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Fort Reno Ledger Drawing, 1887

Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 251.Unknown]

Identifier: 4526.11.37

Description Standing Bull depicts a couple wrapped in a blanket for courtship in the Plains tradition. The woman wears a cotton print dress and moccasins with cloth leggings, and the man is clad in a calico shirt and blue wool leggings. From the article: Preserving History in the Southern Plains: Cheyenne and Arapaho Ledger Drawings from Fort Reno, Plains Indian Art, Created in Community. Emma I. Hansen, Curator Emerita and Senior Scholar for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West,...

Dates: 1887

Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / ZZ.017, Manuscript Collection: Fort Reno Ledger Drawings / Evans Fort Reno Ledger Drawings

Fort Reno Ledger Drawing, 1887

Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 251.Unknown]

Identifier: 4526.11.40

Description Bird Chief on horseback and carrying a feather fan, talks with two women. One of the women carries an axe indicating that the two have been out collecting firewood. She wears a cloth dress with a shawl around her waist and a concho belt. The other woman has a plaid shawl wrapped around her waist. In courtship, men often tried to meet women who were away from the camp doing chores such as getting water or collecting firewood for moments of privacy. From the article: Preserving...

Dates: 1887

Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / ZZ.017, Manuscript Collection: Fort Reno Ledger Drawings / Evans Fort Reno Ledger Drawings

Fort Reno Ledger Drawing, 1887

Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 251.Unknown]

Identifier: 4526.11.65

Description From the Item:

Compilations of ledger drawings drawn and colored by the Indian Scouts of Fort Reno, bound in the Neal W. Evans ledger book.

Dates: 1887

Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / ZZ.017, Manuscript Collection: Fort Reno Ledger Drawings / Evans Fort Reno Ledger Drawings

Four unidentified Osage women, 1850 - 1900

Item — Folder Osage.43: [Barcode: 3.Osage.43]

Identifier: 4326.4274

Description

Sepia tone photograph of four unidentified Osage women. Outdoor setting. Wearing traditional Osage clothing. Two older women, two younger. Two women on left wrapped in blankets. Folder 43

Dates: 1850 - 1900

Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

Frances , Tonkawa Indian, 1850 - 1900

Item — Folder Tonkawa.1: [Barcode: 3.Tonkawa.1]

Identifier: 4326.4875

Description

Folder 1

Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "Frances" under image on recto

Dates: 1850 - 1900

Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection

Francois Le Roy and Little Crow, May 1858

Item — Folder Sioux.21: [Barcode: 3.Sioux.21]

Identifier: 4326.4756

Description Sepia-colored portrait photograph of Tciy-Kpa (Francois Le Roy) and Tce-Tay Wa-Ku'-Wa (Little Crow), Sioux. Seated in chairs in studio in Washington D.C., Francois on proper left in Euro-American dress and Little Crow on proper right in native dress wrapped in blanket. Folder 21 Inscription(s) Written under image, "1. Tciy-Kapa, or Francois Le Roy; 2. Tce-Wa-Ku-Wa Ma'-Ne, or Little Crow, Washington D.C. May 1858". Written on reverse, "1....

Dates: May 1858

Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / PC.OklahomaNativeAmerican, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection