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Title
Body of Big Foot, Chief of the Bules, taken at the Battle of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, January 1, 1891
Date Created and/or Issued
1891-01-01
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the body of Big Foot, Chief of the Bules, taken at the Battle of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, January 1, 1891. His body can be seen laying in snow wearing pants, a jacket, and a scarf around his head. His knees are bent and his arms are laying in an awkward position.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 20 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m21217
USC-1-1-1-13984 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-46729
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21217
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-46729.jpg
Subject
Indians--Sioux
Indians of North America
Sioux Indians
Cattle
War
Wounded Knee Creek, Battle of, 1890
Indians of North America--Industries
Tribal areas
Time Period
1891-01-01
Place
USA
Source
46729 [Accession number]
CHS-46729 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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