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Birds eys [i.e. eye] view of battlefield at Wounded Knee S.D. looking S.W.

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Call NumberX-31467Datecirca 1891 January 3SummaryView northwest over the battle field at Wounded Knee Creek, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, shows the burial party, including a Native American Sioux woman, at the west end of the snow covered camp with frozen bodies and tepee pole frameworks. The mass grave is being dug on the hill where the Hotchkiss guns were used.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on mat board 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDakota Indians--Women--South Dakota--Wounded KneeIndians of North America--War--South Dakota--Wounded KneeWounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)Wounded Knee (S.D.)Campaigns & battles--South Dakota--Wounded KneeGravedigging--South Dakota--Wounded KneeMassacres--South Dakota--Wounded KneeWar casualties--South Dakota--Wounded KneeCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710031467Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsNotesCondition: Print shows deterioration of original. Formerly F25715. Photo reproduction of copy photograph by Northwestern Photographic Company, possibly published by A. G. Johnson, York, Nebraska; with title hand-lettered in white ink on bottom of black mat board: "Birdseye view of Battle Field. Wounded Knee."; Title hand-lettered on original copy; "No. 13" penciled on back of mat board. R7100314670

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