American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908 Foster, Charles, 1828-1904
Published / Created:
1880-1896
Call Number:
WA MSS S-903 (folio)
Image Count:
56
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Letters written for American Horse regarding early customs of the Sioux, their cultural advancement, and the tragedy at Wounded Knee Creek. Accompanied by a letter about Charles Foster's position on Indian affairs and a letter from Mrs. James Landy to Daniel E. Soper. There are 76 folio drawings depicting Sioux life and three photographs of American Horse.
Subject (Name):
American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908--Portraits, Foster, Charles, 1828-1904, Landy, Edwin F, and Landy, James
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Pictorial works, Dakota Indians--Social life and customs, Indians of North America, and Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
Views of people and camps at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota
Container / Volume:
Folder 2
Image Count:
2
Subject (Geographic):
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Pictorial works, Indian reservations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pictorial works, and Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
Charlotte Tuttle Westwood Lloyd Walkup was an attorney in the Solicitor's Office of the U.S. Interior Department assisting the Office of Indian Affairs in the administration of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Her assignment on the reservations was
Description:
Manuscript captions on verso. Photos dismounted from album.
Subject (Geographic):
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
United States. Office of Indian Affairs--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Pictorial works and Indians of North America--Pictorial works
Charlotte Tuttle Westwood Lloyd Walkup was an attorney in the Solicitor's Office of the U.S. Interior Department assisting the Office of Indian Affairs in the administration of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Her assignment on the reservations was
Description:
Manuscript captions on verso. Photos dismounted from album.
Subject (Geographic):
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
United States. Office of Indian Affairs--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Pictorial works and Indians of North America--Pictorial works
Charlotte Tuttle Westwood Lloyd Walkup was an attorney in the Solicitor's Office of the U.S. Interior Department assisting the Office of Indian Affairs in the administration of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Her assignment on the reservations was
Description:
Manuscript captions on verso. Photos dismounted from album.
Subject (Geographic):
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (S.D.)--Pictorial works and South Dakota--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
United States. Office of Indian Affairs--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Pictorial works and Indians of North America--Pictorial works
Charlotte Tuttle Westwood Lloyd Walkup was an attorney in the Solicitor's Office of the U.S. Interior Department assisting the Office of Indian Affairs in the administration of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Her assignment on the reservations was
Description:
Manuscript caption on verso. Photos dismounted from album.
Subject (Geographic):
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
United States. Office of Indian Affairs--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Pictorial works and Indians of North America--Pictorial works
Charlotte Tuttle Westwood Lloyd Walkup was an attorney in the Solicitor's Office of the U.S. Interior Department assisting the Office of Indian Affairs in the administration of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Her assignment on the reservations was
Description:
Manuscript captions on verso. Photos dismounted from album.
Subject (Geographic):
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (S.D.)--Pictorial works and South Dakota--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
United States. Office of Indian Affairs--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Pictorial works and Indians of North America--Pictorial works
Events documented include horseback trips to the White River, a powwow with traditional Lakota costume and dancing, mourners at a cemetery, Lakota women on horseback, and games of football and basketball. Images documenting agricultural events include threshing wheat and castrating calves., Informal portraits include individuals, couples, and groups. Specific student groups including a group of young women from Holy Rosary Mission school, the St. Francis Mission marching band, the St. Francis Mission football team, a dance troupe of girls, and a student theatrical group at the St. Francis Mission in costume and wearing blackface makeup. Informal portraits also depict Lakota people wearing modern and traditional costumes, in addition to Anglo American people wearing traditional Lakota costumes. The only identified individual is Peter Scherer, who directed the St. Francis Mission marching band in 1930-1931., Other images include exterior views of the missions, homes, farms, and oil wells, while interiors views exist of a gymnasium and dining halls at the missions., Photograph album of images created by Eugene Buechel of Oglala Lakota and Sicangu Lakota people and environs in southern South Dakota, ca. 1928-1931., and The Jesuit priest, Eugene Buechel (1874-1954) served as a superior at the mission schools of Holy Rosary Mission (1908-1916), Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and St. Francis Mission (1916-1923), Rosebud Indian Reservation, afterwards working to document Lakota language and culture in the region until his death.
Description:
Manuscript captions in German on the verso of several photographs, which are available on photocopies provided with the album. and Photographs in album 8.7 x 14.8 cm. and smaller.
Subject (Geographic):
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--Pictorial works and Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Buechel, Eugene, Catholic Church--Missions--South Dakota, Jesuits--Missions--Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.), Jesuits--Missions--Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.), and Scherer, Peter,--band director
Subject (Topic):
Brulé Indians--Pictorial works, Cemeteries--South Dakota--Pictorial works, Dakota Indians--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies--Pictorial works, Mission schools, Oglala Indians--Pictorial works, and Teton Indians--Pictorial works
