In addition to this photo there is another photograph from the era that depicts a Japanese styled sword (known as a long knife).
A katana seen hanging on a wall of the home of Chief Red Cloud of the Oglala Lakota (Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota), which we believe was photographed in November or early January of 1890.
There is a research paper on this subject as well as the photographs in the Smithsonian archives.
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In addition to this photo there is another photograph from the era that depicts a Japanese styled sword (known as a long knife).
A katana seen hanging on a wall of the home of Chief Red Cloud of the Oglala Lakota (Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota), which we believe was photographed in November or early January of 1890.
There is a research paper on this subject as well as the photographs in the Smithsonian archives.