Sitting Bear - Arikara Chief

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Title: Sitting Bear - Arikara Chief
Creator: Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902, photographer.
Published/Created: [Carlisle, Pennsylvania] : [J. N. Choate], [1880 or 1881]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 20 x 25 cm
Notes: Full length studio portrait of Sitting Bear wearing predominantly traditional clothing including cloth headband, hair feathers, embroidered hide leggings, moccasins, and hide shirt decorated with embroidered shoulder and sleeve strips, ermine skin, and hair lock fringe while holding eagle wing fan and staff affixed with human scalp. Subject also wears necklace affixed with presidential peace medal. Photograph likely taken during visit to United States Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.; Non-contemporary inscription on verso: Son of the Star - Arikara Chief, Fort Berthold, North Dakota also known as Rushing Eagle.; Title devised by cataloger (image caption partially erroneous).; "Sitting Bear" variant personal names: Charging Bear, Kunuh-dunawenag, Kunuhtiwit, Kuunux-tuunawiinx, Rushing Bear, Son-of-the-Star.; "Arikara Indians" variant names: Arickara Indians, Arickaree Indians, Hundi Indians, Ree Indians, Sahnish Indians.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Arikara Indians.; Caddoan Indians.; Indians of North America--Great Plains.; Sitting Bear--(Arikara Indian)--Portraits.; United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.); Beadwork--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Embroidery--1880-1890.; Fans (Accessories)--Arikara--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--1880-1890.; Indigenous peoples--United States--1880-1890.; Medals--1880-1890.; Necklaces--1880-1890.; Scalps--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1880-1890.; Arikara.; Caddoan.; Indigenous peoples--Great Plains.
Genre: Albumen prints 1880-1890.; Portrait photographs 1880-1890.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 715
Barcode: B10930388
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt MEDIUM Cho.008
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 5776 x 6224
File Size: 776 KB
Record: 715
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-715/med018_001

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Full citation: "Sitting Bear - Arikara Chief". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-715/med018_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 24, 2025.