National Anthropological Archives

Guide to Sun Dance Camp Circle of the Kiowa and Apache Indians during the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS245079
Creators:
Mooney, James, 1861-1921
Dates:
1896
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Drawings (visual works)
graphite and ink
23 x 24 inches
Repository:
Container:
245079

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a diagram by James Mooney depicting 238 numbered tipis arranged for the 1867 Sun Dance encampment of the Kiowa. The drawing was made for use in a proposed exhibition of miniature painted tipis for the Smithsonian Institution at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. The exhibit as proposed was never completed, although a scaled-down version was presented at the Exposition.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Biographical Note

Biographical Note
James Mooney (1861-1921) was an American ethnographer whose research focused on Native North Americans. Most of his knowledge of anthropology and ethnography was self-taught, largely through his field experience working with various Native communities. In 1885, Mooney began working for the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) under John Wesley Powell. There, he carried out ethnographic research for more than 30 years.

Administration

Custodial History
The diagram was transferred from Bureau of American Ethnology to the United States National Museum through W. H. Holmes on March 18, 1904 (USNM Accession 42,431). It was subsequently transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1969.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Preferred Citation
Sun Dance Camp Circle of the Kiowa and Apache Indians during the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867 (MS 245079), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use
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Related Materials
The National Anthropological Archives holds additional material related to James Mooney's Kiowa research. Another drawing of a Kiowa Sun Dance camp circle is held by the NAA in MS 3298.
The Department of Anthropology object collections holds related model painted tipis in Accession 43421.

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 245079
NAA INV 08599900
USNM Accession 43431

Publication Note

Publication Note
The drawing is reproduced in:
Ewers, John C.. Murals in the Round: Painted Tipis of the Kiowa and Kiowa-Apache Indians. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, fig. 3.


Keywords

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