J. A. (John Alvin), 1869-1948 photographer.
Published/Created: [Fort Niobrara, Nebraska?] : [J. A. Anderson], 1894
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 13 x 22 cm (boudoir cabinet card format)
Notes: Group portrait of Brulé Lakota Indian chiefs and warriors assembled at Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota. The majority of subjects wear varying mixtures of western and traditional clothing. A number of individuals can be seen wearing eagle feather bonnets, feather headdresses, hair feathers, wool leggings, dance bells, moccasins, and presidential peace medals. Several individuals hold objects including rifles, eagle wing fans, pipes, and tobacco bags. One individual standing at center appears to be wearing cinder goggles. Ceremonial dance arbor visible in background.; Front row (left to right): Tall Mandan (out of frame), Turning Eagle, Thin Elk, Big Head, Picket Pin, Turning Bear, High Bear, Lance, High Pipe, High Hawk, Yellow Hair, Little Thunder, Bear Head, He Dog, Black Bull (out of frame).; Second row (left to right): Louis Roubideaux (interpreter; out of frame), Whirlwind Soldier, Yellow Horse, Good Voice, White Crane Walking, Pretty Eagle, Ring Thunder, Stranger Horse, Quick Bear, Swift Bear (wearing cinder goggles), Poor Dog, Hollow Horn Bear, Crow Dog, Two Strike, Milk, Sky Bull, Stands and Looks Back, Bear Looks Behind, Colonel Charles P. Jordan.; Third row (left to right): Blue Eyes, Big Horse, Joe Good Voice (between Poor Dog and Hollow Horn Bear). Unidentified fourth individual also present in third row.; Contemporary inscribed image caption on verso: Sioux Chiefs of Rosebud Agency, S.D. 1896.; Title devised by cataloger.; "Crow Dog" variant personal names: Crow-Dotted-Wave, Jerome Crow Dog, Kan-gi-shan-ci, Sunka Kangi.; "Good Voice" variant personal names: Ho Waste, Louis Good Voice.; "He Dog" variant personal names: Sunka Bloka.; "High Bear (Brulé chief)" variant personal names: Ghost Bull, Mato Wakantuya, Tatanka Wanagi.; "High Hawk" variant personal names: Cetan Wankatuya.; "Hollow Horn Bear" variant personal names: Matho Hehlogeca.; "Milk (Oglala chief)" variant personal names: Asanpi, Good Cane, Joseph Milk, Sagye Waste.; "Quick Bear" variant personal names: Fast Bear, Mato Ohanko, William Quick Bear.; "Ring Thunder" variant personal names: Chan Gleska Wakinyan, Reuben Ring Thunder, Wakinyanhotan.; "Stands and Looks Back" variant personal names: Hakikta Najin, Scoop.; "Swift Bear" variant personal names: John Swift Bear, Mato Luzahan.; "Tall Mandan" variant personal names: Long Mandan, Miwatani Hanska, Peter Tall Mandan.; "Two Strike" variant personal names: Balthasar Paul Two Strike, Knocks Two Off, Nomkahpa, Nom-pa-ap'a, Two Strikes.; "Yellow Hair (Brulé chief)" variant personal names: Joseph Yellow Hair.; "Brulé Indians" variant names: Sicangu Oyate.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Brulé Indians.; Crow Dog--Portraits.; Good Voice,---1907--Portraits.; He Dog,--1837-1936--Portraits.; High Hawk,--active 1880-1890--Portraits.; Hollow Horn Bear,--1850-1913--Portraits.; Indians of North America--Great Plains.; Indians of North America--South Dakota.; Lakota Indians.; Milk--(Oglala chief)--Portraits.; Oglala Indians.; Quick Bear,--1827-1916--Portraits.; Ring Thunder,--1834-1917--Portraits.; Roubideaux, Louis,--approximately 1847-1914.; Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.); Siouan Indians.; Sioux Nation.; Stands and Looks Back,---1914--Portraits.; Swift Bear,--approximately 1827-1909--Portraits.; Two Strike,--1832-1915--Portraits.; United States.--Office of Indian Affairs.--Rosebud Agency; Yellow Hair--(Brulé chief),--approximately 1836-1912--Portraits.; Arbors (Bowers)--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Beadwork--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Embroidery--1890-1900.; Fans (Accessories)--Lakota--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Goggles--1890-1900.; Hats--1890-1900.; Headdresses--1890-1900.; Hides & skins--1890-1900.; Indian reservations--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian interpreters--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indigenous peoples--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Medals--1890-1900.; Necklaces--1890-1900.; Pipes (Smoking)--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Rifles--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1890-1900.; War bonnets--1890-1900.
Genre: Albumen prints 1890-1900.; Boudoir card photographs 1890-1900.; Group portraits 1890-1900.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 524
Barcode: B11255068
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt BOU And.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: 5838 x 4162
File Size: 891 KB
Record: 524
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