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| Title | Graves of Indian Police killed in Sitting Bull raid, Fort Yates, N.D. |
| Date of Original | between 1900 and 1930 |
| Creator | Fiske, Frank Bennett, 1883-1952
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| Creator Role | Photographer |
| Description | Five stone grave markers and a tall monument stone dedicated to the policemen interned below. A few trees grow in the cemetery. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Cemeteries and graves
Statues and monuments
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Monuments & memorials
Graves
Cemeteries
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Photographic postcards
Trees
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| Location | Fort Yates (N.D.)
Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
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| Decade | 1900-1909
1910-1919
1920-1929
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| Item Number | 0032-GV-06-06 |
| Format of Original | Photographic postcards
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| Transcription | "Graves of Indian police Killed in the Sitting Bull Fight- on Dec. 15, 1890. They are buried in the Catholic Cemetary Standing Rock Agency, Fort Yates, N.D."--Handwritten on front of postcard.
"Miss Sadie Slater, Pollock, SD Have abandoned Glen Avon found mining Gold a waste of time better here than there. W. G."--Handwritten on back of postcard. |
| Notes | Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | On December 15, 1890 Chief Sitting Bull was killed in a gunfight between his followers and the Indian Police. The Indian Police monument and graves are pictured above. Chief Sitting Bull also has a marker at his first grave in Fort Yates. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Oral History Project Photograph Collection 00032
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (0032-GV-06-06) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | sh0032GV0606 |
