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Series 2: 1983 Omaha Tribal Powwow (continued)
Subseries 1: Carl Fleischhauer (continued)
Sub-subseries 2: Color photographs (continued)
Camera roll, August 13, 1983 (continued)
Additional note: Pencil notes in frame/description area that are difficult to read, not transcribed.
Image(s) Content
1-3 Maria LaVigna and an unidentified person from San Juan Pueblo
4-8 shucking corn; Delia Hallowell, Rosa Linda Wolfe, Ida Anderson - in 6-8, add M.L. & Dorothy Lee
9-10 Maria LaVigna at her camper
11-12 Portrait of host drum; two men (or more) missing (see alternates on AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-CF-13, images 4-6, with all singers)
13-16 host singers and one of their drums
BOXES 3, 6 Camera roll, August 13-14, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-CF-9
Extent: 26 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Additional note: Addition of date in pencil; used both dates.
Image(s) Content
1 Grand Entry, note that flag is not carried by whipman this time; the whole pow-wow committee joined the march
2 pow-wow banner
3 shawl worn by female member of pow-wow committee
4-11 grand entry
4 end of male traditional dancers; start of fancy
6 fancy still coming in outer ring; flag-carrier on inner ring of spiral
8 women dancers (shawl dancers?)
10-11 women fancy dancers
12-13 gate to pow-wow
14 area to south of small arena; people camped there appear to be black (married to Omaha?)
15 San Juan buffalo dance, presumably taken by Maria LaVigna
16 media position; Carl Fleischhauer with AFC equipment in center, John Millar and University of Nebraska at Omaha TV at right (by Maria LaVigna)
17-19 Dance honoring John Turner; "special" and giveaway led by Elmer Blackbird
BOXES 3, 6 Camera roll, August 13, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-CF-10
Extent: 29 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Image(s) Content
1-4 Giveaway honoring John Turner; "special" and giveaway led by Elmer Blackbird
5-6 close up of costume of whipman (David Blackbird)
7-8 Kenny Blackbird, a grandson (?) of John Turner, plays the Omaha flute, flanked by Clifford Wolfe Sr and Elmer Blackbird (relationship unknown)
9-11 host drum
12-14 Tai Piah singers
15 woman dancer (probably "fancy," may be shawl)
16-17 Head Singer of host drum, Rufus White
BOXES 3, 6 Camera roll, August 14, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-CF-11
Extent: 27 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Image(s) Content
1-12 playing with blur, fancy dancers
13-14 Two arena directors with a fancy dancer with two things on the ground. I believe the two grounded items are held in the dancers hands while dancing. If regalia is dropped or falls off during a dance, a special procedure is called for; this may be such an event. Or, the dancer felt ill. I don't know.
15-20 Male traditional dancers
BOXES 4, 6 Camera roll, August 14, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-CF-12
Extent: 24 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Image(s) Content
1-2 chair of member of Tia Piah Singers
3-4 looking toward Macy from pow-wow (looking east)
6-14 at main gate, fancy dancer in 6 and 7 is Todd Ike
15-16 taking down the flag at the end of the afternoon
17-20 dancers leave arena, supper break
BOXES 4, 6 Camera roll, August 14, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-CF-13
Extent: 26 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Image(s) Content
1-2 Rosa McCauley and Renee Brown
3 CF taken by one of the girls
4-6 complete host drum singers; name id's to be obtained from Dennis Hastings; see alternates on AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-CF-8, frames 11-12
7-14 Macy housing, generally north and northeast of the pow-wow grounds
15-17 Apartment block in Macy
18 (?) Community college
19-20 Macy main street
BOXES 4, 6 Camera roll, August 14-15, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-CF-14
Extent: 26 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Additional note: 8/14 (pow-wow) and 8/15 (landscape)
Image(s) Content
1-6 baseball game in Macy
10-11 view of bluffs, Missouri River, and Iowa from hilltop where Dorothy Lee and I were chased by a raccoon
12-13 view of Iowa from same spot
14-15 Farm on Nebraska state highway 94, Thurston Co.
