. ▁Over ▁ 5 0 0 ▁members ▁of ▁ 3 5 ▁different ▁tribes ▁attended , ▁including ▁the ▁Apache ▁chief ▁Ger on imo , ▁who ▁was ▁being ▁held ▁at ▁Fort ▁S ill ▁as ▁a ▁United ▁States ▁prisoner ▁of ▁war . ▁ ▁Frank ▁A . ▁R ine hart ' s ▁photograph s ▁of ▁the ▁Indian ▁Congress ▁participants ▁are ▁regarded ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁phot ographic ▁document ations ▁of ▁American ▁Indian ▁leaders ▁around ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁ ▁Background ▁In ▁a ▁report ▁on ▁the ▁Indian ▁Congress ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁Anth rop ologist ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 9 , ▁its ▁chief ▁eth n ological ▁consult ant , ▁James ▁Mo oney ▁cred ited ▁the ▁real ization ▁of ▁the ▁project ▁to ▁" the ▁g rit ▁and ▁determ ination ▁of ▁the ▁ex position ▁man agers , ▁for em ost ▁among ▁whom ▁was ▁Edward ▁Rose water , ▁propriet or ▁of ▁the ▁O ma ha ▁Be e . ▁ ▁The ▁successful ▁outcome ▁was ▁due ▁chief ly ▁to ▁his ▁t ire less ▁activity ▁and ▁unf alter ing ▁courage . ▁The ▁eth n olog ic ▁project ▁was ▁the ▁child ▁of ▁his ▁brain , ▁and ▁in ▁spite ▁of ▁serious ▁imper fe ctions , ▁the ▁general ▁result ▁was ▁such — part icular ly ▁from ▁the ▁practical ▁stand point ▁of ▁the ▁ticket ▁s eller — that ▁we ▁may ▁expect ▁to ▁see ▁eth n ology ▁a ▁principal ▁feature ▁at ▁future ▁expos itions ▁so ▁long ▁as ▁our ▁ab original ▁material ▁holds ▁out ." ▁After ▁steady ▁lo bb ying ▁by ▁Rose