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Dakota squaw and papoose

Courtesy of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University | Public Domain

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Date

1837-1838

Artist

Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874)

Collection

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

Image Link

https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3440579

Description

Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), born in Baltimore, accompanied William Drummond Stewart on an 1837 expedition to the Green River Valley, Wind River Mountains, and the eastern section of Oregon Territory. He was commissioned by Stewart to sketch the Indians and scenery and later enlarge them into oil paintings.
Collective Title: William Drummond Stewart expedition paintings

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Public Domain

Image Credit

Courtesy of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

Location

The Dakotas, USA

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People & Society

TWW Comment

The Dakota are an indigenous American tribe. They compose two of the three main subcultures of the Sioux people, and are typically divided into the Eastern Dakota and the Western Dakota.

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