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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882), photogr...
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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882), photographer. -- [MA-TO-LOUSAH (“Swift Bear”) (1827-1909)]. Albumen photograph. Circa 1870. On studio mount (overall 305 x 254 mm), misprinting the photographer’s name as “Alex Gardiner”, contemporary manuscript caption at lower margin, some faint spotting or toning in margins. The photograph was taken by the famous Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) who was commissioned after the War to photograph Native Americans who came to Washington to discuss treaties. Chief Swift Bear was head of the Corn Band of the Brule or Burnt Thigh Sioux located along the White and Niobrara Rivers in South Dakota. Swift Bear was present for The Treaty of Fort Laramie and at the agency when the Battle of Little Bighorn was fought in 1876.
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