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Author:
Hillers, John K. 1843-1925  Search this
Subject:
Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Place:
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Arizona
America
Date:
1873
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
The original negative number is 95-1318 and NAA 1591, but that negative has been lost. In some prints, the white horse behind Powell's dark horse has been painted out.
Summary:
Major John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), seated on horseback and inquiring a Native American of the Paiute tribe, for the way to the water pocket at the Kaibab Plateau, near the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, in northern Arizona, while on one of his expeditions between 1871-1875. During his years as explorer and surveyor, John Wesley Powell made great efforts to gain the trust of the native Americans he came into contact. He compiled vocabularies, collected details of religion and lore of Indian peoples, and championed the rights of Native Americans. When Congress created the Bureau of Ethnology in 1879, Powell was named its first director (1879-1902), a post he held until his death.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 18, Folder: 57
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Indians of North America  Search this
Explorations and Expeditions  Search this
Colorado River  Search this
Southwest  Search this
Powell Survey  Search this
Anthropology  Search this
Paiute  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Standard number:
2002-10682
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10061