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Ma-Za-Sha

 Person

Biography

A chief of the Sisseton Sioux.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Portrait of Ma-za-sha
Portrait of Ma-za-sha

Portrait of Ma-za-sha, 1862

 Item
Identifier: 1998.004.8
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Ma-za-sha (English name: Red Iron), pictured standing with a tartan blanket draped over his left arm. Said to be a friendly Sioux Chief.

Dates: 1862

Roger Blais collection of Sioux Uprising of 1862 photographs

 Item
Identifier: 1998-004
Scope and Contents

A collection of souvenier cartes-de-visite depicting studio portraite of Native Americans, some of where were, or may have been involved in the Dakota War of 1862.

Dates: approximately 1862