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Native women playing a game on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, N.D.


Title	Native women playing a game on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, N.D.
Date of Original	between 1910 and 1915
Description	Women play a game involving sticks on the fairgrounds of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. Tents have been set up in the background, and many people watch from the sidelines, including some sitting on horseback.
Ordering Information	http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html
General Subject	Indians of North America Sports & Recreation Women
Subject (LCTGM)	Games Tents Horses Horseback riding
Subject (LCSH)	Indians of North America - Sports Indians of North America - Women
Location	Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (N.D.)
Decade	1910-1919
Item Number	00270-156
Format of Original	Photographic prints
Notes	Photographer unknown. Title created by staff.
Relation	[Is Part Of] North Dakota eighth grade curriculum
Biography/History	At the Fort Berthold Fair of 1911, men, women and children played games, had horse races, and re-enacted battles. In this photograph, women appear to be playing a game in the middle of the plaza formed by the circle of tipis.
Repository Institution	State Historical Society of North Dakota
Repository Collection	Fort Berthold Photograph Collection 00270
Credit Line	State Historical Society of North Dakota (00270-156)
Rights Management	Copyright status unknown.
Digital ID	sh00270156

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