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National Museum of the American Indian
Northern Cheyenne photograph collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.214
- Creators:
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Dixon, Ethel Merritt (Ethel Merritt Dixon)
- Dates:
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1900
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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24 Photographic prints
- Repository:
This collection consists of photographic images of the Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) community near Lame Deer, Montana in 1900.
Content Description
Content Description
The Northern Cheyenne photograph collection consists of 24 photographic images of members of the Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) community near Lame Deer, Montana. These photographs were taken in 1900 by Ethel Merritt Dixon, and depict agency buildings, ration day, a trader's store, and groups and individuals going about their daily lives on the reservation.
Arrangement
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into folders.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Ethel Adams Merritt was born in Camden, New Jersey, in 1873. She married Herbert Sidney Dixon in 1902 in Brooklyn, New York. Although a resident of New York City for most of her life, in 1900 she traveled to the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana, and photographed life there. More than fifty years later, in 1953, Ethel Merritt Dixon donated this photograph collection to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, later to become the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian.
Administration
Author
Nathan Sowry
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Ethel Merritt Dixon in 1953.
Processing Information
Processed by Nathan Sowry, Reference Archivist, in 2023.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Conditions Governing Access
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; 1900; Northern Cheyenne photograph collection, NMAI.AC.214; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
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| Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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