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[Harririo, a Navajo chief, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, holding bow]

[Harririo, a Navajo chief, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, holding bow]

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Summary

J189122 U.S. Copyright Office.

Photograph probably taken in New Mexico in the fall of 1866 during the internment of the Navajo after the Long Walk which forced them from their homelands. Most likely locations are Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Fort Union and Fort Sumner. (Source: H. Abelbeck, New Mexico History Museum, 2018)
Photograph probably taken by the Duhem Brothers (C. Duhem & Bro.). (Source: H. Abelbeck, New Mexico History Museum, 2018)
Copyright by Cyrus P. Jennings.

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

01/01/1914
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Contributors

Meem, John Gaw, 1833-1908, photographer
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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