Reproduction of engraving from the 2 January 1875 issue of Harper's Weekly. The sun dance, performed by Sioux members, is held in June in honour of the sun. The engraving shows male Sioux at centre, surrounded by onlookers in a outdoor scene. The artist's name appears to be Jules Tavernier Frenseny; location unknown.
Historical note:
Published from 1857 to 1916, the original Harper's Weekly ("Journal of Civilization"), distinguished itself by criticizing New York's corrupt Tammany Hall (via the cartoons of Thomas Nast) and by publishing numerous lithographs that documented the progress of the Civil War. Revived briefly as a granola-scented broadsheet in the 1970s, the Weekly was more successfully relaunched in 2000.Author/Creator
Jules Tavernier Frenseny
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Harper's Weekly
Publication Date
1875-01-02
Credit
University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections, Canadiana Pamphlets Collection, XXXII-174-IndianSun (Oversize); records from Our Legacy site, http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy
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