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Title: The Medicine Man, taken at the Battle of Wounded Knee S.D
Date Created and/or Issued: 1891-01-01
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Photo of a Lakota medicine man killed in the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Caption: "The Medicine Man taken at the Battle of Wounded Knee S.D. Copy Righted by the Northwestern Photograph Co. Jan 1st 1898. Chadron, Neb." On verso: "Northwestern Photographic Company, Chadron, Nebraska. Headquarters for all kinds of Indian and Late War Views of Pine Ridge Agency, So. Dak. All Views Copyrighted. Mail Orders Promptly Filled." ; "For photo copy print see also photo file 1194."
Type: image
Extent: 1 photograph : black and white print ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm
Identifier: photCL 178
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/13507
Subject: Wounded Knee (S.D.)
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
Lakota Indians
Shamans--United States
Place: Wounded Knee (S.D.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased from the Shorey Book Store, March 7, 1963.

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