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Title: Indian Ghost Dance before Battle of Wounded Knee
Date Created and/or Issued: 1890
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 natives taking part in the Indian Ghost Dance wearing native dress and feather work.
Title derived from verso. On verso: "Views. Wounded Knee Battle, Indian Camps, War Camps, Indian Chiefs. Everything of interest in the late Pine Ridge War are held by us for sale. Agents wishing to make $10 to $15 per day wanted. Northwestern Photographic Co., Chadron, Neb." ; "Indian ghost dance before Battle of Wounded Knee. 1891[sic]." ; "For photo copy print see also photo file 1190."
Type: Image
Extent: 1 photograph : black and white print ; 12.5 x 20.5 cm
Identifier: photCL 178
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/13549
Subject: Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)
Dakota Indians
Ghost dance
Clothing and dress
Indian featherwork--North America
Place: Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased from the Shorey Book Store, March 7, 1963.

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