Cliff Mealy photographs of Native Americans observing 100th Anniversary of the Battle of the Little Big Horn
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 77-72
name: label: Creator
content: Mealy, Cliff
label: Names
content: American Indian Movement
label: Names
content: Floating Foundation of Photography
label: Names
content: Foolscrow, Frank
label: Names
content: Means, Russell, 1939-
label: Names
content: Two Moon, 1847-1917
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Sioux
place: label: Place
content: Little Bighorn Battlefield (Mont.)
creator: label: Creator
content: Mealy, Cliff
culture: label: Culture
content: Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
label: Culture
content: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Cliff Mealy, a New York photographer, traveled to Montana with sponsorship from the Floating Foundation of Photography to document a large ceremony in honor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. The National Park Service had planned a smaller event for June 24, the day before the anniversary, that many Native Americans were going to boycott, but ultimately members of the American Indian Movement, led by Dakota Indian Russell Means, did participate. The following day's Native American observance began with a sunrise ceremony led by Frank Foolscrow.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 20 Color slides
label: Extent
content: 1 Color print (mounted)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Cliff Mealy, 1977.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.77-72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Color slides
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content: Color prints
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content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs made by Cliff Mealy during American Indian Movement ceremonies during the 100th Anniversity of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. They include images of Russell Means, Austin Two Moons, and Frank Foolscrow at the battlefield and at George Armstrong Custer's gravesite.