A Group Of Men Around Dead Steer

Location Description: 

Mille Lacs Reservation in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

Description: 

Outdoor portrait of a group of men and boys at a ration issue, posed around dead steer shot by Major James McLaughlin, a U.S. Indian Inspector (assume standing left of center). One of the men wears a long beaded and fringed bandolier sash; another wears a beaded vest(?), and holds a ribboned staff(?)

Oversize Box A57.

Located in oversize [crossed out: illegible] [addition: A-57]. Men and boys gathered around dead steer; standing in line for photographer. On reverse: "Beef Issue to the Ojibways. Mille Lacs. The Steer shot by Major McLaughlin". James McLaughlin (1842-1923) US Indian Inspector. Anishnabe, (Chippewa). Photographer:. Charles Henderson Gift, 1996. lot 196. NOTE: OTHER HANDWRITTEN: Handwritten in pencil on verso of card: "Beef Issue to the Ojibways. Mille Lacs. The Steer shot by Major McLaughlin" INVENTORY REMARK: Lot 196.

Location Description: 

Mille Lacs Reservation in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota