Photograph from Ruth Landes' field research on Ojibwa religion, during which she worked closely with Will Rogers, Chippewa shaman or midé, in Red Lake, Minnesota. Landes wrote on the verso of the photograph in both ink and pencil. The writing in ink appears to be annotations made by Landes at a later date. Handwritten on verso: "[ink] XIV [pencil] path at Red Lake in glorious fall, 1934, leaves. [pen] Red L reservation 1934-35."
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_chippewa_views_02
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
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Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Whiteriver (Ariz.)
Date:
circa 1930
Scope and Contents:
Photo likely from Ruth Benedict's summer field school. Typed on verso: "Sunday visitors, East Fork camp. Whiteriver." Also on the verso is writing by Landes in both ink and pencil. The writing in ink appears to be annotations made by Landes at a later date. Handwritten on verso: "[pencil] Mescalero Apache. Jules (Henry) Blumensohn. [pen] Mescalero Apache reservation 1930. Jules Henry Blumensohn."
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_friends_family_01
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
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Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Two duplicate prints. Image is from Ruth Landes' fieldwork among the Prarie Potawatomi in Mayetta, Kansas in 1935 and 1936. Handwritten on verso of landes_photo_ruth_landes_12 by Landes: "RL 1935-6. Mayetta, Ks. Pot. Nocktonicks. VI."
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_ruth_landes_12
Image ID.landes_photo_ruth_landes_13
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
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Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Ruth Landes with Louise (Masha or Mazhi) Nocktonick, one of her informants during her 1935 and 1936 fieldwork among the Prarie Potawatomi in Mayetta Kansas. Handwritten on verso by Landes: "30 yrs later. July 1964. (Potawatomi) Pow-wow on Fair Grounds on Pot. reservation, Mayetta, Kansas. taken by Jas A. Clifton, Anthro Dept, Univ. of Kans. Louise Nocktonick, Ruth Landes (great hair). IV"
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_ruth_landes_15
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
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Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Ruth Landes conducted fieldwork among the Potawatomi Indians at the Potawatomi Indian Reservation in Kansas in 1935 and 1936 and in the 1950s and 1960s. See Landes to Elizabeth Steinberg, 2/7/69.
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_ruth_landes_16
Related Materials:
For duplicate and related images, see landes_photo_potawatomi_artifacts_07 - 09 in folder "Potawatomi: Artifacts" in Ruth Landes Papers.
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Nitrate negatives from Ruth Landes' fieldwork among the Prarie Potawatomi in Mayetta, Kansas in 1935 and 1936. Consists of images of Landes (landes_photo_potawatomi_people_21 and 23) and her informants, including Gunogwe (landes_photo_potawatomi_people_15 and 18); Gungowe's daughter Louise Nocktonick (landes_photo_potawatomi_people_18, far left & 20, right); and a man who may be Tom Topash, Landes' principle informant (landes_photo_potawatomi_people_23 and 24). Prints do not exist for these negatives.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Photograph of Will Rogers, Chippewa shaman or midé. Rogers was Ruth Landes' principle informant during her field research on Ojibwa religion in Red Lake, Minnesota. Print does not exist for this negative.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Nitrate negatives
Photographs
Negatives
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Unidentified negatives in Ruth Landes Papers. Negatives are of two unidentified women and one man wearing a headdress and a scarf. They are likely Ojibwa, Santee Dakota, and/or Potawatomi. Landes conducted fieldwork among the three groups in the 1930s.
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_unidentified_01
Image ID.landes_photo_unidentified_02
Image ID.landes_photo_unidentified_03
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Photograph of Christina Topash, granddaughter of Tom Topash, Ruth Landes' principle informant during her field research among the Prarie Potawatomi in Mayetta, Kansas in 1935 and 1936. Handwritten on verso: "Christiana Topash - 13 yrs - Mayetta, Ks. Spring 1936 (Pot.)."
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_01
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Photograph of Donald George Nocktonick, son of Louise Nocktonick, one of Ruth Landes' informants during her field research among the Prarie Potawatomie in Mayetta, Kansas in 1935-36. The two reconnected in the 1950s, corresponding with each other into the 1970s. Handwritten on verso: "Donald George Nocktonick."
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_02
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Photograph of Lindley Topash, grandson of Tom Topash, Ruth Landes' principle informant during her field research among the Prarie Potawatomi in Mayetta, Kansas in 1935 and 1936. Handwritten on verso: "Lindley Topash -- 10 yrs -- Mayetta, Ks. Spring 1936."
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_03
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Photograph of Norwood Frank Nocktonick, son of Louise Nocktonick, one of Ruth Landes' informants during her field research among the Prarie Potawatomie in Mayetta, Kansas in 1935-36. The two reconnected in the 1950s, corresponding with each other into the 1970s. Handwritten on verso: "18. Norwood Frank Nocktonick."
