Dakota Indians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Album unique
Collection — Portfolio 49
Identifier: 9110
Scope and content
Eleven original watercolors with holographic descriptions by the artist. Includes a letter to Catlin as well. Descriptions include specifics as to the individuals who are pictured and their place in the tribe they are from. Names of Indians are given in the native language as well as the English version, including: The Surrounder, Red Thunder, The Jumper, Double Walker, Big Elk, Black Dog, Big Crow, Little Soldier, Black Rock, and The Very Brave Chief. Information about Indian culture is...
Dates:
1863.
Au pays du scalp
Item — Huntington box 29 - folder 1
Identifier: 9118
Scope and content
Cartoon clipped from a French publication. Cartoon depicts ethnic stereotypes of two Sioux Indians.
Dates:
[between 1900; between 1950]
Catlin's North American Indian bills scrapbook
Collection — Huntington box 40
Identifier: 9109
Scope and content
Scrapbook of announcements and other ephemera advertising Catlin's Gallery of North American Indians and events pertaining to Indians. Includes some correspondence, tickets signed by Catlin, newspaper clippings, and information about his exhibitions in the Indian Museum at the Egyptian Hall, Picadilly. Also advertisements for events with Indians who were brought back to Europe, including archery competitions and am event held at Windsor Castle. The advertisements mention the various tribes...
Dates:
1840-1855.
De Cost Smith Collection
Collection — Huntington box 59
Identifier: 9174
Abstract
Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, notebooks, brochures, manuscripts, maps, paintings, and sketches. Focus areas of the notes for articles, speeches, and books cover a wide variety of topics including the Onondaga Indians and their reservation, festivals and culture, Sitting Bull using a telephone, Tendoi The climber, articles by Elizabeth Custer, Moravian missions, history of Amenia, N.Y., Fort Buford, manuscript regarding Indian attitudes towards African Americans,...
Dates:
1880-1943.
Frank Linabury collection on George Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Collection — Huntington box 37
Identifier: 9114
Scope and content
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and other ephemera relating to George Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Three smaller books containing collection of articles published about the battle removed from magazines. Includes information regarding Custer and Major Marcus Reno. First hand accounts from Indians and soldiers, stories by those who knew individuals involved, news reports, photos, brochure about the battlefield, souvenir flag from battlefield, correspondence to Linabury about...
Dates:
1880-1951-(bulk1920-1930.)
Letters to General William Tecumseh Sherman about drawings from Red Dog and Zotom
Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9017
Scope and content
Two letters from Lieutenant Richard Henry Pratt and Dr. Valentine T. McGillycuddy. Letter from Pratt dated January 22, 1876 from St. Augustine, Florida. Mentions paying Zotom for a book of drawings. Discussion of having the government add a detachment of Indian soldiers. Letter from McGillycuddy dated December 11, 1884 from Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota, now South Dakota. Letter is informing Sherman of the death of Red Dog. It mentions that Red Dog was involved with the Treaty of 1868. The...
Dates:
1876-1884.
Native American artist vertical file
Collection
Identifier: 9241
Abstract
This collection contains ephemera covering artists, both Native American and non-Native American, whose artwork often focused on Native American subjects.
Dates:
[ca.1850-2000.]
Native American biography vertical file
Collection
Identifier: 9242
Abstract
This collection contains ephemera providing biographical information of, both Native Americans and non-Native Americans, whose work focused on Native American subjects.
Dates:
[ca.1850-2000]
Native American publications vertical file
Collection
Identifier: 9246
Abstract
This collection contains newsletters, newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals produced by Native American and non-Native American sources.
Dates:
[ca.1960-2000].
Native American subject vertical file
Collection
Identifier: 9205
Abstract
This collection contains ephemera covering a broad variety of topics relating to Native Americans.
Dates:
[ca.1850-2000.]