from a song for the horse nation
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From A Song for the Horse Nation: Horses in Native American Cultures
Ledger book, 1884. Drawings by His Fight (Hunkpapa Lakota). South Dakota or North Dakota. (25/4575)
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Portrait of High Wolf, ca. 1879–80. Drawing by Yellow Nose (Ute, raised as Cheyenne). (23/4368)
High Wolf “counts coup” against a Nez Perce, touching him with a riding quirt in a daring act of bravery. The imitation scalp under his horse’s chin indicates victories in battle for both horse and rider.
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Man Who Carries the Sword, ca. 1875. Oglala Lakota drawing. (10/9628)
The artist is Lakota, but the subject may be from a southern Plains tribe. Man Who Carries the Sword wears an impressive bonnet with many feathers and carries a shield with feathers as well, indicating that he was a prominent warrior. The single horn on his headdress may refer to an image seen in a dream. His horse wears a silver bridle.
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Horse Dance, ca. 1885. Ledger drawing by Rain In the Face (Hunkpapa Lakota), South Dakota or North Dakota. (20/1628)
Note that the dancer carries a horse dance stick.
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Exploits of Poor Wolf, Hidatsa Second Chief, probably early 1900s. Hidatsa drawing. (4/2446A)
At upper left, Poor Wolf sports a military coat and saber, possibly won in battle. The eagle feathers tied to the tail of his very elegant horse suggest that this was a highly prized animal, as does the fancy Spanish bridle.
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Cheyenne River Lakota shield cover, ca. 1880s. South Dakota. Pigment, hide, and rawhide. Photograph by Katherine Fogden, NMAI. (6/2195)
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Piikuni (Blackfeet) elk-skin robe with painted decoration by Mountain Chief, mid-1800s. Montana. Pigment and hide. Photograph by Katherine Fogden, NMAI. (22/1878)
In this scene, the Blackfeet are holding their own against two sets of enemies: other tribes and bears (seen in the lower left corner). The small arcs represent hoof prints, and the arrow-like marks below them indicate the direction in which the
horse was headed.
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Winter Count on cloth by Long Soldier (Hunkpapa Lakota), ca. 1902. Fort Yates, North Dakota. Muslin cloth. Photograph by Ernest Amoroso, NMAI. (11/6720)
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Lakota Horse Mask, 2008, by Jim Yellowhawk (Cheyenne River Lakota, b. 1958). South Dakota. Acrylic on paper, gold leaf. Photograph by Ernest Amoroso, NMAI. (26/7199)