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_04
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Two duplicate prints; landes_photo_potawatomi_people_09 was printed at a later date. Photograph of Gunogwe Mazhi (or Masha), one of Ruth Landes' informants from her field research among the Prarie Potawatomi in Mayetta, Kansas in 1935-36. Her daughter is Louise Nocktonick. Handwritten on verso of landes_photo_potawatomi_people_05 by Landes: "Mrs. Mæzi. Pot. Mayetta, Ks, 1935."
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_05
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_09
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Two duplicate prints; landes_photo_potawatomi_people_10 was printed at a later date. Photograph of Gunogwe Mazhi (or Masha), one of Ruth Landes' informants from her field research among the Prarie Potawatomi in Mayetta, Kansas in 1935-36. Her daughter is Louise Nocktonick. Handwritten on verso of landes_photo_potawatomi_people_06 by Landes: "II. Pot, Mayetta, Ks, 1935. (reminded me of M-l) also I hv negative. Mrs. Mæzi Kuk no' Kwe [?]"
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_06
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_10
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Photograph of Verna Mae Nocktonick, daughter of Louise Nocktonick, one of Ruth Landes' informants during her field research among the Prarie Potawatomie in Mayetta, Kansas in 1935-36. The two reconnected in the 1950s, corresponding with each other into the 1970s. Handwritten on verso: "Verna Mae Nocktonick (Pot.)."
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_07
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Photograph of Louise (Mazhi or Masha) Nocktonick, daughter of Gunogwe and one of Ruth Landes' informants during her fieldwork among the Prarie Potawatomi in Mayetta, Kansas in 1935-36. The two reconnected in the 1950s, corresponding with each other into the 1970s. Handwritten on verso by Landes: "Pots -- 1935, Mayetta, Ks. Louise Mæzi -- aged 22 -- wndrfl needle-wrk, etc."
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_08
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_12
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Photograph of Louise Nocktonick at the Potawatomi Fair Grounds in Mayetta, Kansas in 1964. Nocktonick, daughter of Gunogwe Mazhi (or Masha), was one Ruth Landes' informants during her fieldwork among the Prarie Potawatomi in 1935-36. Handwritten on verso by Landes: "July 1964. Louise Nocktonick. Pow-wow at Pot. Fair Grounds, Mayetta, Kans. Taken by Jas A. Clifton, Anthro Dept. Univ. of Kans. 30 yrs later her hair frizzed."
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_11
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
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Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Photograph of Ruth Landes with Potawatomi shaman Joe Masquat, one of Landes' informants during her fieldwork among the Prarie Potawatomi in Mayetta, Kansas in 1935-36. The photograph was taken after an all-nite Peyote rite, most likely the same one that Landes refers to in her book The Prarie Potawatomi. Handwritten on verso by Landes: "V. 1936 after all-nite peyote. Outsd Indn supt's offc at Mayetta, Ks. Indn mixed blood, of my clrng. Joe Blandin -- white F. Joe Meskwat died 1964, spring -- sd Louise Nocktonick at Mayetta at 61?"
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_potawatomi_people_13
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
Copy of Will Rogers' Mide scroll, collected by anthropologist Ruth Landes. Rogers was a Chippewa shaman and the principle informant for Ruth Landes during her field research among the Chippewa in Red Lake, Minnesota.
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_scroll_01
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
See also folder "Negatives" for negative of one of the prints. Manitou Ojibwa beaded moccasins made of moose-hide and deer-hide, porcupine quill kneebands and armbands, a shawl, and a black and white wampum necklace. The wampum necklack may not be Ojibwa as it also appears in a photograph of Potawatomi objects published in Landes's book, The Prairie Potawatomi. (Digital Surrogates: landes_photo_chippewa_artifacts)
Artifacts collected by anthropologist Ruth Landes during her fieldwork with the Ojibwa of Manitou Rapids, Ontario in the 1930s. The artifacts pictured are beaded moccasins made of moose-hide and deer-hide, porcupine quill kneebands and armbands, a shawl, and a black and white wampum necklace. The wampum necklack may not be Ojibwa as it also appears in a photograph of Potawatomi objects published in Landes' book, The Prairie Potawatomi. One negatives exists for landes_photo_potawatomi_artifacts_03.
Handwritten on versos:
landes_chippewa_artifacts_01 - "Manitou Ojibwa mocassins; Porcupine quill kneebands, armbands; bl. & white old wampum necklace."
Negative is stored separately from prints in folder "Negatives" in Ruth Landes Papers.
Local Numbers:
Image ID.landes_photo_chippewa_artifacts_01
Image ID.landes_photo_chippewa_artifacts_02
Image ID.landes_photo_chippewa_artifacts_03
Image ID.landes_photo_chippewa_artifacts_04
Image ID.landes_negative_04
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
Access to the Ruth Landes papers requires an appointment.
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.
