Photographs created by John Willis of individuals and events that document life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, 2009, and related material, Many images document the Yellow Bull family and their home in Pine Ridge. Several images depict Andrea Reddest and Duane Reddest, as well as the Reddest family home and land at Lost Dog Creek. Other portraits include Ashley Bull Man, Gwen Bull Man, Sarah Ghostman, Karen Weasel Bear, John Swallow, and David Swallow, Jr. Portraits of unidentified individuals include residents of a housing development in Kyle, as well as a man inside a restaurant in Kadoka, Images of built landscapes include a housing development in Wanblee, a cemetery in Yellow Bear Canyon, and the Badlands National Park during the winter. Images of structures at Potato Creek, near Interior, South Dakota, include powwow grounds and the Potato Creek Episcopal Church. There is also a view of KILI Radio at Porcupine Butte. A group of photographs depicts interior views of the Stroppel Inn and Main Street in Midland, Many photographs depict roads and highways in the vicinity of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Panoramas in the collection include views of Wanblee, Badlands National Park, and Yellow Bear Canyon. Several of the panoramas are collages with historic images, The collection includes a draft dummy volume for Views from the Rez (University of Chicago Press, 2010) which consists of photographs by Willis of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the region, which he compiled March 2009. The volume also contains an essay by Kent Nerburn, as well as poetry and observations by Oglala Indians, and Two audio compact disks, Heartbeat of the Rez, consist of recordings in Lakota and English of spoken word, traditional songs, and contemporary music
Description:
John Willis is a documentary photographer and an instructor of photography at Marlboro College in Marlboro, Vermont., Title devised by cataloger., In 7 boxes., and Photographs signed by the photographer on verso with accompanying manuscript captions.
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Badlands National Park (S.D.), Kyle (S.D.), Lost Dog Creek (S.D.), Midland (S.D.), Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.), Yellow Bear Canyon (S.D.), South Dakota, and Wanblee (S.D.)
Subject (Name):
Willis, John, 1957-, Yellow Bull, Delores, and Stroppel Inn
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Oglala Indians, and Public housing
Title from accompanying envelope., "Drawings and linoleum blocks courtesy of the Batman Gallery, San Francisco. Proceeds from the sale of this group of drawings will go to the Native American Church to help legalize the use of peyote in California for the American Indian.", and One of the prints measures 28 x 43 cm. folded to 28 x 22 cm.
Russell, Charles M. (Charles Marion), 1864-1926, artist
Published / Created:
[not before 1901]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Reproduction of the 1901 painting by Charles M. Russell; depicts a group of Native Americans moving camp; women with children on horseback pulling travois from left to right
Description:
BEIN Broadsides Zc12 901ru: On sheet 22.1 x 29.6 cm. and Title from caption printed below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
Travois, Indian women, and Indians of North America
Cartes-de-visite photographs created by photographers in the United States and Canada of Indians of North America, ca. 1860-1875. Images consist chiefly of portraits depicting men in traditional clothing, with a few examples of women and children. Tribal groups represented include Dakota, Fox, Navajo, Paiute, Paloos, Sauk, Shoshoni, Ute, and Yankton. Identified individuals include Spotted Tail, a Dakota chief; and Wolf Necklace (Harlish Washshomake), a Paloos chief. Another identified image consists of a copy photograph of a painting of Keokuk based on a daguerreotype made by Thomas Easterly in 1847 and Photographers and galleries represented include: A. W. Barker, Ottawa, Kansas; W. P. Bliss, Photographic Car; Charles Williams Carter, Salt Lake City, Utah; John N. Choate, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; William R. Cross, Niobrara, Nebraska; Duffin & Caswell, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Howard, Fort Bridger, Wyoming; Jackson Brothers Photography, Omaha, Nebraska; S. Park, Brantford, Ontario; Charles Roscoe Savage, Salt Lake City, Utah; Smith, Peabody, Kansas; A. W. Witherell, Keokuk, Iowa
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Barker, Anthony, 1930-, Bliss, W. P., Carter, Charles Williams., Choate, John N., Cross, W. R. (William R.), Hamilton, C. L., Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., Keokuk, Sauk chief, 1780?-1848., Mautz, Carl., Savage, C. R. 1832-1909. (Charles Roscoe),, Spotted Tail, 1823-1881., Witherell, A. W., Duffin & Caswell., and Jackson Brothers Photography.
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Fox Indians, Indians of North America, Navajo Indians, Paiute Indians, Paloos Indians, Sauk Indians, Shoshoni Indians, Ute Indians, and Yankton Indians
Reproduction of a painting by Seth Eastman that depicts in the foreground two Native Americans on horseback, one with a long gun, the other with bow and arrow, hunting buffalo. In the background, the scene is of the riverine plains. The upper three-quarters of the image are of sky
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Below image, centered: Pl. 9.
Publisher:
Lippincott, Grambo & Company
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting and Indians of North America
Reproduction of a work by Seth Eastman from a sketch by J. H. Eaton. Depicts Fort Defiance as built in 1851-1852. In the foreground, Native Americans approach the fort in a line on horseback; within the fort, U.S. Army soldiers drill. The fort is at the foot of an escarpment. One-third of the image is of sky
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Below image, centered: Pl. 29.
Reproduction of a drawing by Seth Eastman that depicts in the foreground two Native Americans, on foot with saddled horses nearby, skinning a buffalo. In the background, the scene is of the riverine plains and distant hill tops. The upper half of the image is of sky
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Below image, centered: Pl. 13.
Publisher:
Lippincott, Grambo & Company
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting and Indians of North America
Print shows miners, Caucasians, Native American men, one African-American man, and one woman; panning and digging for gold along the Sacramento River in California. Some figures at left are seen holding gold nuggets in their hands; others at right are fighting; miners using various tools including baskets, gold pans, shovels, picks and cradles; mining camp and rolling hills in distance
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +205: On sheet 29 x 37 cm. and At foot of print: 370.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Sacramento River (Calif.), and Sacramento River.
Subject (Topic):
Gold miners, Gold panning, African Americans, Indians of North America, and Gold discoveries