American Flag Moccasins, 1870s
date: label: date made
content: pre 1877
name: label: described
content: Grant, Ulysses S.
notes: label: Description
content: A delegation of Plains Indians gave these beaded moccasins to President Ulysses S. Grant during a 1870s peace conference in Washington, D.C. The design unites motifs and forms from both cultures as a powerful statement of hopeful coexistence.
topic: label: general subject association
content: History, Reform Movements, Indian Movement
label: referenced
content: Indians
label: general subject association
content: Presidents
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content: Political History: Political History, Presidential History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. Chapman Grant
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.308316.005
label: catalog number
content: 308316.005
label: accession number
content: 308316
objectType: label: Object Name
content: moccasins
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (beads material)
label: Physical Description
content: red, white, blue (overall color)