Tipi amongst birch trees
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- Title
- Tipi amongst birch trees
- Published/Created
- [Petoskey, Michigan] : [Grace Chandler Horn], [between 1905 and 1915]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : platinum print ; mount 12 x 17 cm
- Notes
- View of tipi associated with Hiawatha Pageant amid forest surrounded by birch trees.
- 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.
- 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.
- Names and Subjects
- Photographs shelf.
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.
- Algonquian Indians.
- Garden River First Nation.
- Indians of North America--Drama.
- Indians of North America--Michigan.
- Indians of North America--Ontario.
- Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth,--1807-1882.--Song of Hiawatha
- Ojibwa Indians.
- Ottawa Indians.
- Pictorialism (Photography movement)
- Birches--Michigan--1900-1920.
- Forests--Michigan--1900-1920.
- Indian encampments--Michigan--1900-1920.
- Open-air theatrical productions--Michigan--1900-1920.
- Pageants--Michigan--1900-1920.
- Tipis--1900-1920.
- Collection Title
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
- Collection Creator
- Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
- ID
- 859
- Barcode
- B10932263
- Call Number
- Photo Div Pohrt GCH.019
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- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3328 x 5770
- File Size
- 866 KB
- Record
- 859
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-859/gch019_001
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"Tipi amongst birch trees". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-859/gch019_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 30, 2024.