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| This original one-of-a-kind hand painted End of the Trail scene is painted on the back of a genuine rabbit fur. The hoop is 12" in diameter (30.48cm) and covered with white buckskin leather. It has 14 white deerskin streamers decorated with colorful pheasant feathers and glass crow beads. The bottom of the fringes are each tipped with long pheasant tail feathers. Overall length is about 46" (1.1684 metres), not counting the leather hanger strap.
This is a ONE-OF-A-KIND work of art. Only 1 is available!
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AUTHOR: Catherine Watson The ancient pueblo of Acoma is aptly nicknamed. Known as the Sky City, it commands the most exotic location of any inhabited place in the United States - the top of a 370-foot-high mesa in New Mexico, a natural citadel of golden rock, an island in the sky.
It's also amazingly well disguised....
Shawnee Chief Cornstalk (aka Keigh-tugh-guawas, Hokoleskwa, Hokolesqua, Wynepuechsika, Peter Cornstalk and Peter Fry) was born in 1720, in Mason County, Virginia (now West Virginia). He became chief of the Shawnee Native Americans and led them to battle against the Americans (particularly the Virginians). He later became the chief of...
Chief Red Fox, Silent Film Actor
Tokalu Luta was born on 11 June 1870, on the Pine Ridge Reservation,Thunder Butte, in the Dakota Territory. He was a Ogala Lakota Sioux Native American. He became known as Chief William Red Fox. His father was Chief Black Eagle and his mother was White Swan, the sister of Chief Crazy Horse. Thus, he was a nephew of the famous Sioux leader Chief Crazy Horse.
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Mailbag Question
If you are looking for information on a particular subject related to native americans or arts and crafts, submit your question to our popular Mailbag column. While we can't answer every question, we do pick the most interesting ones to feature and answer each week on our website.
Today's Question:
In the very near future, I am planning on asking a woman of mixed Sioux and Cherokee descent to marry me. Her family history is obscure but I would like to recognize her partial native american heritage by making a traditional request for her hand, if such a tradition exists. If you could point me in the proper direction, I would be apppreciative.
~Submitted by Jim M.
ANSWER: Hi Jim,
Most of the customs of the Cherokee and Sioux that would be practiced today apply more to the wedding ceremony than the courtship period.
In the old days, marriages were usually arranged by the parents in both Sioux and Cherokee society, and the formal request for a bride was made by presenting gifts (the bride price - usually food, blankets, and fine clothing, and later horses) to the bride's parents, who made the decision to accept or reject.... 3"x3.75" Medium Fringed White Medicine Bag with Neck String 15" Eagle Feather Spider Web Pattern Dreamcatcher with Many Crystals Amethyst Agate Horse Hair Handmade Dreamcatcher with Crystal More on Sale!
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