Group of Sami reindeer herders, 1898

Beginning in 1892, the United States Government brought reindeer from Asia and Europe into Alaska as a new food source for the native peoples. The idea was to replace hunting with herding, particularly after so much traditional game had been killed by newly arrived gold miners. Some of the early groups of reindeer were accompanied by Asian or Sami (Lapp) herdsmen. In 1898, a group of Sami herdsmen and their families brought a group of reindeer through Seattle on their way to Alaska. This Curtis Studio photo shows several of the Sami herders near a railroad crossing in Seattle. *Subjects (LCTGM): Gold rushes; Reindeer industry; Sami (European people)

Date

1898

Photographer / author

MOHAI credits this as "Curtis Studio" However, they also credit p a hand-colored version of the same as Asahel and Edward Curtis were brothers. At the time this picture was taken, the were partners i

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

photograph

Original size

700 × 627 pixels

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