A Grand Chief (Sioux)
Charcoal
12 x 10
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~ A Grand Chief ~
“Licks”
Tribe: Oglala Sioux
c.1829
Wife: Yankton Woman
In 1898, Chief Licks participated in the Indian Congress at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska where he was photographed by Frank A. Rinehart (Reference for this drawing) His age in this sitting would be around 70.
“The following named Oglala Sioux chieftains, warriors and medicine men will go down in Indian annals as the greatest in the history of the whole Sioux Nation; Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Old-Man-Afraid-Of-His-Horses, Little Wound, American Horse, Blue Horse, Spotted Elk, Licks, Rocky Bear, Kicking Bear, Conquering Bear, Owns Sorrel Horse, Charging Shield, Standing Bear, No Flesh, No Water, Woman Dress, Short Bull, Fire Lightning, Knife Chief, He Dog, Young-Man-Afraid-Of-His-Horses, and Sword.” (Excerpt from the book, ‘Pine Ridge Reservation,’ published in 1909, by Ralph H. Ross, M.D.)
