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Ta-ton-ka-I-yo-tan-ka – Historic Print

Ta-ton-ka-I-yo-tan-ka, [between 1860 and 1880, printed(?) 1963] — historic photograph
Ta-ton-ka-I-yo-tan-ka, [between 1860 and 1880, printed(?) 1963]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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The title gives the subject's Lakota name, Ta-ton-ka-I-yo-tan-ka, a spelling of Tatanka Iyotake, the name by which Sitting Bull, the Hunkpapa Lakota leader, was known among his people. He became one of the most prominent Native leaders resisting the U.S. government's push onto Lakota lands in the 1870s, and he was a central figure in the events leading to the 1876 fight along the Little Bighorn. The record dates the original portrait between 1860 and 1880, while this gelatin silver print was made in 1963 by the Miller Studio in Pierre, South Dakota, so it is a later reproduction of an earlier image.

Created / published[between 1860 and 1880, printed(?) 1963]
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs 1860-1880.Gelatin silver prints 1960-1970.
NotesPhotograph by the Miller Studio, Pierre, South Dakota, June 5, 1963. No. 4.
SubjectsSitting Bull,--1831-1890. Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,239 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-192512

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