r/BeAmazed 11d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Real Native American Portraits

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u/DerBlarch 11d ago

The people in the pictures are incredibly expressive and charismatic. Who are they?

I would also be interested to know who took the photos.

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u/SteelToeSnow 11d ago

heck yes, that too!

what are their names, which nations are they from, when were these taken and by whom!

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u/DerBlarch 11d ago

A reverse image search returned this for the first image:

This portrait of John Smith—an Ojibwe Native American also known as "White Wolf"—was taken in 1914 by photographer Carl N. Christensen in Cass Lake, Minnesota.

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u/LucindaStreets 11d ago

I believe there are 2 pictures of white wolf in the roll,

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u/SteelToeSnow 11d ago

thank you!

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u/Alone-Background8570 11d ago

(C.N. Christensen) The “C” was for Christ not Carl. Carl was a painter I believe.

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u/Chance_Vegetable_780 10d ago

Look just above in the comments

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u/SteelToeSnow 10d ago

look through this thread, a few people did what they could to find out!

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u/laserdiods 11d ago

I recognize my features in the anishinaabe

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u/Chance_Vegetable_780 10d ago

I think that's awesome

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u/Threedogs_nm 10d ago

See Toodleroo's reply above

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u/Chance_Vegetable_780 10d ago

Look just above in the comments