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Lot 641

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. SAWYERS & CONNOLLEY, photographers. Shooting Government Issue Beef. Standing Rock Reservation. Purcell, Indian Territory [Oklahoma]: ca 1880. 
Sale 960 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 15, 2021 11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. SAWYERS & CONNOLLEY, photographers. Shooting Government Issue Beef. Standing Rock Reservation. Purcell, Indian Territory [Oklahoma]: ca 1880. 

5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. cabinet card on cardstock mount with verso inscription, "Issue day at Standing Rock. Sioux shooting beef in enclosure" (rich tonality; short tear/imperfection along left edge of mount, scattered spotting to mount verso). Photographer's imprint on mount recto. Groups of people are shown standing around and sitting on top of a corral with live and dead cattle inside. The US Government issued beef “on the hoof” to the Sioux where they would be dressed by the women after being shot.         

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