Red Ensign or Wa-pa-ha-sa

A. Zeno Shindler (1823-1899)

Date

1867
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 5 5/16 x 3 3/4 in.
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 1/16 in.
Mount: 8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. in image: Santee.2a
Mount Recto:
l.l. in ink: Wa-pa-ha Sha.
Mount Verso:
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 203, [crossed out] 209. WA-PA-HA-SHA. Red Ensign. SANTEE
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: Wa-pa-ha Sha (Red Ensign) \ Popularly called "Wabashaw" is the \ hereditary name of the principal chief of \ the Santee, or Mde wakan tonwan Dakota. \ Befoe 1870, as stated by Mr. Hinman, \ Wa-pa- Sha abdicated his rights as \ Hereditary Head Chief, advocating and \ successfully establishing an Elective \ Chieftainship. From that period down \ to the present time all Santee Chiefs \ have been elected by the popular voice \ of the tribe. He was a man of great in- \ fluence in the tribe, and an active worker \ for the civilized methods of the white man.
c. in graphite: 998 \ Neg. No. 3481
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1967.3191
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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