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Sun Dance at Pine Ridge, South Dakota

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Call NumberX-31670Date1950-1960SummaryNative Americans (Oglala Sioux) perform the Sun Dance on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. Two men and a woman in the foreground hold wreaths in their hands and an unidentified object in their mouths and direct their attention toward a centrally located tree adorned with ceremonial objects. Other dancers are in the background.Physical Description1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDakota Indians--Spiritual life--South DakotaIndians of North America--South DakotaOglala Indians--Spiritual life--South DakotaSun dance--South DakotaPine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)Ceremonial dancers--South DakotaRites and ceremonies--South DakotaWomen--South DakotaCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710031670Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsDigital Version Created FromSmithsonian Institution National Anthropological Archives.NotesFormerly F44622. Title and "OLC 40-91, Tribe: Dakota: Oglala, Neg No. 55, 9000 -A, -B, Photographer and date not recorded, ca. 1950's?," hand-written on back of print. R7100316703

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