![[Chief Standing Bear (possibly Luther Standing Bear) full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, holding bow and arrows]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1919/01/01/chief-standing-bear-possibly-luther-standing-bear-full-length-portrait-standing-1024.jpg)
[Chief Standing Bear (possibly Luther Standing Bear) full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, holding bow and arrows]
Summary
These portraits are valuable records that document Native American dress and customs at the end of the nineteenth century during an active period of Indian removal and hostilities against Native Americans.Library of Congress holds one of the most important collections of Native American photographic portraits.
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Date
01/01/1919
in collections
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain