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Photographs, Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, Photogravures, Images, Dakota Indians, Rites and ceremonies, Warriors
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Description by Edward S. Curtis: "Invocation and supplication enter so much into the life of the Indian that this picture of the grim old warrior invoking the Mysteries is most characteristic. The subject of the illustration is Slow Bull, whose biography is given in Volume III, page 189" source Library of Congress, American Memory website
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The original photogravure was produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son, c1906 and published as plate 76 in The North American Indian volume 03, The Teton Sioux. The Yanktonai. The Assiniboin [portfolio]. Original copyright Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1908.