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Collection Summary
Collection: 1952 - Frank Bennett Fiske
Folder: 0000
Item: 00054
Title: Sitting Bull's grave, Fort Yates (N.D.)
Date: 1900
Creator: Fiske, Frank Bennett,--1883-1952
Inscription/Marks: [scratched into negative emulsion] @ 1931 Fiske [In white on lower left photograph] Copyright by F. B. Fiske Fort Yates, N.D. Sitting Bull's Grave [In black under middle photograph of Sitting Bull] Sitting Bull [In white on upper right photograph] Dancing and Battle Ground Where Sitting Bull Was Killed.
Summary: View of white stone gravestone enclosed by picket fence. Inscription on gravestone: “Sitting Bull Died December 15, 1890. Aged 63 Years” In the background are cattle grazing; A composite photo postcard consisting of three Sitting Bull related images: His grave at Fort Yates (1952-00054-01), a portrait of him and the site of his death. These were connected by decorative bead necklace, eagle feathers and an axe.
Red ID: PH_I_161245 Image ID: 145840 Image Notes: 1952-00054-01

Collection: 1952 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Frank Bennett Fiske
Date: 1880-1952

Summary: Includes prints and negatives of portraits, agriculture, education, wildlife, hunting, Frank Fiske studio portraits, and some views of South Dakota. Fiske’s Native American photographs include portraits, Indian gatherings and ceremonies, boarding schools, Indian houses and dwellings, and Native American agriculture. Fiske’s documentation of daily life on the reservation includes such shots as Sioux customers waiting for a Fort Yates trading store to open; a Sioux dance in the streets of Fort Yates; a plow issue before the agency boarding school; an encampment of tipis, including those traditionally painted; and three Indian men being taxied off the reservation to join the army in WWI.

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