Portrait of Shacknasty Jim, a Modoc man. A geneaological note and chart prepared by Patricia Easterla are on the verso of mount.
Biographical/Historical note:
Shacknasty Jim (Shkeitko or Shok-Nos-Ta) was born in Northern California circa 1850 and died near Seneca, Missouri in 1881. He was chief of the Hot Creek band of Modoc and fought as a scout for the United States Army in the Modoc War of 1872-1873.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 78-22
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional photographs of Shacknasty Jim held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24 and the BAE historical negatives.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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Rights:
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Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo lot 78-22, Portrait of Shacknasty Jim, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
