Dr. Charles A. Eastman wearing feather headdress, heavily fringed and beaded shirt, and beaded leggings and moccasins at Birth of Chicago Pagent with two non-Native men. Eastman holds a bow and arrow and points it at one of the men in jest. Soldiers Field in background
Courtesy of National Museum of the American Indian
More Information
Time Period:
1933-1933
Materials:
Techniques:
Dimensions:
4 x 5 in.
Cultures:
American Indians, Central Plains, Dakota (Eastern Sioux), Native Americans, Non-Indian, North America, Plains, Wahpetonwan Dakota (Wahpeton Sioux)
City:
Chicago
County:
Cook County
State:
Illinois
Country:
USA
Collection History:
This print formerly in the collection of David T. Vernon (1900-1973). Before 1968, Vernon's collection was purchased by the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by Laurance S. Rockefeller, 1910-2004, and other members of the Rockefeller family). Photographs in Vernon's collection may have come to MAI via an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve in 1968 or may have been donated directly to MAI by Laurance Rockefeller.
Source ID:
NMAI_303991
Catalog Number:
P21881
Album Name:
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