Native American & Western Photograph Collection

Ponca Indian Sun Dance
Title
Ponca Indian Sun Dance
Description
A Ponca Indian Sun Dance ceremony. The participants are in a line and can seen holding feathered spears in their mouths.
Date
1894
Object Type
Photograph
Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 04
Title
Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 04
Description
Photograph four of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views [ca. 1889] by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Ponca Indians, located 30 miles south of Arkansas City" and shows two Ponca men and their wives in front of a tipi: middle-left, Red leaf and four wives; right, Stands Yellow and three wives.
Date
1889~
Object Type
Photograph