Photographs of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota
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Description
- Title
- Photographs of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota
- Creator
- Willis, John, 1957-
- Published / Created
- 1993-2006.
- Abstract
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Photographs created by John Willis of individuals and events that document life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, 1993-2006
Images of events related to a memorial service and unveiling of the headstone for the gravesite of Albert O. Chips and Eva M. Chips, 2005, include documentation of a buffalo kill from the Oglala tribal herd for a memorial dinner, preparing an inipi (sweat lodge) ceremony, a wopila (giveaway) ceremony, and placement of a headstone in a cemetery
Images of memorial services during January 14-16, 2006, for Corporal Brett Lee Lundstrom, a United States Marine and the first Lakota-Teton Indian killed by small arms fire in Fallujah during the Iraq War, include the delivery of his body by a horse-drawn wagon through the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to the gymnasium at the Little Wound School in Kyle, South Dakota, where his body laid in state under a ceremonial tipi
Informal portraits of identified individuals include Vern Sitting Bear, Victoria Chips, Tommy Crow, Gary Good Voice Elk, Wilbur Morrison, Orville Reddest, Leroy Reddest, Ashley Yellow Bull, Wendell Yellow Bull, and Delores Yellow Bull, in addition to portraits of unidentified or partially-identified children, women, and men
Several images document housing projects on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, as well as views that include businesses, residences, vernacular signs, roads, and landscapes
Incidental images include a view of trailers at the graduation day powwow of Oglala Lakota College, a powwow at a school in Manderson, horse races in Batesland that include spectators and boys riding horses, and views of Badlands National Park
- Description
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John Willis is a documentary photographer and an instructor of photography at Marlboro College in Marlboro, Vermont.
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographs signed by the photographer on verso with accompanying manuscript captions.
Several of the images occur as different sizes of photographic prints. - Provenance
- Purchased from John Willis on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2006.
- Extent
- 101 photographic prints (in 11 boxes) : 78.3 x 61.2 cm. and smaller.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Photos Folio 57
- Container / Volume
- Box 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Portraits
Photographic prints - Material
- b & w ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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United States
Badlands National Park (S.D.)
Batesland (S.D.)
Kyle (S.D.)
Manderson (S.D.)
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) - Subject (Name)
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Chips, Albert O., 1901-1966
Chips, Eva M., 1908-1958
Chips, Victoria
Crow, Tommy
Good Voice Elk, Gary
Lundstrom, Brett Lee
Morrison, Wilbur
Reddest, Leroy
Reddest, Orville
Sitting Bear, Vern
Willis, John, 1957-
Yellow Bull, Ashley
Yellow Bull, Delores
Yellow Bull, Wendell
Oglala Lakota College - Subject (Topic)
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Death and burial
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Indians of North America
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Casualties
Oglala Indians
Powwows
Public housing
Sweatbaths
Teton Indians - Subjects
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Chips, Albert O., 1901-1966 > Death and burial > Pictorial works
Chips, Eva M., 1908-1958 > Death and burial > Pictorial works
Chips, Victoria > Pictorial works
Crow, Tommy > Pictorial works
Good Voice Elk, Gary > Pictorial works
Lundstrom, Brett Lee > Death and burial > Pictorial works
Morrison, Wilbur > Pictorial works
Reddest, Leroy > Pictorial works
Reddest, Orville > Pictorial works
Sitting Bear, Vern > Pictorial works
Willis, John, 1957-
Yellow Bull, Ashley > Pictorial works
Yellow Bull, Delores > Pictorial works
Yellow Bull, Wendell > Pictorial works
Oglala Lakota College > Pictorial works
Funeral rites and ceremonies > United States > Pictorial works
Indians of North America > Pictorial works
Indians of North America > Portraits
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Casualties > Pictorial works
Oglala Indians > Pictorial works
Powwows > Pictorial works
Public housing > United States > Pictorial works
Sweatbaths > Pictorial works
Teton Indians > Pictorial works
Badlands National Park (S.D.) > Pictorial works
Batesland (S.D.) > Pictorial works
Kyle (S.D.) > Pictorial works
Manderson (S.D.) > Pictorial works
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) > Pictorial works
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- Rights
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- Citation
- John Willis, Photographs of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 7827874
- Object ID (OID)
- 11138837
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