Sargent Sambo. Native American youth in traditional clothing and headdress sitting in front of painted portrait studio backdrop; identified as Shasta Indian Sargent Sambo at age 12. Born in 1850s, son of Chief Sambo (a Native American Indian
leader during Rogue Indian Wars); Klamath River Shasta, raised during transition period after white contact; primary informant for ethnographers; died in 1950s at approximate age of 102 years.
Location
G39 B 1A
Scan Location
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