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1. Photograph album of Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kiowa Indians in Oklahoma [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1900.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 29
- Image Count:
- 101
- Abstract:
- Photograph album by an unidentified photographer of Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kiowa Indians, probably taken in or around the Cheyenne-Arapaho Agency in Darlington, Canadian County, Oklahoma. The outdoor scenes include a large number of family groups, women, and children, many identified with Americanized names, There are also notable images of the baptism of a Kiowa man, the "crow dance," meat drying on racks, Arapaho school girls, and a single image of what appear to be not Indian women but white woman dressed in Indian clothing, identified as "Calumet Squaws" (Calument was a town close to the agency)., and Internal evidence suggests that the album dates before 1902 (the year White Antelope, who is portrayed, died).
- Description:
- Individual photographs measure 10 x 12.5 cm, and have manuscript captions and numbers. and Accompanied by 100 modern copy prints.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Oklahoma and Darlington (Okla.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America, Cheyenne Indians, Arapaho Indians, Kiowa Indians, Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian Agency (Okla.), Baptism, Missionaries, and Indian reservations
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photograph album of Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kiowa Indians in Oklahoma [graphic].
