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Chief Black Horn (left) and Italo Balbo (center) in 1933
Photographer: Chicago Historical Society
Taken: 1933
Caption: Chief Black Horn (left) and Italo Balbo (center) in 1933
Additional Description: According to the Chicago Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Chicago, the 1933 festivities celebrating Italo Balbo's visit to Chicago included members of the Sioux tribe, who were participating in the Chicago World's Fair's Indian Village, adopting Balbo as "Chief Flying Eagle." Chief Black Horn of the Sioux presented Balbo with a headdress, while Balbo in turn presented the chief with a Fascist medallion pendant.
Submitted: October 9, 2023, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
Database Locator Identification Number: p753966
File Size: 0.507 Megabytes

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