Photo shows Wolf Robe (c 1838-1910), the Southern Cheyenne chief sometimes believed to be the man whose profile was used on the Indian-head nickel.

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The Cheyenne chief Wolf Robe is wearing a round silver Benjamin Harrison peace medal, which he received from the federal government in 1890 for assisting the Cherokee Commission in negotiations for disposal of land. The Gerhard Sisters photographed him during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Mo., in 1904. Gerhard Sisters, photographer

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Size: 5283px × 6385px
Location: USA
Photo credit: © Bill Waterson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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