[NATIVE AMERICANS]. 2 photographs, incl. Kiowa Chief Lone Wolf and Chippewa Family.

Boudoir photograph on cardstock mount showing Kiowa Chief Lone Wolf standing in a studio in traditional dress with rifle in hand. Uncredited but known to be by Lenny & Sawyers, Purcell, Indian Territory, ca 1890 (staining and toning to print and mount; edge and corner wear to mount).

Lone Wolf the Younger (Mamay-day-te, ca 1843-1923) was from an influential Kiowa family in the western part of the Kiowa Comanche Apache Reservation. Lone Wolf and his followers were known as the "Implacables" thanks to their strong opposition of Federal interference, vehemently opposing Christianization and assimilation policies, especially opposed to the Dawes Act enacted in 1887.
Notably, Lone Wolf was the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock. In the case, Lone Wolf charged that the tribes under the Medicine Lodge Treaty had been defrauded of land by Congressional actions in violation of the treaty. The Court decided in a unanimous opinion, that the United States Congress's "plenary power" allowed them the authority to unilaterally abrogate treaty obligations between the United States and Native American tribes.

[With:] 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. photograph on 6 x 8 in. cardstock mount of Chippewa Indians, likely a family, posed near tipi. The man second from left wears two bandolier bags and holds an American flag. Bottom mount with blindstamp of Charles L. Nelson, Browns Valley, Minnesota (toning, spotting to print and mount; edge and corner wear to mount).

Together, 2 photographs of Native American subjects.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.