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Collection Photo, Print, Drawing Wounded Knee Massacre aftermath, South Dakota Former title: Battlefield at Wounded Knee

About this Item

Title

  • Wounded Knee Massacre aftermath, South Dakota

Other Title

  • Former title: Battlefield at Wounded Knee

Summary

  • Photographs from a larger series document the aftermath of the December 29, 1890, massacre at Wounded Knee Creek near the Pine Ridge Reservation (Oglala Lakota), South Dakota. Images include Spotted Elk (Miniconjou, Lakota Sioux, called Big Foot by the photographer) lying dead in the snow; U.S. soldiers collecting frozen human remains in a canyon; a mass burial in a trench; Spotted Elk's camp; and a close-up of the remains of the "medicine man."

Names

  • Trager and Kuhn, photographer

Created / Published

  • [not before 29 December 1890]

Headings

  • -  Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890--Aftermath
  • -  Massacres--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900
  • -  Dead persons--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900
  • -  Lakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900
  • -  Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900
  • -  Indigenous peoples--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900

Format Headings

  • Photographic prints--1890-1900.

Genre

  • Photographic prints--1890-1900

Notes

  • -  Photographer: Trager and Kuhn, Northwestern Photo Co., Chadron, Neb. (copyright claimant).
  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff. Alternate title and other information based on Indians of North America ... Library of Congress, 2001.
  • -  Historical terminology in a collection description might include negative stereotypes and words considered offensive that also provide context for the document's creation. For questions or comments about this material, contact Prints & Photographs Division staff through our Ask a Librarian service at https://ask.loc.gov/prints-photographs/

Medium

  • 6 photographic prints ; 8 x 6 in. or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 11347 (H) [P&P]

Repository

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2004665232

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

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  • Rights Advisory: Rights status not evaluated. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions ...," https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html
  • Reproduction Number: ---
  • Call Number: LOT 11347 (H) [P&P]
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Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

Trager And Kuhn, photographer. Wounded Knee Massacre aftermath, South Dakota. Wounded Knee South Dakota, 1890. [not before 29 December] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004665232/.

APA citation style:

Trager And Kuhn, photographer. (1890) Wounded Knee Massacre aftermath, South Dakota. Wounded Knee South Dakota, 1890. [not before 29 December] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004665232/.

MLA citation style:

Trager And Kuhn, photographer. Wounded Knee Massacre aftermath, South Dakota. [not before 29 December] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2004665232/>.