Photographic portfolios of Lakota Indians.

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Title
Photographic portfolios of Lakota Indians.
Creator
Argentum Photographic Services, Fiske, Frank Bennett, 1883-1952, North Dakota Heritage Foundation, Stemmens, Red. Frank Fiske and western photography, and Vyzralek, Frank. Frank Bennett Fiske
Published / Created
1983
Publication Place
Bismarck, N.D. :
Publisher
North Dakota Heritage Society,
Abstract
Accompanying leaflets consist of essays, "Frank Bennett Fiske," by Frank Vyzralek, and "Frank Fiske and Western Photography," by Rod Stemmens., Exterior portraits of Lakota men consist of an image of White Bull posed standing in a meadow holding a calumet, and an image of a man posed standing, wearing a feather headdress, and holding a bow, beaded quiver, and lance. An exterior view shows two council tipis decorated with depictions of horses., Group portraits of Lakota men include two Lakota men identified as wranglers, and an image of two Lakota men holding the outstretched wings of a dead golden eagle, with a man holding a rifle identified as Herbert Keeps Eagle. An additional studio portrait of nine unidentified men consists of three Lakota men and six white men in clerical dress, identified as priests at the mission., Lakota men portrayed include Black Bear, Gray Hawk, Iron Star, Kicks Iron, Kicks the Iron, One Bull, Rain in the Face, Red Fish, Red Fox, Sharp Horn Bull, White Bear, and Yellow Hawk. Studio portraits of Joe No Heart show him wearing traditional regalia in one and wearing contemporary clothing and a police badge in another. An additional studio portrait depicts Fiske as a child, holding a rifle, dressed in a fringed buckskin jacket and pants., Portraits originally created by Frank Bennett Fiske, primarily of Lakota (Teton) Indians, ca. 1895-1930. Most of the images were created at his photographic studio at Fort Yates, North Dakota, and most of the Lakota people in the images lived on the Standing Rock Agency. The photographic prints in these portfolios were printed from original and copy negatives by Argentum Photographic Services, Seattle, Washington, under the auspices of the North Dakota Heritage Society from original photographs in the Frank Fiske Photograph Collection of the State Historical Society of North Dakota,1983., Studio portraits of Lakota families include Paul Brave, his wife and their daughter; Red Fish and his daughters; and a family consisting of a man and two women with one of the women holding a coyote pup., and Studio portraits of Lakota girls and women include Mrs. Chasing Bear, Mrs. Jack Treetop, a girl from the Dunn family, and Mrs. Twin and her daughter.
Description
In 2 boxes; box 1 digitized in its entirety.
Titles on cards mounted on cases: Portfolio I, Portfolio II. The Portfolio I card includes a reproduction of the image of Kicks Iron. The Portfolio I card includes a reproduction of the image of an unidentified man posed standing.
Extent
2 leaflets ; 43 cm.
2 portfolios (30 photographic prints) : b&w ; 43 x 36 cm.
Extent of Digitization
Partially digitized
Language
English

Collection Information

Call Number
WA Photos Folio 50
Container / Volume Information
Box 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Autographs
Photographic prints.--aat
photographs (AAT)
portraits (AAT)
Subject (Geographic)
Fort Yates (N.D.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name)
Dunn family--Portraits
Fiske, Frank Bennett,--1883-1952
Fiske, Frank Bennett,--1883-1952--Portraits
Gray Hawk--Portraits
Iron Star--Portraits
Joe No Heart--Portraits
Kicks Iron--Portraits
Kicks the Iron--Portraits
Loon--Portraits
Subject (Topic)
Coyote--Pictorial works
Golden eagle--Pictorial works
Indian women--Pictorial works
Indians of North America--North Dakota--Pictorial works
Indians of North America--North Dakota--Portraits
Teton Indians--Pictorial works
Teton Indians--Portraits
Tipis--Pictorial works

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Citation
Frank Bennett Fiske, Photographic Portfolios of Lakota Indians. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
7150186
OID
10001640

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