Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings
Ledger drawings
Date:
ca. 1875-1878
Scope and Contents:
Two-page drawings showing Sun Dance lodge, dancers in ceremonial body paint, shields and other regalia on display, circle of drummers, many onlookers, and surrounding tipis of camp.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08511103
NAA MS 154064C
Album Information:
NAA MS 154064C 011
Genre/Form:
Ledger drawings
Collection Citation:
Manuscript 154064C, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Anonymous drawing, probably Lakota or Cheyenne, of warfare scene, with warrior striking White enemies, having escaped under heavy fire from a tipi camp shown on facing page
Anonymous Cheyenne drawing of Sun Dance ceremony, with dancers in ritual regalia shown inside medicine lodge in center of tipi camp with spectators outside
Anonymous drawing, probably Lakota or Cheyenne, of warfare scene, with warrior with shield and lance counting coup on fallen enemies outside a tipi camp
Anonymous drawing, probably Lakota or Cheyenne, of warfare scene, with warrior with shield and banner lance driving horses off from a tipi camp, identified by name glyph above his head
Photograph of food rations being issued at Camp Supply, Oklahoma Territory. Photographed by William Stinson Soule in 1869.
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Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Oswald Schraubstadter collection of Fort Sill photographs, NMAI.AC.183; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
