Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. From left to right, Little Bear, F.E. Burkhardt, and Chief Many Treaties standing together beside a wall. Little Bear and Chief Many Treaties are wearing feather headdresses and traditional Native American clothing. Burkhardt is dressed like Buffalo Bill. This photograph was probably taken on August 5, 1935 during Fiesta Week at the Plaza Church in Los Angeles. Text from negative sleeve: 1272-- Little Bear (Mohawk from New York), "Buffalo Bill" Burkhart, Chief Many Treaties (Blackfoot), Fiesta Week - Plaza Church, 8/5/35, [stamped:] Aug 8 1935. Handwritten on negative: Chief Many Treaties, Buffalo Bill Burkhart, Little Bear.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7655 ark:/21198/zz002dfctm
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Festivals--California--Los Angeles Impersonation--California--Los Angeles Indigenous peoples Little Bear Burkhardt, F. E. (Francis Elden), 1881-1941 Many Treaties, Chief, 1875-1948
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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