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General

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4

Scope and Content

From the Collection: The Native Americans Photograph Collection is an artificial collection created to hold photographs from various donors relating to Indian tribes of the Upper Great Plains. The first two folders contain portraiture, mostly taken by F. Jay Haynes likely in the 1880s. The people featured are: Grey Bear, Running Deer, Hailstone, Chief Little Head, Chief White Bull, Me Catchem, Two Moon, Little Moon, Boy In The Water, Sitting Bull [engraving], Curley, Big Medicine Man, Bear Coat, Yellow Dog, Jessie [Iron Bull’s daughter], and several group photos. The third folder holds images of Earth Lodges. Two are color postcards of reconstructed earth lodge buildings, and one is a 1928 Hidatsa earth lodge south of Van Hook taken by Russell Reid. The fourth folder contains thirteen photographs and one postcard. They are mostly of social scenes such as pow-wows, and artifacts. Most are taken by North Dakota Travel Department.

Dates

  • 1880s-1980s

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.

Extent

From the Collection: 41 Photographic Prints (41 photographic prints)

From the Collection: 3 Postcards (3 postcard)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository

Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States