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Pottawatomie [i. e. Potawatomi] dice game

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Call NumberX-32697SummaryMrs. Josie McKenney (Kit-tas), Mrs. Rosan Potts (Ke-o-ko-mo-quah), and Mrs. William Wapp, Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) women, sit on a wooden platform and play a dice game on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. The women sit near a bark shelter and a house.Physical Description1 photoprint ; 8 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectPrairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--PeopleIndians of North America--Kansas--MayettaPotawatomi Indians--Kansas--MayettaMayetta (Kan.)Potawatomi Indian Reservation (Kan.)Gambling--Kansas--MayettaLodges--Kansas--MayettaWomen--Kansas--MayettaMcKenney, JosiePotts, RosanWapp, William, Mrs.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryType of MaterialPhotographic printsNotesStamped on back of print: "5". Title, "Kansas Res", "The dice have been flipped, and the contestants are counting the result of the throw", "Pottawatomie reservation near Mayetta, Kan.", and "A. Mrs. Josie McKenney (Kit-tas) B. Rosan Potts, Age 56 C. Mrs. Wm. Wapp" hand-written on back of print. Written on front of print: "A B C".

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