"Paint and feathers." : 53 Sioux Indians in war paint and feathers. / Photo and copyright, 1892, by Grabill Chicago Portrait & View Co., Chicago

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Title: "Paint and feathers." : 53 Sioux Indians in war paint and feathers. / Photo and copyright, 1892, by Grabill Chicago Portrait & View Co., Chicago
Creator: Grabill, John C. H., photographer.
Published/Created: Chicago : Grabill Chicago Portrait & View Co., 1892; ©1892
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 23 x 28 cm
Notes: Group portrait of a large number of Lakota Indian men, women and children. Several individuals can be seen wearing hair feathers, eagle feather bonnets, feather headdresses, face paint, bone hairpipe breastplates, Navajo chief's blankets, and otter fur hair wraps, necklaces, and turban while holding various objects including tobacco bag, buffalo horn and stone head warclubs, and eagle wing fan. Identified individuals include interpreter George C. Crager (back row, eleventh from right) and No Neck (back row, tenth from right). Grandchildren of white American mountaineer John Young Nelson are listed as present but have not been positively identified (possibly back row, second from right and back row, seventh from left). Infant (back row, third from right) possibly one of the two infants rescued from site of Wounded Knee massacre (likely not Lost Bird, also known as Zintkala Nuni). Photograph likely taken in South Dakota.; Image caption: No. 3733. "Paint and feathers." 53 Sioux Indians in war paint and feathers. Brules and Ogallalas. The most noted being the grand children of Nelson, who guided Brigham Young to Utah. "No Neck," a famous warrior and the Indian baby who was found on the Wounded-Knee-Battle-Field, and also Mr. Geo. Crager, the noted interpreter. Photo and copyright, 1892, by Grabill Chicago Portrait & View Co., Chicago.; Printed on left-hand margin: J. H. Grabill. Portraits and Views of the World. 113 Adams Street, Opposite Post Office, Chicago.; No. 3733.; Title derived from image caption.; "No Neck" variant personal names: Tahu Wanica.; "Brulé Indians" variant names: Sicangu Oyate.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Brulé Indians.; Crager, George Carlton,--1859-1920--Portraits.; Indians of North America--Great Plains.; Indians of North America--Mixed descent.; Lakota Indians.; Navajo blankets.; Nelson, John Young,--1826-1903.; No Neck--(Oglala chief),--approximately 1850---Portraits.; Oglala Indians.; Siouan Indians.; Sioux Nation.; Children--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Face painting--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Hats--1890-1900.; Headdresses--1890-1900.; Indian interpreters--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indigenous peoples--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Shawls--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1890-1900.; War bonnets--1890-1900.; Brulé (North American people); Indigenous peoples--Great Plains.; Indigenous peoples--Mixed descent--North America.; Lakota.; Oglala.; Siouan.
Genre: Albumen prints 1890-1900.; Group portraits 1890-1900.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 778
Barcode: B10931976
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt LARGE Gra.010
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 8544 x 7502
File Size: 2 MB
Record: 778
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Full citation: ""Paint and feathers." : 53 Sioux Indians in war paint and feathers. / Photo and copyright, 1892, by Grabill Chicago Portrait & View Co., Chicago". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-778/large016_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 15, 2025.