Buffalo Altars

Description

Title: Buffalo Altars
Creator: Erdoes, Richard, 1912-2008
Contributor: Crow Dog, Leonard, 1942-
Published / Created: 1971-1976, undated
Publication Place: Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.)
Description: The description of this slide reflects the way that Erdoes organized 35mm slides. Erdoes arranged his slides in labeled containers that were sub-divided into labeled sections. The title for this image has been transcribed from its sub-section label; images of other slides from the same sub-section share the container title. The date listed here reflects a span of known dates associated the sub-section. In some cases, titles have been expanded to note particular individuals who appear frequently and who were identified by Erdoes in captions. Individual slide captions have not been transcribed or captured during digitization.
Extent: 2 x 2 in.
23 slides
color
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.

Format: still image
Genre: Slides (photographs)
Subject (Name): Crow Dog, Leonard, 1942-
Subject (Topic): Dakota Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Indians of North America --Rites and ceremonies
Sweatbaths--Great Plains

Access: Public
Rights: Copyright Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Citation: Richard Erdoes Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.