[Notes on the Indians, undated] [microform].

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[Notes on the Indians, undated] [microform].

Catlin records notes on tribal organization, treaties with white men, medicine, religion, and the pipestone quarries in Minnesota, and includes references to the Sioux, Sac, Fox, and Blackfeet Indians.

1 v. on 1 microfilm reel.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7315552

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Catlin, George, 1796-1872

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George Catlin, artist and author, was known especially for his paintings of Indians. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, he practiced law until his talent for painting led him to join a group of artists in Philadelphia in 1823. Catlin concentrated on portrait painting in Washington, D.C., until 1829, when he saw a delegation of visiting American Indians in Philadelphia. He then resolved to devote his life to preserving the appearance and character of the vanishing Indians and for forty-two yea...

Sac and Fox Nation

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The Sac and Fox Nation is the largest of three federally recognized tribes of Sauk and Meskwaki (Fox) Indian peoples. Originally from the Lake Huron and Lake Michigan area, they were forcibly relocated to Oklahoma in the 1870s and are predominantly Sauk....