Dakota boys with wagonload of watermelons

Local Numbers
OPPS NEG.53378
Local Note
In 1968, the Crane Collection was given to the Denver Museum of Natural History.
"A load of watermelons just brought in from the Lower Cut Meat Creek Camp Indian Day School garden for the school children to eat... The Sioux name is Wa-gmu'-Span-sni, meaning "Pumpkins to eat Raw"." -- Information [by Bratley] with copy negative received from BIA (BAE Catalog Number 4368).
"Wa-gmu'-Span-sni," written on face of print.
Black and white copy negative
Creator
Bratley, Jesse Hastings
Topic
Sioux
Creator
Bratley, Jesse Hastings
Culture
Sioux
Indians of North America -- Great Plains
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Biographical / Historical
From a photograph presumably taken by Bratley while teaching at Cut Meat School, Rosebud Reservation, 1895-99.
Extent
1 Photograph (4x5 in)
Date
before 1899
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
Genre/Form
Photographs