Native American United

DAUGHTERS of Cheyenne Chief American Horse, 1901. American Horse’s family lived in a tepee in the Lame Deer Hills about 100 miles east of Billings, Montana. Historian O.D. Wheeler, accompanied by photographer L.A. Huffman, interviewed Native warriors who had fought at the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn.
L.A. Huffman made fantastic captures that avoided the formalism of “stand still and face the camera.” His portraits of Native Americans rank among the finest in history. Many of Huffman’s best captures were of men working on the open range without posing. This was rare, almost unique, among early photographers when bulky cameras required a tripod for support.