Short Bull and grandchildren photograph   Save
Warren K. Moorehead Collection
Description: Photograph showing Short Bull, the oldest living Mandan Indian, at 72 years old. Short Bull died in 1907. He is seen here at Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in western North Dakota, surrounded by his grandchildren. The Mandan are an American Indian tribe thought to have originated in the Ohio River Valley area, but who migrated to the region of the Heart River in modern-day North Dakota. In the 1930s, the Mandan joined with the Hidatsa and the Arikara peoples into the Three Affiliated Tribes, also known as the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P129_B01_F07_001_A
Subjects: American Indian history and society; American Indians--Portraits; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Families
Places: Fort Berthold (North Dakota)