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Sun Dance at Pine Ridge, South Dakota
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Call Number
X-31670
Date
1950-1960
Summary
Native 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 Description
1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
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Analog
Subject
Dakota Indians--Spiritual life--South Dakota
Indians of North America--South Dakota
Oglala Indians--Spiritual life--South Dakota
Sun dance--South Dakota
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)
Ceremonial dancers--South Dakota
Rites and ceremonies--South Dakota
Women--South Dakota
Collection
Photographs - Western History
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710031670
Type of Material
Film negatives
Photographic prints
Black & white photographs
Digital Version Created From
Smithsonian Institution National Anthropological Archives.
Notes
Formerly 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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Denver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]
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Sun Dance at Pine Ridge, South Dakota
(1950-1960). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 06/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1061086