This collection includes a Menominee Sovereignty poster and a Wounded Knee Trial poster.
Extent
2 Posters
Date
1974-1975
Archival Repository
National Museum of the American Indian
Identifier
NMAI.AC.413
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Posters
Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lisa Bain poster collection, image #, NMAI.AC.413; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Mattie Lewis, Archive Technician in 2024.
Rights
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two posters collected by Lisa Bain. One poster is 12 in x 16 in and is titled "…the way I see the trial of wounded knee" by Fran Aiken. She was a professional illustrator and served on the jury of United States vs. Russell Means and Dennis Banks. She made small sketches of the lawyers, judge, and jury. The other poster is title "Respect our vision." It is an 18.5 in x 16.5 in Menominee Sovereignty poster depicting a Native woman wrapped in a flag, standing in front of soldiers.
Restrictions
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