National Anthropological Archives

Photographs of R. O. Sweeny Drawings of Dakota Indians

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4489
Creators:
Sweeny, Robert Ormsby, 1831-1902
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
16 Prints
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Consists of 20 photos of drawings by Robert Ormsby Sweeny, made in Minnesota in 1852.
Scope and Contents
Contents: 4489: Artist's titles: [1.] Interior Dakota Bark house. [2.] Dakota or Sioux women Tanning and dressing skins. [3.] Dakotas telling stories and preparing for a hunting party. [4.] Bark hunting lodge of Dakotas or Sioux Indians. [5.] "Fire hunting" of the Sioux. [6.] Sioux spearing fish. [7.] Shakapes and Le petite Corbeaus bands playing ball at Shakapes village. [8.] Dakota Doctor or Sorcerer preparing charms for the sick. [9.] Dakota Doctor exorcising the evil spirit from the sick. [10.] Dakota medicine men showing their secret charms to each other. [11.] Dance Worship of Oank-tay-hee Taku-wakan- The supernatural giant. [12.] Dakota Indians dancing the Sun Dance. [13.] Bark Houses or Summer Lodges of Dakotas. [14.] Return Dance of a successful War party of Dakotas. [15.] Begging Dance of the Dakotas or Sioux. [16.] Dakota or Sioux squaws gathering Wild Rice for Winter food. [17.] Dog Dance of the M'de wakan ton Sioux or Dakotas. [18.] Dakota or Sioux Indians racing ponies. [19.] M'de Wakanton wan Dakota burial place, "Black Dogs Village" Minnesota. [20.] Wa-pa-ton Sioux or Dakota Ceremonies of the Thunder Bird "Travers des Sioux."

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Purchased 1956 from the British Museum for reference only. Publication permission as well as additional prints sould be obtained directly from the British Museum, which owns the originals.
Citation
Manuscript 4489, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4489

Local Note

Local Note
Filed: Dakota original prints (no negatives). Mounted in album.


Keywords

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Dakota Indians Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Toys and games -- playing ball Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Medicine -- medicine men Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dance Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Habitations and other structures Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hide preparation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fishing Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Death and mortuary customs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sioux Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sioux Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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