Verbal Meets Visual

Sitting Bull and the Representation of History

Bibliographic Data

ID2741024
AuthorsCandace S Greene (0000-0001-8713-9213, Smithsonian Institution, corresponding author), Candace Greene
Year2015
Volume62
Issue2
Pages217-240
Publication date2015-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnohistory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0014-1801 • E-ISSN: 1527-5477
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/00141801-2854291
OpenAlexW2260718876
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

A distinct form of Plains Indian historical narrative, the recounting of war deeds known as coup, was once produced through two linked forms of expression: oral recitation and pictorial representation. Many nineteenth-century examples of the visual component have survived, now separated from their oral component. A rare example in which both narrative strands have been preserved presents an opportunity to examine the types of information included in each, to consider the ways in which the different strands were deployed toward social ends, and to gain insights into Lakota historical consciousness. The materials were created by the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull in 1882 while a prisoner of the US Army

Aesthetics · Art · Component (thermodynamics) · Consciousness · Expression (computer science) · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics) · Sitting · Sociology · Visual arts · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Computer Science · History · Law · Medicine · Psychology