22-26 crowd at main gate just before evening Grand Entry
27-28 bumper sticker in midway (on crafts van)
BOXES 4, 6 Camera roll, August 15, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-CF-15
Extent: 15 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Image(s) Content
1-2 Missouri River valley and bluffs from sacred spot
3-4 tree that looked like a buffalo or cow skull at the same place
5-7 the clearing at that place (tree in background)
BOX-FOLDER 1/7 Color photo prints, August 12-14, 1983
Extent: 4 photographs : prints, color ; various sizes
Subseries 2: Dorothy Sara Lee
Archivist's note: Lee's original documentation has been used to describe the photos, with minor edits for clarity.
BOX-FOLDER 1/15 Field notes, 1983
Extent: 53 pages
Sub-subseries 1: Black-and-white photographs
BOX-FOLDER 1/12 Black-and-white photo logs, 1983
Extent: 12 pages
BOX 2 Camera roll, August 12, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: 214183-3
Extent: 36 photographs : film, negatives, black and white ; 35 mm
Additional note: Afternoon and evening
Image(s) Content
1-3 Gayle Cable introducing Gourd Dance
4-5 Drum group before Gourd Dance
6-7 Roger Welsch
8-12 Gourd Dance
12-16 Children dressed for Pow-wow competition
17-22 Gourd dancers
23-31 Grand Entry, Friday evening
32-34 Small child at flag song
35 Clown
36 CBS cameramen
BOX 2 Camera roll, August 13, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: 214183-5
Extent: 37 photographs : film, negatives, black and white ; 35 mm
Additional note: Afternoon and evening
Image(s) Content
1-3 Host drum
4 Senior citizens
5 Grand Entry, afternoon
6 Whipman
7-9 Traditional dancers
10 Drum
11-12 Child at end of dance line
13-14 Whipman recognition dance
15 Tail dancer
16-19 Pow-wow Princess
20-26 San Juan Pueblo group: Eagle Dance
27-28 Carl Fleischhauer
29-31 Tent, cars, and regalia on hill
32-33 Grand Entry, evening; senior citizens
34-37 Paul Brill special
BOX 2 Camera roll, August 13, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: 214183-6
Extent: 33 photographs : film, negatives, black and white ; 35 mm
Additional note: Evening
Image(s) Content
1-2 Paul Brill special
3-4 Judges
5-15 Paul Brill handing out genealogies; 2 sisters; Charlie Edwards; Joseph Harlan; Rufus White
16-19 Reading genealogies in grandstand
20-21 Clifford Wolfe
22 Elmer Blackbird
23-26 Clifford Wolfe reading genealogies
27-28 More presentations
29-30 Presentation to Dennis Hastings
31-32 Junior Girl's Shawl competition; judging
BOX 2 Camera roll, August 13, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: 214183-1
Extent: 35 photographs : film, negatives, black and white ; 35 mm
Additional note: Evening
Image(s) Content
1-7 Junior Boy's Fancy Dance competition
8-9 2 Junior Traditional contestants
10-12 Contest judges
13-15 Little Girl's Cloth competition
16-20 Junior Girl's Cloth competition
21 Little Boy's Traditional competition
22-24 Junior Boy's Traditional competition
25-31 General Dance
32-34 San Juan group: Buffalo Dance
35 General dance
BOX 2 Camera roll, August 13, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: 215338-1
Extent: 18 photographs : film, negatives, black and white ; 35 mm
No frame description in the photo log.
