Original description: Big Foot (Sitanka), a Miniconjou Sioux of Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; half-length, seated, wearing white shirt. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A MISLABELED PHOTO - this is the Oglala BIgfoot, born in 1832-died 1899 (after Wounded Knee, and not Spotted Elk - (Unpan Glešká {Lakota} or OH-PONG-GE-LE-SKAH, ) who later became known as 'Big Foot' or 'Si Tȟaŋka') in a May, 1872 portrait taken by Alex Gardner while part of a Dakota delegation visiting Washington D.C.
Creator:
US Army Signal Corps, Office of the Chief Signal Officer
Type of Archival Materials:
Photographs and other Graphic Materials
Level of Description:
Item
Location:
NARA Archives II, NWCS-S, College Park, MD
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This file is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.