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About this Item
Record Details
- Title
- Chiefs of the Sioux Wars and the Battle of Little Bighorn
- Published/Created
- Denver, Colorado : Paul Harbaugh and the Denver Public Library, Western History Department, 1982
- ©1982
- Physical Description
- 1 portfolio (15 gelatin silver prints) ; 44.5 x 55 cm
- Notes
- Portfolio consists of 15 photographs including studio portraits of famous Lakota Indian chiefs and warriors including Rain in the Face, Gall, Low Dog, Sitting Bull, Crow King, Red Horse, Long Dog, Running Antelope, John Grass, American Horse, Red Cloud and Young Man Afraid Of His Horses dressed in varying mixtures of western and traditonal clothing. Final photograph is image of "Burial Tree" representative of tree burials many fallen Cheyenne and Sioux warriors were laid to rest in following retreat from Little Bighorn.
- Red fabric case with "Plains Warriors, Chiefs, Scouts and Frontier Personalities" embossed in gold on front.
- "Each image in the edition was contact printed using the original glass plate negative from the David Francis Barry Negative Collection acquired by the Denver Public Library, Western History Department in 1934".
- "Copyright © 1982 Paul H. Harbaugh and the Denver Public Library, Western History Department. All rights reserved".
- "This Portfolio is number forty-seven in an edition of 150.".
- Introduction by Royal B. Hassrick.
- Title derived from title page.
- "American Horse" variant personal names: He-Has-A-White-Man’s-Horse, Wasechun Tashunka.
- "Crow King" variant personal names: Burns The Medicine Bag, Khangi Yatapi, Medicine Bag, Medicine Bag That Burns.
- "Gall" variant personal names: Abraham Gall, Bear Shedding His Hair, Man Who Goes in the Middle, Matohinsda, Phizi, Pizi.
- "John Grass" variant personal names: Charging Bear, Mato Watakpe, Pezi.
- "Long Dog" variant personal names: Sunka Hanska, Sunka Hanske.
- "Low Dog" variant personal names: Phil Cosgrove, Sunka Khuciyela, Sunka Kucigala.
- "Rain in the Face" variant personal names: Amarazhu, Iromagaja, Iromagaju, Ite Omagazu.
- "Red Cloud" variant personal names: Mahpiya Luta, Scarlet Cloud, Two Arrows.
- "Red Horse" variant personal names: Tasunka Luta.
- "Running Antelope" variant personal names: Thathoka Inyanke.
- "Sitting Bull" variant personal names: Four Horn, Hunkesi, Jumping Badger, Sitting Buffalo Bull, Slon-he, Slow, Tah-ton-ka-he-yo-ta-kah, Tatanka Iyotanka, Tatanka Yotanka, Toro Seduto, Toro Sentado.
- "Young Man Afraid of His Horse" variant personal names: Thasunke Khokiphapi, They-Fear-Even-His-Horse, Young-Man-Afraid-Of-His-Horses .
- "Cheyenne Indians" variant names: Suhtaio Indians, Tsitsistas Indians.
- "Hunkpapa Indians" variant names: Unc Papa Indians, Uncpapa Indians, Unkpapa Indians.
- "Sihasapa Indians" variant names: Blackfeet Indians (Lakota), Blackfoot Indians (Lakota), Blackfoot Sioux.
- Contains culturally sensitive material. Certain image(s) inaccessible online and available for reading room use only.
- Names and Subjects
- Photographs shelf.
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.
- Algonquian Indians.
- American Horse,--1840-1908--Portraits.
- Cheyenne Indians.
- Crow King,--approximately 1834-1884--Portraits.
- Gall,--approximately 1840-1894--Portraits.
- Gorgets (Military insignia)
- Grass, John,--1837?-1918--Portraits.
- Hunkpapa Indians.
- Indigenous peoples--Religion.
- Indians of North America--Dakota Territory.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains.
- Indians of North America--North Dakota.
- Indians of North America--South Dakota.
- Lakota Indians.
- Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Veterans.
- Long Dog--(Hunkpapa chief),--approximately 1821---Portraits.
- Low Dog,--approximately 1846-1894--Portraits.
- Miniconjou Indians.
- Oglala Indians.
- Rain in the Face,--approximately 1835-1905--Portraits.
- Red Cloud,--1822-1909--Portraits.
- Red Horse,--Chief--Portraits.
- Running Antelope,--approximately 1821-1896--Portraits.
- Sihasapa Indians.
- Siouan Indians.
- Sioux Nation.
- Sitting Bull,--1831-1890--Portraits.
- Young Man Afraid of His Horse,--approximately 1830-1900--Portraits.
- Beadwork--1870-1900.
- Clothing & dress--1870-1900.
- Crosses--1870-1900.
- Dead persons--1870-1900.
- Embroidery--1870-1900.
- Hides & skins--1870-1900.
- Indigenous peoples--United States--1870-1900.
- Medals--1870-1900.
- Necklaces--1870-1900.
- Pipes (Smoking)--1870-1900.
- Older people--1870-1900.
- Tribal chiefs--United States--1870-1900.
- Warriors--1870-1900.
- Indigenous peoples--North America--Religion.
- Algonquian.
- Cheyenne (North American people)
- Hunkpapa.
- Indians of North America--Religion.
- Indigenous peoples--North America--Dakota Territory.
- Indigenous peoples--Great Plains.
- Indigenous peoples--North Dakota.
- Indigenous peoples--South Dakota.
- Lakota.
- Miniconjou.
- Oglala.
- Sihasapa.
- Siouan.
- Goff, O. S.--(Orlando Scott),--1843-1917,--photographer.
- Harbaugh, Paul H.,--publisher.
- Denver Public Library.--Western History Department,--copyright holder.
- Genre
- Contact prints 1980-1990.
- Gelatin silver prints 1980-1990.
- Portfolios 1980-1990.
- Portrait photographs 1870-1900.
- Collection Title
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
- Collection Creator
- Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
- ID
- 972
- Barcode
- B10930017
- Call Number
- Photo Div Pohrt PORTFOLIO 1
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- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2988 x 3751
- File Size
- 123 KB
- Record
- 972
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