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Collection: 10066 - A. C. J. Farrell Papers
Folder: 0002.000
Item: 00029      
Title: Portrait of Chief Red Thunder or Red Bear, member of the Pembina Band of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa
Date: 1890
Inscription/Marks: [Handwritten in black ink on front right side of photograph] FAmed in history This chief "Red Thunder" very old in 1907--about 90. [Handwritten in black ink on back of photograph] Chief Red Thunder--my "father" Misko Penasi Red Thunder. Cree -- Chippewa Chief. Pembina Band No. Dakota Age about 89 in 1907. Alive in 1907 -- Father of Flying Eagle Ka Kee No Wasa. Great dipllomat -- a real chief and warrior.
Summary: Seated outdoor portrait of Red Thunder, Chippewa Indian [also known as Little Shell and Red Bear]. He is wearing a dark-coloured jacket and pants and has a scarf tied around his neck and a single eagle feather in the back of his hair.
Red ID: MS_I_257261 Image ID: 172174 Image Notes: 10066-00029

Collection: 10066 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: A. C. J. Farrell Papers
Date: 1863-1950

Summary: Correspondence, notes, a play, essays, newspaper clippings, printed material written by A. C. J. Farrell. Legal materials regarding land cases for the Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Blackfeet, and other Northern Plains Indians. Alfred Conover Farrell served as an attorney for the Blackfoot Indians.

Collection: 10066 - A. C. J. Farrell Papers
Folder: 0002.000
Item: 00029      
Title: Portrait of Chief Red Thunder or Red Bear, member of the Pembina Band of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa
Date: 1890
Inscription/Marks: [Handwritten in black ink on front right side of photograph] FAmed in history This chief "Red Thunder" very old in 1907--about 90. [Handwritten in black ink on back of photograph] Chief Red Thunder--my "father" Misko Penasi Red Thunder. Cree -- Chippewa Chief. Pembina Band No. Dakota Age about 89 in 1907. Alive in 1907 -- Father of Flying Eagle Ka Kee No Wasa. Great dipllomat -- a real chief and warrior.
Summary: Seated outdoor portrait of Red Thunder, Chippewa Indian [also known as Little Shell and Red Bear]. He is wearing a dark-coloured jacket and pants and has a scarf tied around his neck and a single eagle feather in the back of his hair.
Red ID: MS_I_257261 Image ID: 172175 Image Notes: 10066-00029-back

Collection: 10066 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: A. C. J. Farrell Papers
Date: 1863-1950

Summary: Correspondence, notes, a play, essays, newspaper clippings, printed material written by A. C. J. Farrell. Legal materials regarding land cases for the Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Blackfeet, and other Northern Plains Indians. Alfred Conover Farrell served as an attorney for the Blackfoot Indians.

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