Image: Native Americans from Southeastern Idaho, "Lemhi. Chief. Tindoor" - NARA - 519297

Description: General notes: This photograph has been identified by Joanna Scherer as taken by Benedicte Wrensted, whose photographic studio was located in Pocatello, Idaho. Ms. Scherer is an Anthropologist who was working on the Smithsonian Institution's Handbook of North American Indians Project. Wrensted learned photography from her aunt in Denmark in the 1880s and had a studio in Horsens, Denmark for about four years. Wrensted came to the United States from Denmark in 1894, moved to Pocatello, and purchased the studio of A.B. Hower in 1895. She continued to photograph members of the local community and Native Americans until 1912, when she moved to California. The caption "Lemhi Chief Tindoor" is inaccurate. Chief Tendoy would have been over 60 years old, and in very poor health, at the time this photo was taken. Chief Tendoy did have a son by the name of Jack Tendoy, however, Jack Tendoy did not resemble the man in this photo. It is likely that this is a staged photograph, and the models are not related to Tendoy. The style of the woman's clothing suggests that the photograph was taken c 1900-1905.
Title: Native Americans from Southeastern Idaho; "Lemhi. Chief. Tindoor"
Credit: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Author: Benedicte Wrensted
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No