The Ghost Dance by the Ogallala Sioux at Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota
Creator
Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909
Date
1890 December 6
Summary
Native American (Dakota, Ogalala) men and women stand in a row and perform the Ghost Dance at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. One man who is possibly in a trance has braids and a hair pipe breast plate, and dances apart from the others. Men and women wear woven blankets, buckskin pants or dresses and moccasins.
Description
1 photomechanical print ; 41 x 57 cm. (16 x 22 1/2 in.)
Subject
Dakota Indians--Dance--Dance--South Dakota; Indians of North America--Dance--South Dakota; Oglala Indians--Dance--South Dakota; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.); Ceremonial dancers--Dance--South Dakota; Ghost dance--Dance--South Dakota
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR711003288; Harper's weekly.
Notes
"Kurtz" and "Drawn by Frederic Remington from sketches taken on the spot" on original and reproduced in photomechanical print.; Tear sheet consists of pages 960-961, removed from Harper's weekly.; Title and "[See Page 947.]" printed on tear sheet.; R7110032880
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