Articles of a Treaty
On view through August 28, 2022
The Brinton Museum
Big Horn, Wyoming
https://thebrintonmuseum.org
Originated by the Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies (CAIRNS), “Articles of a Treaty” focuses on the seventeen articles of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. Thirty-two contemporary Oceti Sakowin artists created artworks for this exhibit. Seventeen additional Oceti Sakowin writers crafted poems or prose for the seventeen articles. Seventeen Oceti Sakowin and Northern Plains musicians created songs that are available online.
Between April 29, 1868, and November 6, 1868, one hundred fifty-eight representatives of the Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) Confederacy signed the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. Curator Craig Howe, Ph.D. defines for us the divisions of the Oceti Sakowin Confederacy: Dakota (east) is comprised of four tribes, Nakota is comprised of two tribes and Lakota has one tribe.
[Image: Lorri Ann Two Bulls, Oglala Sioux Tribe, My Heart Doesn’t Cry, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 18 x 0.75]
