Blackfoot Sun Dance scene, valley of the Bow River, Blackfoot Reserve
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: OPPS NEG.55861
label: Local Note
content: Black and white copy negative
name: label: Creator
content: Trueman, Robert H.
topic: label: Topic
content: Blackfeet
creator: label: Creator
content: Trueman, Robert H.
culture: label: Culture
content: Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
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content: Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
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content: Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Trueman, Robert H.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: "This is a view of the Blackfoot Sun Dance taken in the valley of the Bow River on the Blackfoot Reserve. It was taken by Robert H. Trueman between 1895 and 1899. Trueman was in partnership with Norman Caple from 1889 to 1894 and went into business for himself under the name of R.H. Trueman and Co. in 1895. After 1900 he restricted his activities to British Columbia so by a process of elimination we have a very precise date. Although I cannot be absolutely sure, I presume this is the hide-cutting ritual taking place before the raising of the center pole. Beneath one of the canvas bowers the Holy Woman is probably watching the proceedings. In the center background you can see the framework of the Sun Dance lodge without the center pole." -- Information received from Hugh A. Dempsey, Archivist, Glenbow Foundation, Calgary, Alberta, Canada letter of July 12, 1966.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Photograph (8x10 in)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1895-1899
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs