Delegation Of Tribes On The Steps Of The White House
On the steps of the White House in Washington, DC
Delegation from Yankton, Santee, Upper Missouri Sioux, Sac and Fox, Ojibwe, Ottawa, Kickapoo, and Miami tribes posing with President Johnson on the steps of the White House. Middle balcony includes Commissioner Lewis Bogy (second from left), President Andrew Johnson (third from left), and Secretary of the Interior Orville H. Browning (fourth from left). Right balcony includes Father Pierre-Jean De Smet (second from left).
On February 23, 1867, Alexander Gardner was invited to the White House to photograph Native delegates who had traveled to Washington to negotiate with the federal government. President Andrew Johnson stands on the upper central balcony and is flanked by Commissioner of Indian Affairs Lewis V. Bogy (to his right) and Secretary of the Interior Orville H. Browning (to his left). In turn, Bogy and Browning are positioned next to Ojibwe leader Hole in the Day and Kaw leader Allegawaho, respectively. Most of the delegates Gardner photographed in his studio also appear here, including, in the front row, Iron Nation and Medicine Bull (both Sicangu Lakota) and Long Foot and Little Bird (both Ihanktonwan Nakota), and, on the balcony between the rightmost colonnade, Yellow Hawk (Itazipacola Lakota); all of their portraits are on display in this gallery.