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Abbott Ledger
Cheyenne 101

Stuhr Museum News By Karen M. Keehr, Curator of Research Stur Museum of the Prarie Pioneer, Grand Island, Nebraska

At the encouragement of his father, Charles W. Jackson began a journal in 1867 as a way to improve his writing and get a better paying job. Jackson lived the typical life of a youn... Read More

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Arrow's Elk Society Ledger
Cheyenne 85

Various owners (dispersed). Collected in 1882 at Darlington, Indian Territory (Oklahoma) by Sallie C. Maffet. Descendants of Maffet sold the manuscript at Sotheby's auction in New York in 1997. Purchased at auction and offered to the public by Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe NM.

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Bad Eye Sketchbook
Fort Marion 57

Bad Eye, Tan-na-ti (Bird Chief) led a Kiowa raid on November 21, 1873, on the North Fork of the Canadian River below Camp Supply and near Cottonwood Grove, Indian Territory (later Oklahoma). Six of the war party were sent to Fort Marion in 1875: Bad Eye, Bear in the Clouds, Wohaw, Woman's Heart, Do... Read More

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Bear's Heart and Ohet-Toint Sketchbook
Cheyenne 25

Various owners (dispersed); Donald Ellis Gallery; Bonham's, "From the Great Lakes to the Rio Grande: the Collection of Roy Robinson, Los Angeles, October 26-27, 2023, Lot 22; Roy Robinson Collection (1882-1970), acquired from the estate of Evangeline Marrs Simpson Whipplee in 1933; Evangeline Marrs... Read More

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Bear's Heart Sketchbook
Cheyenne 25

Various owners (dispersed); Donald Ellis Gallery; Bonham's, "From the Great Lakes to the Rio Grande: the Collection of Roy Robinson, Los Angeles, October 26-27, 2023, Lot 22; Roy Robinson Collection (1882-1970), acquired from the estate of Evangeline Marrs Simpson Whipplee in 1933; Evangeline Marrs... Read More

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Bethel Moore Custer Ledger
Cheyenne 65

Frontier Army Museum, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, donated July 21, 1966. Catalog lists as "Album of drawing by Cheyenne Indians. Made for Capt. B. M. Custer" after caption on drawing: "Drawn by Cheyenne Indians 1881 for Capt. B.M. Custer U.S.A."

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Black Hawk Ledger
Lakota (Sioux) 82

Sold at auction, Sotheby's, Fine American Indian Art, New York, October 21, 1994, lot 174, property of Bessie C. Irvin Trust. Collected by William Edward Caton, Indian Trader at the Cheyenne Agency in Dakota, and bound in 1881. 76 pages. Statement bound into ledger book: Bound volume of INDIAN P... Read More

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Black Horse Ledger
Cheyenne 86

Drawings principally by Black Horse, c. 1879-1885, depicting Northern Cheyenne events beginning around 1865. Likely acquired through the post trader at Fort Keogh, Montana. Carl Denzel Collection. Purchased by Plains Ledger Art Digital Publishing Project (PILA), Department of Ethnic Studies, UC San ... Read More

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Black Road - Wilkins Ledger
Lakota (Sioux) 91

Private owner. Provenance provided by 3rd generation descendants of Charles A. Wilkins on a typed note taped to the inside front cover:

"The attached book is a book given to George Wilkins' father Charles A. Wilkins, by Chief Sitting Bull, while said Chief was a prisoner under C. A. Wilkins' ter... Read More

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Cedar Tree Ledger
Arapaho 46

Various owners (dispersed); Donald Ellis Gallery; José Bedia, Sotheby's, New York, December 4, 1997, Sale 7066, Lot 447; Collected at the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, Darlington, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, in 1882.

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Cheyenne Bowstring Warrior Society
Cheyenne 36

Donald Ellis Gallery Ltd.; Private Collection; Sotheby's Arts of the American West, New York, May 22, 2013; Edward and Dillie Thomas, The Giberson Family, Louis and Sarah Giberson; Ambrose Asher; gift from Cheyenne Bowstring Society chief, perhaps Lame Bull.

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Cheyenne Dog Soldier Ledger
Cheyenne 112

Dog Soldier Ledger Book Collection (MSS #722), Colorado Historical Society, Denver, Colorado. Ira W. LaMunyon, donated on November 30, 1903.

Previously known as the Summit Spring Sketchbook. Sketchbook captured by an American soldier during the 1869 Battle of Summit Springs, near Sterling, Color... Read More

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Cheyenne | Arapaho Ledger - Pamplin
Arapaho 120

Acquired by the Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. Collection of American Indian Art. Purchased at auction by Morning Star Gallery (and others) at auction: Sotheby's, Fine American Indian Art, New York, May 24, 1994, lot 196, "From an Indiana private collection".

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Coe-Cheyenne Ledger
Cheyenne 44

Ralph T. Coe Foundation, Coe-Cheyenne Ledger (NA 1154); Brant Mackley Gallery, Hummelstown, PA; Southern Cheyenne, Darlington Agency, Indian Territory

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Coffeen-Crow Ledger
Crow 25

Various owners (dispersed), Donald Ellis Gallery, H. Malcolm Grimmer Antique American Indian Art, Santa Fe, NM. Ledger drawings in bank passbook belonging to Herbert Allen Coffeen (3/11/1869, Bement, IL - August 31, 1916, Pasadena, CA), Sheridan, Wyoming.

Herbert Allen was 16 when his father m... Read More

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