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Title
Women dancers line up for Grand Entry at the Chicago Conference Pow Wow held at field house of the University of Chicago, 1961
Creator
Weil, Peter F.
Date
1961
Subjects
Indians of North America
Description
No. 1. Part of the Joe Kazumura photographs. Joe Kazumura was born in Modesto, California in 1937 and was in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. He came to Chicago in 1946 and after receiving a camera for his birthday in 1959, he became interested in photography. He lived near the Indian Center in Chicago, frequently attending events held there, and became particularly interested in photographing Plains Indians costumes. While in the service in Korea, Kazumura learned darkroom skills. He was the secretary, past-president and a judge of the Northwest Camera Club, and belonged to the White Bear Society. A long-time friend of the Chicago American Indian Center, he took photographs of American Indian Center activities for over fifteen years.
Summary
This photograph is part of the Seeing Indian in Chicago exhibition. Eighty-three mounted photographs accompanied by exhibition labels documenting the social life and customs of the Chicago American Indian community during the late 1950's to mid-1980's. The images depict the group life and activities of the American Indian Center, such as camera club outings, pow wows, and the basketball team. There are also portraits of the photographers and shots of family members of the American Indian photographers (Battise, Bearskin, and Wesaw).
Biographical/Historical Note
Photographic exhibition held July 22-Sept. 21, 1985, at the Newberry Library's Hermon Dunlap Smith Gallery, as part of the Chicago American Indian photography project, which aimed to document the American Indian Community in Chicago by creating an archive of photographs taken by interested community members. Exhibition photographers included Dan Battise, Ben Bearskin, Orlando Cabanban, Joe Kazumura, F. Peter Weil, and Leroy Wesaw.
Extent
Photographs
Archival Collection Title
Seeing Indian in Chicago Exhibition Records
Contributing Institution
Newberry Library
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Call Number
Ayer Modern MS Seeing Indian Series 5 Box 3 Folder 63
Size
2787px × 2969px 23.72 MB
IIIF Resource Type
Canvas
File Created
11/12/2015
Filename
991714868805867_ayer_mms_seeing_indian_ser_4_bx_3_fl_062.tif
Unique Identifier
NL11NVRY
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Chicago and the Midwest
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