Our Indian policy – a house of cards
Subject(s): Card games, Indian agents, Indians of North America--Government relations, Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)
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Print shows Uncle Sam sitting at a table outside an “Indian Store” with Natives and government agents gathered around; he was constructing a house of cards labeled “Indian Policy” until the government agents and a man standing on a box labeled “Boston Sentimentalist” leaned over and blew on it, knocking it down.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1881-09-14
Creator(s)
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894
Period
Youth (October 27, 1858-1881)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Our Indian policy – a house of cards. [September 14, 1881]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287535. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894. Our Indian policy – a house of cards. [14 Sep. 1881]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 22, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287535.
APA:
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894., [1881, September 14]. Our Indian policy – a house of cards.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287535.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 22, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
