Hunkpapa
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The Hunkpapa are a Native American group, one of the seven council fires of the Lakota tribe. The name Húŋkpapȟa is a Lakota word, meaning 'Head of the Circle'. By tradition, the Húŋkpapȟa set up thei
Hunkpapa Lakota shield, 1885, made by Joseph No Two Horns (He Nupa Wanica), Metropolitan Museum of Art
Walking Shooter (Wah-Koo-Ta-Mon-Ih), 1872 Tribal Delegations to the Federal Government
Ledger art
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Ledger art is narrative drawing or painting on paper or cloth, predominantly practiced by Plains Indians but also from the Indigenous peoples of the Plateau and Great Basin. Ledger art flourished prim
Kiowa ledger art drawing possibly depicting the Buffalo Wallow battle in 1874, a fight between Southern Plains Indians and the U.S. Army during the Red River War.
The Sand Creek massacre as drawn by eyewitness Howling Wolf (1874–1875).
Drawing by Black Hawk (Sans Arc Lakota), c. 1880 depicting a horned Thunder Being (Haokah) on a horse-like creature with eagle talons and buffalo horns. The creature's tail forms a rainbow that represents the entrance to the Spirit World, and the dots represent hail. Accompanying the picture on the page were the words: "Dream or vision of himself changed to a destroyer and riding a buffalo eagle."
Ledger drawing from the Bowstring Warrior Society Ledger, pencil, colored pencil, c. 1850s