April 7, 2025
V. T. McGillycuddy/James McLaughlin-Sisseton Agency, South Dakota-Making Movies
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Typed letter to Major James McLaughlin signed V. T. McGillycuddy with an unsigned file copy of McLaughlin's reply. The letters are dated 1916. Valentine Trant McGillycuddy (1849-1939) was a medical doctor, topographer, Indian Agent, banker and Dean of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He was agent at Pine Ridge from 1879 to 1882, when he was dismissed for financial irregularities. While McGillycuddy was at Pine Ridge, McLaughlin (1842-1923) was an agent first at Devils Lake and then at Standing Rock. Both McGillycuddy and McLaughlin shared a priority to transition Native Americans to self-sufficiency by abandoning Native traditions and adopting white religious, economic and cultural behavior. McLaughlin would go on to hold senior positions in Indian Affairs until his death. In this correspondence, McGillycuddy is advising McLaughlin of his plan to produce a "moving picture" documenting first the historical practices of the Sioux and Cheyenne practices (including the Sun Dance) followed by a segment documenting current (1916) life of native americans. He's expecting that McLaughlin will be asked about his plan. McLaughlin replies that he will support the effort, saying that he knows of "no person better equipped for that undertaking". This photo is from a collection assembled in the 1920s and 1930s by Usher Burdick.
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