"Nitchi, Umbaommah! 44th Annual Council Fire and Feast of Good Cheer." White Earth Res., MN. 1911.
Sale 1345 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Online
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Jun 19, 2024
Lots Close
Jul 2, 2024
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$300 -
$500
Sold for $191
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Lot Description
"Nitchi, Umbaommah! 44th Annual Council Fire and Feast of Good Cheer." White Earth Res., MN. 1911.
Double-sided handbill, 11 x 3 3/4 in. (creasing at folds, light soil, scattered pencil marks and smudges). Printed announcement distributed by the "Chippewas of the White Earth Reservation" conveying details of the "44th Annual Council Fire and Feast of Good Cheer" to be held at White Earth, Minnesota, on Wednesday and Thursday the 14th and 15th of June 1911.
Handbill encourages recipient to "Come, bring your lunch basket, wear your best smile and join in the wake of the 'call of the wild,' smoke the pipe of peace and have heap good time!" Verso with "The Fourteenth of June Celebration Program" featuring entertainments including Sioux and Chippewas "Smoking Pipe of Peace," a "Grand Parade," the "Reservation Band," "Dinner," "La-Crosse," "Bow and Arrow Contest," "Handgames," "Moccasin Game," "Ball Game," and "Sham Battle."
A scarce and unique piece of ephemera from the White Earth Reservation. OCLC locates no copies of this handbill.
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