Search Results: Great Sioux War

Indian Girl (Sioux), watercolour by Alfred Jacob Miller, between 1858 and 1860. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

Ghost Dance of the Sioux Indians in North America, illustration from The Illustrated London News, 3 January 1891. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Self-torture in a Sioux Religious Ceremony, oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1835-1837. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.

Oglala Lakota Sioux nation citizens Black Elk & Elk in costume as grass dancers while performing with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show in London, England, 1887. National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Oglala Sioux girl in front of a tipi, probably on Pine Ridge Reservation, with her pet puppy, photo by John C. H. Grabill, 1891. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

Sioux Worshiping at the Red Boulders, oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1837-1839. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.

How the Rabbit Lost His Tail is a Sioux legend, part origin myth and part didactic tale, explaining why the rabbit looks as it does, why the owl is a night bird, and how one should treat a member of one’s family and also one’s community...

The Native American concept of land ownership differs significantly from that of the European settlers who colonized the Americas or their descendants in that land could not be owned, only stewarded and lived with. The Earth is understood...

The Brave Who Went on the Warpath Alone and Won the Name of the Lone Warrior is a Sioux tale in the tradition of the hero's journey in which a young person overcomes seemingly impossible challenges and is recognized as a great champion and...

Photograph of Sintegaleska (Spotted Tail), Sichangu Lakota Chief, wearing a scarf, jacket, and blanket. Original image photographed by C.M. Bell, 1880-1889. Photoprint cropped; printed by D.F. Barry at later date. Denver Public Library.