From Edison films catalog: One of the most peculiar customs of the Sioux Tribe is here shown, the dancers being genuine Sioux Indians, in full war paint and war costumes. 40 feet. 7.50. According to ...

One of the very first images – or flickers of light — ever put on film was shot by Thomas Edison on a kinescope in 1894 depicting Native Americans performing a sacred “Sioux Ghost Dance.” Another film ...

"Originally published as part 2 of the fourteenth Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-93 (Washington ... 1896)" "The songs (melodies); words ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. From card: "Beaded. Had been traded ...