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Ledger Drawing of a Native American warrior stealing a herd of horses | Donald Ellis Gallery

Ledger Drawing

anonymous artist
Goodwyn Ledger Book
Lakota
Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan

ca. 1880

ink, graphite and coloured pencil on lined paper

height: 3"
width: 5 ¾"

Inventory # P4394-33

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The Goodwyn Ledger Drawings were created by several Lakota and Cheyenne warrior artists in the Wood Mountain Uplands, SK in the late 1870’s. The images directly reflect a series of violent encounters with the U.S. military in Dakota Territory which had prompted a group of approximately 5,000 Native Americans to evacuate across the border to Canada guided by Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull.

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W. H. Goodwyn