Anishinaabe actresses in canoe. / Grace Chandler Horn
Group portrait of two unidentified Anishinaabe Indian actresses associated with Hiawatha Pageant seated in canoe. Subject at front of canoe wears costume including hair feather, embroidered headband and shell and bead necklaces; likely dressed for role of Minnehaha. Tipis present in background. Lack...
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William L. Clements Library
1905
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Online Access: | http://name.umdl.umich.edu/IC-POHRT-X-916%5DGCH076_002 https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/thumb/pohrt/916/GCH076_002/!250,250 https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/pohrt:916:GCH076_002 |
Summary: | Group portrait of two unidentified Anishinaabe Indian actresses associated with Hiawatha Pageant seated in canoe. Subject at front of canoe wears costume including hair feather, embroidered headband and shell and bead necklaces; likely dressed for role of Minnehaha. Tipis present in background. Lacking mount. Extensive hand coloring.; Louis Oliver Armstrong recruited actors from Garden River First Nation Ojibwa in Ontario as well as from local Waganakising Ottawa communities in Northern Michigan to take part in his theatrical production "Hiawatha, or, Nanabozho: An Ojibway Indian Play" inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem "Song of Hiawatha." Armstrong had the show's location moved to Round Lake (also known as Wa-ya-ga-mug) near Petoskey, Michigan, in 1905.; Contemporary inscribed signature: Grace Chandler.; Blindstamp: Grace Chandler Horn.; Title devised by cataloger.; "Garden River First Nation" variant names: Gitigaan-ziibi Anishinaabe, Ketegaunseebee.; "Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan" variant names: Waganakising Odawa, Waganakising Ottawa.; "Ojibwa Indians" variant names: Anishinaabe, Chippewa Indians, Ojibwe Indians.; "Ottawa Indians" variant names: Anishinaabe, Odawa Indians, Outaouak Indians, Tawa Indians. |
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