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Painted buffalo hide
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakotac. 1904
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, National Park Service
Oyster Bay, United States
Buffalo hide given by Indian Court of Affairs Chief Justice John Grass of the Standing Rock Reservation to Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Grass had fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn. This hide was painted by the Native Americans of the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota and South Dakota and depicts the Battle of Little Bighorn.
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Details
- Title: Painted buffalo hide
- Creator: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota
- Date Created: c. 1904
- Location: United States--Standing Rock Indian Reservation
- Physical Dimensions: L 223.3 cm, W 82.7 cm
- Subject Keywords: Hides and skins, Gifts to politicians, Little Bighorn, Battle of the (Montana : 1876) in art, Indians of North America
- Contributor: Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, National Park Service
- Medium: Animal hide and paint
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