The lot is comprised of the following:

3 artfully posed photographs of Native American subjects, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in., each with penciled credit on verso to Niels Hakkerup of Bemidji, Minnesota (very good condition, light edge wear). 

[With:] 21 silver gelatin photographs, 8 x 10 in., showing Native Americans at camp, including both individual and group portraits. Each with ink stamp on verso crediting H.E. Vanderwater, Minneapolis, Minnesota (very good condition, some with light edge wear). 

[With:] 3 silver gelatin photographs, 5 x 7 in., each with manuscript caption on verso identifying the scene as Becker County, White Earth Reservation, 1920, and indicating the the photographs came from the Robert G. Beaulieu Collection (each with some edge wear and creasing). The first image shows "the original method of hulling wild rice, or nah-no-men." The second image shows "Workers...Joe Big Bear, or Che-Mah-Quah, and his wife boiling the maple syrup." The third image shows the "Moccasin Game," a "popular form of gambling among the Chippewa." -- 8 x 10 in. silver gelatin photograph of buffalo credited in negative to R.L. Kelly, Pierre, SD. 

[With:] 49 silver gelatin prints, including photos printed from the original negatives and copy images, ranging in size from 2 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. to 8 x 10 in. Some photographs are captioned in the negative and some include manuscript captions on verso. Highlights include: 19 photographs of Native subjects at Mille Lacs Lake, MN, Trading Post, including the village, identified figures such as Spirit Buffalo, people selling their goods, and activities such as the "Moccasin Game." -- Son of John Smith, Squaw Point, Leech Lake, 1932. -- Blackfeet at Minnehaha. -- Eagle Staff, Sioux Indian. -- Alec Posey, Grand Portage, MN, 1941. -- Herbert Tittler Studio display, Great Falls, MT. 

[Also with:] 16 photographs of Native American subjects, an encampment, and some type of ceremony, 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 in., or smaller, mounted recto/verso on disbound album pages, 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (significant fading, staining to some prints).

Together, more than 90 photographs of Native American subjects, many from Minnesota.