students with their garden produce, Orville John Green

Artwork Overview

1872–1938
students with their garden produce, 1899–1904
Where object was made: Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, United States
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 12 x 17 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 4 3/4 x 6 11/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 16 x 20 in
Credit line: Transfer from Central College, Orville John and Evaline Dryer Green Collection
Accession number: 2007.7559
Not on display

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Orville John, or O. J., Green served as a teacher, principal, and superintendent in the United States Government Indian School Service. Between 1894 and 1918, Green and his wife Evaline lived and worked at eleven Native American boarding schools. During their time at these institutions, the Greens photographed the scenes and people around them, providing intimate views of young students and their activities. As the selection here indicates, male students were taught Western agriculture and trade skills such as tailoring, wagon making, blacksmithing, harness making, painting, and shoe making, while girls studied cooking, sewing, washing, and homemaking.

Exhibitions

Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
Celka Straughn, curator
2017
Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
Angela Watts, curator
2021
Sydney Pursel, curator
2024–2025