Native Americans Dancing, Possibly the Ghost Dance, Lame Deer, Montana

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Native Americans Dancing, Possibly the Ghost Dance, Lame Deer, Montana

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LIBI_00215_07047; Photo is black and white, mounted on card; 5" x 8". This image depicts a group of about 25 Indians dancing near and in front of two hills. They wear traditional dress, including feathered headdresses. Some have feathered poles or shields. The image is scratched. There are several notes in different hands on verso. The topmost in black ink reads “Ghost Dance, Lame Deer, Montana”. Underneath this, a note in red ink reads: “Preceded the final surrender of Indians-Sitting Bull”. To the right of the red writing, a note in blue ink reads: “1877”. ; print, photographic; Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI_00215_07047, Christian Barthelmess, "Native Americans Dancing, Possibly the Ghost Dance, Lame Deer, Montana," circa 1877.

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