Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency, 1908: Edited Version 1908

Object Details

Creator

Dixon, Joseph Kossuth

Chief Plenty Coups

"Curly" scout of General Custer

Supplementary materials: 1,4,6

Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee

Summary

Edited video version of randomly organized outtakes was re-ordered according to thesis research conducted by Susan Applegate Kraus on the Wanamaker expeditions. Footage includes scenes of a mission school where young women were educated, a give-away in which young men are honored with gifts, a Crow Fair encampment where people come together to observe and participate in various activities, a horse procession in which the horses and riders are adorned with headdresses, and 19th- and 20th- century Crow leader, Chief Pleny Coups. A reenactment of the Battle of Little Big Horn at Custer's battlefield is filmed in which some of the participants were also present during the actual battle.

Repository Loc.

Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD

1908

Local number

HSFA 1983.6.2

Type

Projected media

Collection descriptions

Physical description

26 minutes silent b&w video

Place

Wolf Mountains

North America

Montana

Little Bighorn River (Mont.)

Custer's Battlefield

Human Studies Film Archives

Topic

Settlement--rural

Procession--horse procession

Costume--bridge cloth

Ceremonies--"giveaway"

Stores--general store

School--Catholic girls school--mission school

Bathing--men bathing

Racing--horse racing

Battles--reenactment of Battle of Little Big Horn

Infants--infant carried on cradle board

Language and culture

Record ID

siris_arc_219032

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