Ah Ah Shaw We Ke Shick. (Crossing Sky.) Chief of Rabbit Lake Chippewas. A brave and good Indian

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Title: Ah Ah Shaw We Ke Shick. (Crossing Sky.) Chief of Rabbit Lake Chippewas. A brave and good Indian
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: Three-quarters length studio portrait of Crossing Sky standing wearing mixture of western and traditional clothing including feather headdress, blanket and bead embroidered bandolier bag while holding pipe.; Title derived from image caption.; Negative number: 418.; "Crossing Sky" variant personal names: Ah Ah Shaw We Ke Shick, Ayaazhawi-giizhig, I-aush-ow-eke-shik, I-yaw-shaw-way-ge-zhick.; "Ojibwa Indians" variant names: Anishinaabe, Chippewa Indians, Ojibwe Indians.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Algonquian Indians.; Bandolier bags.; Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862.; Indians of North America--Minnesota.; Ojibwa Indians.; Bags--1860-1870.; Beadwork--1860-1870.; Embroidery--1860-1870.; Headdresses--1860-1870.; Indigenous peoples--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Pipes (Smoking)--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1860-1870.; Algonquian.; Indigenous peoples--Minnesota.; Ojibwe.
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: 56
Barcode: B10933629
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt CDV WhiJ.023
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 2424 x 5793
File Size: 867 KB
Record: 56
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-56/cdv056_001

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Full citation: "Ah Ah Shaw We Ke Shick. (Crossing Sky.) Chief of Rabbit Lake Chippewas. A brave and good Indian". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-56/cdv056_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 29, 2025.