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Band of Yankton Sioux Indians digging sacred Indian pipestone at Great Red Pipestone Quarries on reservation
Band of Yankton Sioux Indians digging sacred Indian pipestone at Great Red Pipestone Quarries on reservation
Object Number 2004.29.5845
Display Title Band of Yankton Sioux Indians digging sacred Indian pipestone at Great Red Pipestone Quarries on reservation
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Sioux (Yankton) Minnesota."; written on photograph: "Gitch Manitou, Scene of the Birth of the Peace Pipe. Band of Yankton Sioux Indians Digging Sacred Indian Pipe Stone - 1873 - At Great Red Pipe Stone Quarries - On Reservation near Pipestone, Minn."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Pipestone
  • digging
Department Photographic
Date 1873
Culture
  • Yankton
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Montana / Silver Bow County / Pipestone
Additional Geographic Terms Highlands
Materials Albumen print Cabinet card adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 20.32 cm (5 x 8 in.)

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