RODMAN WANAMAKER EXPEDITION OF CITIZENSHIP TO THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN,THE Part 1

Description

DOCUMENTARY:On declaration of allegiance to the U.S. and flag-raising ceremony by the Oglala Indians, Pine Ridge, South Dakota; and on the return to and re-raising of the original flag at site of the National American Indian Memorial, Fort Wadsworth, New York. Seventh Cavalry Oglala troops ride into Pine Ridge Reservation. Dr. Joseph Kossuth Dixon, Secy., National American Indian Memorial Association, explains the purpose of the expedition and symbolism of the flag to the Sioux. Ceremony of dedication and allegiance declaration. Dr. Dixon, Winnebago tribesman Henry Roe Cloud, former Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott and George Vaux, Jr., Pres., Board of Indian Commissioners, conduct ceremonial flag-raising at the Memorial, 13 Dec 1913, after it had been raised at each tribal ceremony in North America.

Collection

Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Series

Moving Images Documenting the Life and Culture of North American Indians