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Group of Brules and Ogallala natives, including the grand children of Nelson, "No Neck," the Indian baby found on the Wounded Knee battlefield, and Mr. Geo. Crager (interpreter)
Group of Brules and Ogallala natives, including the grand children of Nelson, "No Neck," the Indian baby found on the Wounded Knee battlefield, and Mr. Geo. Crager (interpreter)
Object Number 2004.29.5794
Display Title Group of Brules and Ogallala natives, including the grand children of Nelson, "No Neck," the Indian baby found on the Wounded Knee battlefield, and Mr. Geo. Crager (interpreter)
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Dakota Indians (Siouan)"; printed on photograph: "No. 3736. "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."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • People and Family
  • Proper Name
  • Social and Political Figure
Subject
  • People
  • feathers
  • War paint
  • Warrior
Department Photographic
Date 1892
Artist Grabill Studio
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Additional Geographic Terms High plains, Dakota
Dimensions Overall: 19.05 x 22.23 cm (7 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)

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