INDIANS VISIT GREAT WHITE FATHER. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, SEATED, RECEIVES DRAGS WOLF, LEFT, AND FOOLISH BEAR, RIGHT; WHILE ARTHUR MANDAN, CHIEF OF THE TRIBAL COUNCIL, RIGHT; INTERPRETS FOR THE INDIANS. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT WAS TO THANK THE GREAT WHITE FATHER FOR HIS HELP IN RESTORING THE 'SACRED BUNDLE' TO THE WATER BUSTER CLAN OF THE GROS VENTRE TRIBE OF NORTH DAKOTA. A TRIBAL RELIC WHOSE LOSS IN 1907 HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY SUCH A PERIOD OF DROUGHT AS NONE AMONG THEM CAN REMEMBER. WITH THE RETURN OF THE BUNDLE THE INDIANS THINK THE DROUGHT WILL BE ABOUT OVER
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A group of men standing around a table.
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Date
01/01/1938
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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