W.H. Boorne's Photos of the Medicine Lodge Ceremony: The Construction of an Icon
W.H. Boorne Photo

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-Introduction-
-Boorne's Permission to Photograph-
-The Dance Photographed-
-Analysis of the Photographs-
-Non-Indian Presence-
-Conclusion-
-Postscript-
-Bibliography-
About the Researcher

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By Joanna Cohan Scherer

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