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This photograph of Mrs. Frank Mazhas and her two daughters, Louise and Lizzie, was taken in 1935 as part of the New Deal Federal Indian program. These women belonged to the Prairie Band of the Pottawatomi tribe and are wearing traditional Pottawatomi clothing used for festive occasions.
Creator: Parkman, Mary
Date: 1935
This image demonstrates how, approximately one hundred years after removal, native tribes in Kansas continued to hold to traditional ways. It is also one of the few visuals for the 7th grade emigrant Indian standard that depicts women. It can also be used as an example of traditional Pottawatomi clothing.
KS:7th:1.4:Indian Removal (2005)
Item Number: 209801
Call Number: E93 R.K2.1935c *23
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209801
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - American Indian
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Cultural persistence
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Pottawatomi
Date - 1930s - 1935
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Works Progress Administration
Home and Family - Clothing
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - American Indians - Tribes - Potawatomi
People - Women
Places - Regions - Northeast Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Photographs
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