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Eugene Biscailuz with a group of Navajo Indians at gathering of 'Nobles of the Mystic Shrine', Los Angeles, 1925

Description:
Undersheriff Eugene Biscailuz was in charge of the Indian Committee for the Los Angeles gathering of 'Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.' In this image, wearing a Shriner's hat, he greets Navajo Indians at a train station. On the left is Tall Scout (aka Slau-ee-Nez), a Navajo who had worked as a scout and tracker for the U. S. Army. On his right is a Navajo man named Willow Fence. On the far left holding a blanket is B. I. Staples, a white man who joined the Navajo tribe in 1923. Reported in "SHRINE INVASION REACHES HIGH WATER MARK TODAY: Medinah Temple of Chicago Will Arrive With 1500 in Party; Islam Here in Force," Los Angeles Times, 01 June 1925: A1
Date:
June 1, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Eugene Biscailuz with a group of Navajo Indians at gathering of 'Nobles of the Mystic Shrine', Los Angeles, 1925