[NATIVE AMERICANS]. A group of photographs of Osage, Kiowa, and Plains Apache subjects.

Framed display comprised of 5 photographs of Native American subjects, including the following: 6 x 8 in. silver gelatin photograph showing Osage Indians standing on the steps of the US Capital, with typed caption below, including copyright of Henry Miller News Picture Service Inc., and the following information, "Oklahoma Indians Invade US Capital to See Senators. A group of Osage Indians from Oklahoma on the steps of the US Capital, while in Washington to visit their Senators regarding conditions among the Indians of their state and also their oil leases." -- 8 x 6 in. hand-colored photograph of Osage politician Bacon Rind, copyrighted by Love, 1913. Bacon Rind—also known as Wah-she-hah, “Star-That-Travels”—was born in Kansas. In the 1870s, during the Osage removal from Kansas, he moved to the Osage Nation, Indian Territory located in what is today Osage County, Oklahoma. He held several tribal leadership positions and was elected principal chief in 1912 but was deposed in 1913 over a 1906 bribery incident. Despite this, Bacon Rind remained recognized as a leader by some tribal members. (See Bacon Rind | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture). Bacon Rind also appears to be included in the photograph of the Osage Indians at the US Capital. The Osage Nation have a long, complicated history associated with oil and natural gas, and their plight is documented in David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (2017).

[With:] 5 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. photograph of I-See-O, a Kiowa scout for the US Army. He was appointed first sergeant by Major General Hugh L. Scott, and is credited with saving the lives of many soldiers, settlers, and Native Americans. -- 7 x 5 in. photograph of Essa-Queta, Plains Apache chief. -- 6 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. hand-colored photograph of Medicine Bluffs Military Reservation, Wichita Mts., Okla., by Bates.

Together, 5 photographs displayed together in 18 x 22 in. frame.

Toning, occasional soiling to photographs.

Essa-Queta photograph: loss to top left corner, creasing and wear to edges.

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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. A group of photographs of Osage, Kiowa, and Plains Apache subjects.

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