National Anthropological Archives

Copies of John H. Fouch photographs of Plains and Plateau Indians, circa 1877

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.R92-39
Creators:
Fouch, John H., 1849-1933
Dates:
circa 1877
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
4 Copy prints
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Copies of photographs depicting Little Powder, an Arapaho chief; High Backbone, a Cheyenne Indian, or Hump, a Sioux Indian married to a Cheyenne woman; Chief Joseph, October 1877; and Squaw Jim, a two-spirit Crow Indian, seated next to a Crow woman.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
John Hale Fouch (1849-1933) served as the first post photographer at Fort Keogh, Montana Territory, opening his own studio as early as 1877. He photographed Chief Joseph after his surrender and imprisonment and may have been the first to photograph the battlefield at Little Big Horn. He established studios in Minnesota after leaving Montana in the late 1870s and continued his photographic work until about 1900, after which he moved to California and became a real estate agent.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Donated by Dr. James Brust, 1991.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
The photographs are made from originals owned by James Brust. His permission is required before the copy prints can be reproduced.
Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot R92-39, Copies of John H. Fouch photographs of Plains and Plateau Indians, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Fouch photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 87-2P, and Photo Lot 90-1.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The National Museum of the American Indian Archives also holds Fouch photographs in the Nelson Appleton Miles Photograph Collection.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot R92-39


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Indians of North America -- Plateau Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Two-spirit people Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Inunaina (Arapaho) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Niimíipuu (Nez Perce) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Joseph (Nez Percé Chief), 1840-1904 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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