View over the plains on the Native American Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, shows the distribution of the government ration of beef cattle as a mock buffalo hunt. The Sioux are scattered into small groups dressing their beef.
Date
[1890?]
Notes
Condition: Emulsion deterioration on broken plate.; Formerly F8874.; Title inked on plate; hand-written on back of print: "Pine Ridge Agency, S.D. beef issue"; R7100313747
Description
1 photonegative : glass ; 17 x 21 cm. (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint ; 17 x 21 cm. (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Subject
United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--Subsistence activities--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Beef cattle--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Hunting--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Slaughtering--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.
Source
Source: Louise Stegner of Omaha, Nebraska, in 1951.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
