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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4444 Blackfoot picture writings translated by Richard Sanderville
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4444
- Creators:
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Bull Head, (Blackfeet chief)Carter, John Galen, 1891-1941Roman Nose, (Lakota chief)Cloud ShieldAmerican Horse, 1840-1908
- Dates:
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June 13-18, 1934
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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32 Pages7 Photographs
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Dictated by Sanderville; written down by John G. Carter. Contents: Sitting Bull's Autobiographies (Dakota Number 1929); Wind River petroglyphs (Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 10, Figure 97); Madison River grave writings (Negative Numbers 215-b, 1-26); Roman Nose drawings (Dakota, Number 31303); Cloud Shield and American Horse winter counts (Dakota, Number 3203); petroglyphs in Black Hills (photographs with this manuscript).
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Citation
Manuscript 4444, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4444
Local Note
Local Note
Typescript and manuscript document
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter counts -- Dakota | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sioux | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Pictographs -- Dakota | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Great Plains | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Repository Contact
National Anthropological Archives
Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
naa@si.edu
