Featured in this lot are 1915 Standing Rock Indian Reservation Albumen and Silver Gelatin Photographs from the Photo Collection of Col. A. B. Welch (1874-1945) of Teton Sioux (also referred to as the Western Sioux) Provenance: From the John Kleinschmidt collection which was on loan to the C.M. Russell Museum from 1987 to 1993 and included in the "The Cowboy West: 100 Years of Photography 1992-1993 exhibit. These silver gelatin photographs are attributed to Colonel Alfred Burton Welch who was well known for his extensive artifact collection and lifelong association with the Sioux nations. The Welch Dakota Papers include thousands of pages of oral interviews, writings, newspaper articles and photographs of the Sioux, Arikara, Hidatsa and Mandan peoples. Welch is credited as the first white man adopted into the Yanktonai Sioux, a separate band from the Yankton Sioux; both are considered Western Dakota people, one of the three groupings belonging to the Sioux nation. Descriptions of the ten photographs include: "Teepee of Adam Wise Spirit 1915 Teton Sioux" "A pretty teepee. The figures are symbolic. ... was made by 'Henopin wanica' (No Two Harms) and presented to A B Welch by the Bear Society of warriors (Dakotah)" "This is the Sioux encampmentat Cannon Ball, about two hundred teepees in the form of a circle, perhaps 1000 Indians in the gathering east of our place. July 5, 1915" "Camp at Mandan Fair year not known Welch" four (4) photographs of dancers in ceremonal clothing and headdresses, marked on reverse A 37, two (2) photographs of men in "contemporary and ceremonial clothing, marked in reverse A 3. The photographs are in very good preserved condition for being over 100 years old, the albumen photographs measure 4"W x 6"L each, silver gelatin are 4.75"W x 6.75"L.