[George Trager (1861-1948), photographer]. Leaders of the Hostile Indians of Pine Ridge Agcy. S.D. During the late Sioux War. Albumen boudoir card. Chadron, Nebraska: Northwestern Photographic Co., ca 1890-1891.

Title, copyright statement, and identifications in negative. Subjects identified as: "Chief Two Strike / Chief Crows Dog / Chief High Hawk". 

An outdoor group portrait of three of the Brulé Lakota leaders taken at Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, almost certainly in the aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre. 

Photographer George Trager of nearby Chadron, Nebraska, was the first photographer to arrive at the scene of the Wounded Knee Massacre and document the aftermath, capturing several photographs in January 1891. 

Chief Two Strike (Numpkahapa, ca 1831-1914) was an outspoken opponent of the American government who was present at the Wounded Knee Massacre. In 1891, he was arrested and charged with "inciting to riot and murder" for his resistance against government policies. Also pictured are Chief Crow Dog (Kȟaŋǧí Šúŋka, Jerome Crow Dog, ca 1833-1912) and Chief High Hawk, who were leaders of the Ghost Dance Movement. 

An unidentified white man stands at the left of the frame, also looking at the photographer's lens. Other Native Americans are present in the background among the tipis. 

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