National Library of France photos

[Mcbride, Justin]

Yes, Linda, that's the citation as it is found on the Smithsonian's
SIRIS website. A stable link for that portrait is as follows:
http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&uri=full=3100001~!14899~!0
-Justin

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Cumberland, Linda A
<lcumberl at indiana.edu> wrote:
> Justin McBride wrote a detailed label to the photo that pins it down:
> "Portrait (Front) of MinchuZhinga (Young Grizzly Bear) or (Little Bear) in
> Native Dress with Bear Claw Necklace, Headdress and Ornaments and Holding
> Sword 1869. by Shindler, Antonio(n) Zeno. NAA INV 06622000 OPPS NEG 04250".
>  I wonder if "OPPS" is something like "opposite", as in opposite direction
> -- which could explain the revers effect I described before. I notice, too,
> that Justin's label makes note of minchu (miNcho) meaning grizzly bear, as
> opposed to the black bear, wasabe. I have also seen this photo labeled
> "Little White Bear", which reminds me of a thread on this list a while back
> that discussed "white bear" as meaning "grizzly bear". -Linda
>
>
> Quoting "Rankin, Robert L." <rankin at KU.EDU>:
>
>> Thanks for the info.  Oddly, he doesn't look a bit like the MiNcho
>> ZhiNga portrait by Catlin.  I thought it must be good old Washunga.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> #2 on p4 is, indeed, "Little Bear" - MiNcho ZhiNga. I have this hanging
>> in my office, but reversed and cropped to a head and shoulder shot. I
>> always assumed that there was a link between his name and the fact that
>> he's wearing a bear claw necklace. In my copy, he's gazing the other
>> way,and he seems to hold the sword in his right hand, not his left. The
>> copy in this collection is undoubtedly the correct perspective.
>> - Linda
>>
>> Quoting "Rankin, Robert L." <rankin at KU.EDU>:
>>
>>> Thanks for bringing these to our attention.  A very nice collection.
>>>
>>> A couple of observations:  Number 14 on p. 1, the man labeled "Little
>>> Bird" (Dakota) is also sometimes identified as the Kaw Indian named
>>> "Pi Sing" in photos.  One of them is displayed in Kaw Tribal
>>> Headquarters.
>>>
>>> Number 2 on p. 4 is also Kaw and is identified as such, but I'm not
>>> sure the name is correct.  He certainly looks like Washunga to me.
>>> Linda can correct me on this.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Siouan Linguistics [SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu] on behalf of
>>> Robert Myers [geocultural at YAHOO.COM]
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>>> Subject: National Library of France photos
>>>
>>> Siouan Linguistics list members might be interested to view nearly
>>> 200 historic photographs of Great Plains Indian tribal members with
>>> personal names and English translations, posted by the National
>>> Library of France. These are WONDERFUL photos.
>>>
>>> http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b2300362q
>>>
>>> Robert Myers
>>> Champaign, IL
>>>
>>
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