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Indians in Council

A black-and-white print titled “Indians in Council,” showing a group of 20 people, some standing some sitting on the ground, with a tepee, tree, and mountains in the background. A man wearing a large, feathered headdress stands with one arm raised, addressing the group./tiles/collection/6/6294.xml
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A black-and-white print titled “Indians in Council,” showing a group of 20 people, some standing some sitting on the ground, with a tepee, tree, and mountains in the background. A man wearing a large, feathered headdress stands with one arm raised, addressing the group.
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Date

ca. 1850

Artist

Seth Eastman

Dimensions

9 5/8 × 12 1/4 in. (24.4 × 31.1 cm) Framed: 16 3/8 × 17 3/4 in. (41.6 × 45.1 cm)

Accession Number

2004.087.012

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Prior to depicting the same subject in a painting for the House Committee on Indian Affairs, Seth Eastman provided this illustration for Henry Rowe Schoolcraft’s six-volume Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States (1852). The earlier iteration of a meeting of Native American leaders includes fewer details than the subsequent painting. but does contain the anachronistic—and geographically unusual—presence of Red Jacket, a famous Iroquois chief from 18th century New York, in this meeting of Dakota in 19th century Minnesota.

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