Preparing food and distributing beef at the Squaw Dance

Preparing food and distributing beef at the Squaw Dance, Monument Valley, 1938-Charles Kelly.
Description:
Preparing food and distributing beef at the Squaw Dance 1938.

Location: Navajo Indian Reservation, Monument Valley
Photographer: Kelly, Charles
Date of photograph: 1938
Subject: Navajo Life, Food; Meat; Beef; Monument Valley; Navajo Indians; Dance
Photo courtesy of: Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Photo Number: No. 14463
Source donors: Kelly, Charles

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Navajo Squaw Dance 1873

View of a Native American (Navajo) Circle Dance (Squaw Dance) at Fort Defiance (McKinley County), New Mexico.

Navajo Squaw Dance 1873

The men wear woven shirts and pants, hats and necklaces. Some men are on horseback and three men sit on the ground nearby. The adobe buildings and a log wall at Fort Defiance are in the distance.
Creator(s) – O’Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882.

Date 1873

Notes: “Expedition of 1872, 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler. Corps of Engineers, Commanding.” printed on stereo card.; Descriptive information printed on label on verso reads: “Navajoe Indian Dance, at old Fort Defiance, N.M.”; Formerly F22756;

Number “80” etched in original negative reproduced in photographic print.; Stamp on verso shows eagle logo and reads: “War Department, Corps on Engineers, U.S. Army. Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian.