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National Anthropological Archives
Copies of Stephen E. Feraca photographs of Siouan Indians and Sun Dance, circa 1954-1961
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.R92-49
- Creators:
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Feraca, Stephen E., 1934-
- Dates:
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circa 1954-1961
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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85 Copy color slides
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Copies of photographs mostly depicting Sun Dances on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indian Reservations. They depict Oglala, Dakota, and other Siouan Indians, encampments, wagons, tipis, and a powwow.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Stephen E. Feraca was an employee of the Department of the Interior, based at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He earned a masters degree from Columbia University (ca. 1957); his thesis was titled "The contemporary Teton Sioux Sun Dance." He also authored the book Wakinyan: Lakota Religion in the Twentieth Century, University of Nebraska Press, 1998. Feraca retired from the Department of the Interior in 1985.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Originals loaned for copying by Stephen Feraca through Joallyn Archambault, 1989.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
This copy collection has been obtained for reference purposes only. Contact the repository for terms of use and access.
Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot R92-49, Copies of Stephen E. Feraca photographs of Siouan Indians and Sun Dance, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Correspondence from Feraca held in the National Anthropological Archives in the James Henri Howard Papers.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot R92-49
Reproduction Note
Reproduction Note
Copy slides made by Smithsonian Institution, 1989.
Addl. KW Subj
Addl. KW Subj
Sioux
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tipis | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Wagons | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sun Dance | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Camps | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Great Plains | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sioux | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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