J.N.B. Hewitt photographs of Iroquois people on the Six Nations Reservation, circa 1897-circa 1937

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J.N.B. Hewitt photographs of Iroquois people on the Six Nations Reservation, circa 1897-circa 1937

circa 1897-circa 1937

https://sova.si.edu/record/NAA.PhotoLot.155?s=0&n=10&t=C&q=simeon+gibson&i=4

Photographs documenting Iroquois people made circa 1897-circa 1937 on and near the Six Nations Reserve by J.N.B. Hewitt, linguist with the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology. Hewitt's photos primarily depict Mohawk, Cayuga, Seneca, Onondaga, Tuscarora, Oneida, and Tutelo peoples. There are also a few images of Iroquois houses and other structures, Hewitt's mask collection, and Onondaga Chief John Buck and family, Seneca Chief John Arthur Gibson and family, Cayuga Chief James Jamieson and family, and Cayuga-Seneca Chief Simeon Gibson. Most of the photographs were taken during several trips between 1897 and 1937, on and near the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario (Oshweken, Deseronto, and Brantsford), and New York (Niagara Falls, Nedrow, and Syracuse).

2 document boxes; 3 negative boxes

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Gibson, Simeon, 1889-1943

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Simeon Gibson was a farmer and translator whose knowledge of the history, language, customs, and traditions of Indigenous Peoples of the Six Nations of the Grand River (Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca, and Tuscarora) informed and contributed to numerous anthropological and ethnographic studies and publications. Simeon Gibson was born on August 1, 1889 to John Arthur Gibson (1849 or 1850-1912), a Seneca Nation Chief, and Mary Skye, of Cayuga heritage. He spoke numerous languages inclu...