indianstatue

Two notable Native Americans mentioned in the Wikipedia article on this event are Red Hawk of the Sioux and Two Moons of the Cheyenne. There are several photos of Red Hawk on the Internet, including one from the LOC. I am not sure if either of them are shown in this photo. Seems like there should be photos with complete captions somewhere, such as in the New York Times. The date of the dedication is given by the Wikipedia article as "On a rainy Washington's Birthday in 1913". At that time, that was celebrated on 22 February, the actual birthday, so the date of this would appear to be 22 February 1913.

cotinis: Thanks again for the additional information. We will update the descriptive data to add more details about the dedication and hope to uncover more definitive identifications of the Native Americans shown here.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called In the Studio, and we'd love to have this image added to the group!

I used this picture for a silkscreen print www.flickr.com/photos/katebanazi/2850391948/

just great! thanks a lot for sharing the whole archive!

Tribes and/or occasion weren't indicated?

This is the 1913 groundbreaking for the never-completed National American Indian Memorial: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_American_Indian_Memorial

Date is 22 February 1913 according to the Wikipedia article on the event. More on Rodman Wanamaker. The article on the memorial mentioned above mentions: Also in attendance were 32 or 33 American Indian chiefs, including Red Hawk and Two Moons. Red Hawk was a Sioux and Two Moons was a Cheyenne. It would probably be possible to identify some of the more prominent Native Americans in the photos. Red Hawk was very famous--a photo of him from 1907 is here, and a short Wikipedia article with photo of Two Moons. I have made some tentative identifications on the photo, but it is hard to say. There is a New York Times article from 23 February 1913 about this event. It is quite lengthy, with some biographical information on the participants, but there are no detailed captions for the photos.

rockcreek and cotinis: Thanks to both of you for the additional information about this photograph and the event it depicts. It is difficult to make definitive identifications of all the individuals shown, but we can at the least add more details about the ceremony to this record.

The tall native third from right is Jack Redcloud, son of the famous Lakota chief who was known as Redcloud and who won a war with the United States in 1866--Redcloud's War, of course. Redcloud, the father, was a great man, brave, wise, stubborn, and infamous in his youth for killing the tyrant Bull Bear.

Date would appear to be 22 February 1913--see comments on adjacent photo and the Wikipedia article, which gives the location as well.

cotinis: Thanks again for the additional information. We will update the descriptive data to add more details about the dedication.