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| Title | Robert Grass and Two Shields drumming on Dream Dance Drum, Fort Yates, N.D. |
| Date of Original | between 1900 and 1905 |
| Creator | Fiske, Frank Bennett, 1883-1952
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| Creator Role | Photographer |
| Description | Robert Grass and Two Shields are seated in a building with a dirt floor. Both wear headdresses and bells below their knees. One man holds a rifle, and the other a staff with feathers attached. Several other people are visible in the background, with some seated around a table. A drum sits in the background, and a pile of squash rest on a blanket or tarp in the foreground. The drum has four legs to hold it up off the ground. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan portraits
Indians of North America
Social Life & Customs
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Dancers
Rifles
Drums
Feathers
Squashes
Vegetables
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| Subject (LCSH) | Indians of North America - Dance
Indians of North America - Dwellings
Indians of North America - Performances & portrayals
Indians of North America - Rites & ceremonies
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| Personal Name | Grass, Robert
Two Shields
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| Location | Fort Yates (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | 1952-0465 |
| Notes | Title created by staff. |
| Relation | [Is Part Of] Frank Bennett Fiske Papers, State Historical Society of North Dakota, MSS 10105 |
| Biography/History | Frank Fiske served as an assistant steamboat captain prior to his lifelong work as a studio photographer, mostly associated with Fort Yates N.D. He learned the trade from S.T. Fansler, post studio photographer, and remained in Fort Yates to document the town, the Standing Rock Agency, and the changing ways of the frontier. Fiske was also a writer, and served for a time as a newspaper editor, and wrote a popular column carried in many newspapers. He was best known for his Indian photographs, which depicted everyday Indian life, as well as studio views. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Frank B. Fiske Photograph Collection 1952
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (1952-0465) |
| Rights Management | Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Digital ID | sh19520465 |
| OCLC number | 61156024 |
