4 pp. Philetus W. Norris was superintendent of Yellowstone National Park 1878-82. He was subsequently employed by the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology to assist with archeological field studies until his death in 1885.
Collection Restrictions:
Manuscript 2372 is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Manuscript 2372, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
ca 1890
Scope and Contents:
From left to right: 1. Ben Looks Back (extreme left holding pole with feather) 2. Bull Don't Fall Down (behind man in feather bonnet holding club (?) next to face) 3. Edison Firebear (front, kneeling wearing army (?) hat 4. Firebear, father of Edison Firebear (wearing feather bonnet) 5. Mark Real Bird (boy next to Firebear) 6. Chief Plenty Coups (wearing bells on legs)
Biographical / Historical:
Firebear was the Indian policeman who killed Wraps Up His Tail or Twined Tail.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.T2795
Local Note:
Cataloging based on examination of NAA file print.
Identification supplied by Barney Old Coyote (and Crow Indians), BIA, February 3, 1966.
Silver nitrate negative
Related Materials:
Related negatives in the Field Museum of Natural History, Photography Department, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 89-8, Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
