Native American Sioux Indians, Horse Racing, 1830s

Horse racing of Sioux Indians, near Fort Pierre. The Sioux are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations peoples in North America. The Sioux comprise three major divisions based on language divisions: the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota. The Spanish introduced horses to the Sioux in the 16th century. Once they began to use horses as a means of carrying articles and transportation, life became much easier, particularly since they were living a nomadic lifestyle. After the arrival of the horse the Indians could hunt from horseback, choosing only the most desirable of targets for their prey. Many religious ceremonies were based on the horse and its contribution to the life of the Indian. The Oglala Dakota tribe used horse medicine to influence the outcome of horse races, to cure sick and wounded horses, to calm a fractious horse and to make broodmares have fine foals. Voyage dans l'interieur de l'Amerique du Nord, execute pendant les annees 1832-34. Karl Bodmer (February 11, 1809 - October 30, 1893) was a Swiss printmaker, lithographer, painter, illustrator and hunter. He accompanied the German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied on his Missouri River expedition. Bodmer was hired as an artist to record images of cities, rivers, towns and peoples they saw along the way, including the many tribes of Native Americans along the Missouri River and in that region

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LOC/Rare Books Selections/Science Source/Mary Evans