O-Ge-Mah-O-Cha-Wub. (Mountain Chief) : Chief of Leech Lake Chippewas

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Title: O-Ge-Mah-O-Cha-Wub. (Mountain Chief) : Chief of Leech Lake Chippewas
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 Mountain Chief (also known as O-ge-mah-o-cha-wub) seated wearing feather headdress, blanket, and a necklace that includes two grizzly bear claws while holding a gunstock war club.; Title derived from image caption.; "Ojibwa Indians" variant names: Anishinaabe, Chippewa Indians, Ojibwe Indians.
Names and Subjects: Pipes (Smoking)--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Algonquian Indians.; Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862.; Indians of North America--Minnesota.; Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.; Ojibwa Indians.; Arms & armament--Ojibwa--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Clothing & dress--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Headdresses--1860-1870.; Indigenous peoples--Minnesota--1860-1870.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1860-1870.
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: 58
Barcode: B10933631
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt CDV WhiJ.025
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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 5790
File Size: 848 KB
Record: 58
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-58/cdv058_001

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Full citation: "O-Ge-Mah-O-Cha-Wub. (Mountain Chief) : Chief of Leech Lake Chippewas". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-58/cdv058_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 26, 2025.