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RODMAN WANAMAKER EXPEDITION OF CITIZENSHIP TO THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN,THE Part 3

Description

DOCUMENTARY: On declaration of allegiance to the U.S. and flag-raising ceremonies at Sioux Indian Reservations in Montana and South Dakota, led by Dr. Joseph Kossuth Dixon, Secy., National American Indian Memorial Association. Dr. Dixon explains purpose of expeditions and symbolism of flag to Indians of Assiniboin and Atsina tribes, Belknap, Montana. Flag dedicated and raised. Indians sign declaration of allegiance. Similar ceremonies by Assiniboin and Yankton tribes at Fort Peck Reservation, Poplar, Montana. Blackfoot, Hunkpapa, Yankton and Yanktonai tribes in their ceremony at Standing Rock Reservation, South Dakota. Ceremony repeated by Blackfoot, Miniconjou, Sans Arcs and Two Kettles at Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota.

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Collection

Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Series

Moving Images Documenting the Life and Culture of North American Indians

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1913-01-01
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