Thanksgiving Dance
Dublin Core
Title
Thanksgiving Dance
Description
Drummers and possibly singers in dance attire pose at a Nanticoke powwow and Thanksgiving dance in Riverdale, Delaware, in 1927, with audience in clothing of the period looking on. Rappahannock Indians from Virginia are believed to have been visiting for the occasion.
The photographer Frederick "Fred" Johnson (1904–1994), of Massachusetts, was a student of the famed anthropologist Frank G. Speck at the University of Pennsylvania. As an anthropologist, archaeologist, linguist, and photographer, he studied American Indians in the eastern United States and Canada.
Creator
Frederick Johnson
Source
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Date
1927
Rights
Information provided with the permission of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Coverage
twentieth century
Delaware
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photograph
Physical Dimensions
7" x 5"
Files
Citation
Frederick Johnson, “Thanksgiving Dance,” Virginia Indian Archive, accessed September 24, 2023, https://virginiaindianarchive.org/items/show/237.