Photographs show groups of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians posed in front of tipis, tents, and trees, most likely in what is now Oklahoma. A few wear western clothing, and a white man and boy appear in some images. Individuals pictured include Mrs. Scabby Bull, Ethel Black Wolf, Rabbit Run, Wolf Chase, Coal A Fire, Strik-em-First, Singing Man, Jay Gould, Big Timber, and Myrtle Bad Man, among others. Two views of the Arapaho camp and one of the Cheyenne camp are taken from a distance. The album also contains two photographs of Niagara Falls.
Description:
Manuscript captions throughout. and Photographer unidentified.
Subject (Geographic):
Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation (Okla.)--Pictorial works, Niagara Falls (N.Y.)--Pictorial works, and Oklahoma--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Arapaho Indians--Portraits, Cheyenne Indians--Portraits, Indian reservations--Oklahoma--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Pictorial works, and Tipis--Pictorial works
Argentum Photographic Services Fiske, Frank Bennett, 1883-1952 North Dakota Heritage Foundation Stemmens, Red. Frank Fiske and western photography Vyzralek, Frank. Frank Bennett Fiske
Published / Created:
1983
Call Number:
WA Photos Folio 50
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
32
Abstract:
Accompanying leaflets consist of essays, "Frank Bennett Fiske," by Frank Vyzralek, and "Frank Fiske and Western Photography," by Rod Stemmens., Exterior portraits of Lakota men consist of an image of White Bull posed standing in a meadow holding a calumet, and an image of a man posed standing, wearing a feather headdress, and holding a bow, beaded quiver, and lance. An exterior view shows two council tipis decorated with depictions of horses., Group portraits of Lakota men include two Lakota men identified as wranglers, and an image of two Lakota men holding the outstretched wings of a dead golden eagle, with a man holding a rifle identified as Herbert Keeps Eagle. An additional studio portrait of nine unidentified men consists of three Lakota men and six white men in clerical dress, identified as priests at the mission., Lakota men portrayed include Black Bear, Gray Hawk, Iron Star, Kicks Iron, Kicks the Iron, One Bull, Rain in the Face, Red Fish, Red Fox, Sharp Horn Bull, White Bear, and Yellow Hawk. Studio portraits of Joe No Heart show him wearing traditional regalia in one and wearing contemporary clothing and a police badge in another. An additional studio portrait depicts Fiske as a child, holding a rifle, dressed in a fringed buckskin jacket and pants., Portraits originally created by Frank Bennett Fiske, primarily of Lakota (Teton) Indians, ca. 1895-1930. Most of the images were created at his photographic studio at Fort Yates, North Dakota, and most of the Lakota people in the images lived on the Standing Rock Agency. The photographic prints in these portfolios were printed from original and copy negatives by Argentum Photographic Services, Seattle, Washington, under the auspices of the North Dakota Heritage Society from original photographs in the Frank Fiske Photograph Collection of the State Historical Society of North Dakota,1983., Studio portraits of Lakota families include Paul Brave, his wife and their daughter; Red Fish and his daughters; and a family consisting of a man and two women with one of the women holding a coyote pup., and Studio portraits of Lakota girls and women include Mrs. Chasing Bear, Mrs. Jack Treetop, a girl from the Dunn family, and Mrs. Twin and her daughter.
Description:
In 2 boxes; box 1 digitized in its entirety. and Titles on cards mounted on cases: Portfolio I, Portfolio II. The Portfolio I card includes a reproduction of the image of Kicks Iron. The Portfolio I card includes a reproduction of the image of an unidentified man posed standing.
Publisher:
North Dakota Heritage Society,
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Yates (N.D.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Dunn family--Portraits, Fiske, Frank Bennett,--1883-1952, Fiske, Frank Bennett,--1883-1952--Portraits, Gray Hawk--Portraits, Iron Star--Portraits, Joe No Heart--Portraits, Kicks Iron--Portraits, Kicks the Iron--Portraits, and Loon--Portraits
Subject (Topic):
Coyote--Pictorial works, Golden eagle--Pictorial works, Indian women--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--North Dakota--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--North Dakota--Portraits, Teton Indians--Pictorial works, Teton Indians--Portraits, and Tipis--Pictorial works
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.
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians --Rites and ceremonies, Indian dance, Indians of North America --Dwellings, Indians of North America --Rites and ceremonies, Sun dance --South Dakota, and Tipis--Pictorial works
A set of stereograph photographs in a slipcase created and distributed by Norman A. Forsyth of Butte Montana, with printed captions documenting the activities of Blackfeet (Siksika) Indians during an encampment probably at the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana, ca. 1920., Identified Siksika individuals include Little Dog, Left Hand, Bear Chief, and Black Bear, and Images include depictions of costumes and activities related to ceremonial dances, including the Sun Dance, Grass Dance, and Choosing Dance. Other images include views of tipis, travois, Native American women working with a sewing machine, and an image of Cree women roasting a dog.
Publisher:
N. A. Forsyth,
Subject (Geographic):
Blackfeet Indian Reservation (Mont.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Bear Chief,--Siksika Indian, Forsyth, N. A.--(Norman A.),--1869-1949, Left Hand,--Siksika Indian, and Little Dog,--Siksika Indian chief
Subject (Topic):
Cree Indians--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Pictorial works, Siksika Indians--Pictorial works, Tipis--Pictorial works, and Travois--Pictorial works.--lctgm
