Chauncey Yellow Robe
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Chief Chauncey Yellow Robe was a Sičhą́ǧú educator, lecturer, actor, and Native American activist. His given name, Canowicakte, means "kill in woods," and he was nicknamed "Timber" in his youth.
Studio portrait of Wounded "Richard" Yellow Robe, Henry Standing Bear, and Chauncey Yellow Robe the day after they entered the school on November 15, 1883
The same trio after their forced cultural assimilation, taken three years later in 1892. Chauncey Yellow Robe is seated on the left side.
Chauncey Yellow Robe reunited with his father Chief Tasinagi Yellow Robe, 1895
August 4, 1927: Yellow Robe inducting Calvin Coolidge (left) into the Lakota tribe in Deadwood, South Dakota, with daughter Rosebud Yellow Robe (center)
The Silent Enemy (1930 film)
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The Silent Enemy is a 1930 American sound part-talkie directed by H.P. Carver and written by W. Douglas Burden, Richard Carver and Julian Johnson. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The drama stars Chauncey Yellow Robe, Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, Chief Akawanush and Mary Alice Nelson Archambaud. It premiered on May 19, 1930 at the Criterion Theater in New York City and was later distributed by Paramount Pictures in August of the same year.
Theatrical release poster