Ah-Dong-Ky White Buffalo

Photo: L-R: Chadle-ko-ah (aka Hazel White Buffalo) with her father, Ah-dong-ky (aka White Buffalo) and her mother, Sau-to-pa-to - Kiowa - circa 1890:
Credits: Irwin, Chickasha, Ind. Ter. - Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/289074869833903343 William E. Irwin was born in Red Oak, Missouri, in 1871 / / Irwin operated photography studios first in Chickasha, Indian Territory / / National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

White Buffalo, Kiowa Indian, aged 74 years, died Sunday of heart trouble at his home southeast of Carnegie. He was buried Monday at Rainy Mountain Mission.

Buffalo was laid to rest in rich Indian attire, his burial regalia costing several hundred dollars. He was a leader among the Ghost Dancers, Indians who accepted a religion not unlike the white man's spiritualism.

White Buffalo was a "medium" and received messages from the dead for his people and communicated with God for them.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 10 2021, 19:27:19 UTC

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• Ghost Dance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Dance
• The Kiowa Tribe - https://kiowatribe.org
• Find a Grave Memorial 24072500 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24072500/white-buffalo-ah-dong-ky
• U.S. Indian Census Schedules, Census of the Kiowa Tribe - http://genealogytrails.com/oka/kiowa1903census.html
• William E. Irwin Photographic Portfolio & Photographs , circa 1899-2003 - https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/finding-aids/irwin/?fbclid=IwAR2Jv...

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William E. Irwin was born in Red Oak, Missouri, in 1871. It is believed he learned photography in Indian Territory or Texas in the early 1890s. Irwin operated photography studios first in Chickasha, Indian Territory, and later in Silver City and Bisbee, Arizona, where he operated a studio from 1904 to 1922. In 1922 he opened a studio in Douglas, Arizona, which he operated until his death in 1935. He was a partner with a man named Mankins during part of his time in Chickasha and at various points while in Bisbee and Douglas he worked with his brothers John and Marvin.
William E. Irwin Photographic Portfolio & Photographs , circa 1899-2003