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Santank, medicine man of the noted chief Satana, Kiowa war chief, and Big Tree, leaders in the Indian campaign of 1867-1868
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Santank [Satank], medicine man of the noted chief Satana, Kiowa war chief, and Big Tree, leaders in the Indian campaign of 1867-1868. [(Nye): Set-angya (Sitting Bear)]
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This is a collection of mostly studio portraits of Native Americans from the Midwestern and Southwestern United States taken during the American Indian Wars. There are also views of their homes and camps on reservations. The photographs in this collection depict members of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Kiowa, Osage, and Wichita tribes during the American Indian Wars; Native American camp sites on Indian reservations; chieftains; a medicine man; native prisoners of war; native women and children; braves and their families; tipis; native families; and native scouts for the U.S. army. Notable portraits include Lone Wolf, Satank, Chief Stumbling Bear, and Chief Powder Face. William S. Soule is the photographer of the first 23 photographs, and Fred Miller is the photographer of the last two.
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Yellow Bear, the most intelligent and soldierly Indian chief under Little Raven—Kiowa
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Studio portrait.
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Head Chief of the Kiowas. Lone Wolf
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Studio portrait of Indian man holding an ax or tomahawk.
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Tar-low, a Wichita Indian child. Son of a Wichita chief. 1868
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Studio portrait.
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Stumbling Bear, a Kiowa chief wearing Major General Winfield Scott Hancock’s full dress coat and shoulder straps, 1867
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Studio portrait of Indian man holding bow and arrow, wearing U.S. military coat.
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