Fighting Indians of the West

Name/Title

Fighting Indians of the West

Entry/Object ID

2009.3.114

Description

Fighting Indians of the West is a picture history of the Indian wars, with 270 photographs, sketches and paintings with a narrative of the struggle between the United States and the western Indian tribes. Presents a contemporary pictorial record of the chiefs, the scouts, the historic Army posts, battles and skirmishes, from Red Cloud's attack on Fort Phil Kearny in 1866 down to the day of final tragedy at Wounded Knee, South Dakota on December 29, 1890. This book is from the Don Reynolds Collection. 361/Hardbound/Photographs.

Collection

Don and Maudie Reynolds Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Government policy, Ghost dance

Search Terms

Indians, Sioux, Red Cloud, Black Kettle, Cheyennes, Kiowa, Comanche, Cochise, Indian Treaties, Sitting Bull, Dull Knife, Modocs, Nez Perces, Geronimo, Chiricahuas, Ghost Dance, Wounded Knee, Native American, Indian Wars, Indian Battles, Native American History, Forts, Fort Phil Kearny, Cheyenne, Indian Treaty, Modoc, Nez Perce, Chiricahua, Oceti Sakowin

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Oceti Sakowin
Native American

Notes

The book contains the word, Sioux. Sioux is considered a slur word according to the Oceti Sakowin peoples.

Book Details

Author

Schmitt, Martin F. and Dee Brown

Place Published

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Date Published

1948

Call No.

Ethnology SC

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Black Kettle

Person or Organization

Cochise

Person or Organization

Sitting Bull

Person or Organization

Dull Knife

Person or Organization

Red Cloud

Person or Organization

Geronimo