BOX 2 Camera roll, August 13-14, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: 214183-2
Extent: 35 photographs : film, negatives, black and white ; 35 mm
Additional note: Saturday evening/Sunday afternoon
Image(s) Content
1-2 Special
3-4 One of the singers listening to a recording made earlier [Sunday afternoon]
5-6 Maria at entrance to her camper
7 Drums and shed
8 Nebraska ETV camera
9 Clifford Wolfe
10-12 Carl Fleischhauer and Drum group
13-16 Grand Entry [Sunday afternoon]; Pow-wow Committee; Tiny Tots Traditional dancers; senior citizens
17 Boys on bench
18-28 San Juan group: Buffalo Dance
29-35 Special for John Turner
BOX 2 Camera roll, August 14, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: 214183-4
Extent: 35 photographs : film, negatives, black and white ; 35 mm
Image(s) Content
1-6 Special for John Turner; Kenny Blackbird with flute
7-8 Paul Brill
9 Child fixing claw-foot staff
10-11 Paul Brill handing out more genealogies
12 General dance
13 Boy examining regalia
14-16 Special for Blaine Mitchell
17-27 San Juan group: young Buffalo dancer
28-33 San Juan group: farewell
34-35 Special
BOX-FOLDER 1/11 Black-and-white contact sheets, August 12-14, 1983
Extent: 7 photographs : contact sheets, black and white ; approx. 8 1/2 in. x 11 in.
Sub-subseries 2: Color photographs
BOX-FOLDER 1/13 Color photo logs, 1983
Extent: 6 pages
BOX 4 Camera roll, August 12, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-DSL-1
Extent: 8 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Image(s) Content
1 Roger Welsch
2 Young traditional dancer
3-7 Grand entry, Friday evening; Whipman
8 Whipman recognition dance
BOX 4 Camera roll, August 13, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-DSL-2
Extent: 15 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Additional note: Afternoon
Image(s) Content
1 Gourd dance
2-7 Grand Entry, Saturday afternoon
8-10 Melanie Parker, Pow-wow Princess: solo
11-15 San Juan Pueblo Indian Youth Dancers: Eagle Dance
BOX 4 Camera roll, August 14, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-DSL-3
Extent: 18 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Additional note: Afternoon
Image(s) Content
1-3 Carl; drums and drummers
4 One of the arena directors
5 Rufus White, head singer
6-14 Grand Entry; K. ft. Edwards L#8J; senior citizens
15 David Blackbird, Whipman
16-18 San Juan group: Buffalo Dance
BOX 4 Camera roll, August 14, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-DSL-4
Extent: 18 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Additional note: Afternoon
Image(s) Content
1-2 Conclusion of San Juan group Buffalo Dance
3 Traditional Buckskin
4-10 John Turner special
11-12 Women's Cloth competition
13-15 Women's Shawl competition
16 Head Judge
17-18 Fancy Dance judging
BOX 4 Camera roll, August 14, 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-DSL-5
Extent: 19 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Additional note: Afternoon
Image(s) Content
1 Men's Fancy Dance competition; judging
2-11 Men's Traditional competition; judging
12-13 Blaine Mitchell special
14-19 Youngest Buffalo dancer, San Juan group
BOX 4 Camera roll, probably 1983
Roll ID: AFC 1986/038: FCP/O-DSL-6
Extent: 19 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Subseries 3: Sound recordings
Archivist's note: Dorothy Sara Lee's original documentation, when available, has been used to describe the recordings, with minor edits for clarity. See Box-Folders 1/14 and 1/15.
BOX-FOLDER 1/14 Audio logs, 1983
Extent: 31 pages
Item ID: AFC 1986/038: SR01 Tape 1, August 13, 1983
Rack number: RXI 0234
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:42) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Contents
Gourd Dance [1]
Gourd Dance [2]
Gourd Dance [3]
Gourd Dance [4]
Break (Ambulance Station; Carl "Hello Maria" announcements)
Conclusion of Gourd Dance
Announcement of Grand Entry
National Anthem
Item ID: AFC 1986/038: SR02 Tape 2, August 13, 1983
Rack number: RXI 0235
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:15) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Contents
4 Traditional War Songs
Intertribals
Hill Dance
Announcement of Pow-Wow Committee
Chairman Blackbird - speech
David Blackbird - Whipman
4 Tail Dancers
Traditional War Dancers
Pow-wow Princesses
Item ID: AFC 1986/038: SR03 Tape 3, August 13, 1983
Rack number: RXI 0236
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:05) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Tail section of Songs used to give honor to singers or drum groups.
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