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Ta-tanka-nazin (Standing Buffalo) who participated in the massacre of 1862
Ta-tanka-nazin (Standing Buffalo) who participated in the massacre of 1862
Object Number 2004.29.5766
Display Title Ta-tanka-nazin (Standing Buffalo) who participated in the massacre of 1862
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Sioux Indians, Siouan."; printed on photograph: "Ta-tanka-nazin, (Standing Buffalo.) A hereditary Chief of the Sioux, and a participator in the Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota. Entered according to Act of Congress, by J. E. Whitney, in the year 1862, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for Minnesota."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Proper Name
Subject
  • Man
Department Photographic
Date 1862
Artist Whitney's Gallery
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Additional Geographic Terms High plains
Materials Albumen print Carte-de-visit adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 x 8.89 cm (2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by William H. Pierce

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