Brulé war party. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography View of a group of Sioux on horseback, moving across the plains: 'This rhythmic picture shows a party of Brulé Sioux re-enacting a raid against the enemy.'
A gray day in the Bad Lands. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography View of a party of Sioux on horseback, seen from the rear: 'A cold, cheerless day, when the party of Sioux, wrapped closely in their blankets, rode on in stolid silence.'
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of High Hawk, a Brulé Sioux. He is turned to the left, standing outside on the grassy plain: 'The subject is shown in all the finery of a warrior dressed for a gala occasion — scalp shirt, leggings, moccasins, and pipe-bag, all embroidered with p...
The Prairie Chief. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a Teton Sioux chief mounted on his horse on the prairie: 'This picture was made on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota at a time when the Indians were assembled in a large encampment, reliving the days of old.'
Hunká-Lowanpi Ceremony. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing profile portrait of Saliva, an Ogalala Sioux: 'The subject of this picture is Saliva, an Ogalala Sioux, a priest of the Hunká-Lowanpi ceremony, which is fully described in Volume III, pages 71-87.'
Prayer to the Mystery. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length outdoor portrait of Picket Pin, an Ogalala Sioux, who stands turned to the right, raising a pipe towards the sky: 'In supplication the pipe was always offered to the Mystery by holding it aloft. At the feet of the worshipper lies a buffalo-skull, symbolic...
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Fast Elk, an Ogalala Sioux: 'Born 1838. He first went on the war-path at eighteen; the party searched for the Pawnee, but finding only a deserted village, returned. Fast Elk never led a war-party, but fought in four great battle...
Genre: Portrait Photography View of Sioux horsemen encircling a tipi. 'It was customary for a war-party to ride in circles about the tipi of their chief before starting on a raid into the country of the enemy.'
Ogalala woman. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of an Ogalala Sioux woman: 'A face so strong that it is almost masculine, showing strikingly how slight may be the difference between the male and female physiognomy in some primitive people.'