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A Lakota war book from the Little Bighorn : the pictographic "autobiography of Half Moon", Castle McLaughlin

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Summary
Houghton Library and Harvard's Peabody Museum Press collaborated on this cultural analysis of the extraordinary composite document titled by its compiler "The Pictorial Autobiography of Half Moon, an Uncpapa Sioux Chief." At its core is a nineteenth-century ledger book of pictographic drawings by Lakota Sioux warriors found in 1876 in a funerary tipi on the Little Bighorn battlefield after Custer's defeat. Journalist Phocion Howard later added an illustrated introduction and had it bound into the beautiful manuscript that is reproduced in complete color facsimile here. Howard attributed all seventy-seven Native drawings to a "chief" named Half Moon, but anthropologist Castle McLaughlin demonstrates that these dramatic scenes, mostly of war exploits, were drawn by at least six different warrior-artists. Their vivid first-person depictions make up a rare Native American record of historic events that likely occurred between 1866 and 1868 during Red Cloud's War along the Bozeman Trail. McLaughlin probes the complex life history of this unique artifact of cross-cultural engagement, uncovering its origins, ownership, and cultural and historic significance, and compares it with other early ledger books. Examining how allied Lakota and Cheyenne warriors valued these graphic records of warfare as both objects and images, she introduces the concept of "war books"--Documents that were captured and altered by Native warrior-artists to appropriate the strategic power of Euroamerican literacy
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xii, 355 pages
Contents
  • Provenance and History
  • The Ledger and the Little Bighorn
  • A Life History of the Ledger
  • Creating the "Autobiography of Half Moon"
  • Ledger Art and War Books
  • Ledger Art and Ledger Studies
  • War Books
  • The Houghton Ledger as Object
  • The Drawings
  • The Artists and Their Stories
  • Artist A: The Lakota Sahiyela
  • Artist B: The Blue Roan Warrior
  • Artist C: The Bonnet Man
  • Artist D: The Heyoka
  • Artist E: Thunder Hawk
  • Artist F: The Decoy
  • Miscellaneous Drawings
  • Summary of Diagnostic Content in the Drawings
Isbn
9780981885865
Instance
Label
A Lakota war book from the Little Bighorn : the pictographic "autobiography of Half Moon"
Title
A Lakota war book from the Little Bighorn
Title remainder
the pictographic "autobiography of Half Moon"
Statement of responsibility
Castle McLaughlin
Title variation
Pictographic "autobiography of Half Moon"
Creator
Subject
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Language
eng
Summary
Houghton Library and Harvard's Peabody Museum Press collaborated on this cultural analysis of the extraordinary composite document titled by its compiler "The Pictorial Autobiography of Half Moon, an Uncpapa Sioux Chief." At its core is a nineteenth-century ledger book of pictographic drawings by Lakota Sioux warriors found in 1876 in a funerary tipi on the Little Bighorn battlefield after Custer's defeat. Journalist Phocion Howard later added an illustrated introduction and had it bound into the beautiful manuscript that is reproduced in complete color facsimile here. Howard attributed all seventy-seven Native drawings to a "chief" named Half Moon, but anthropologist Castle McLaughlin demonstrates that these dramatic scenes, mostly of war exploits, were drawn by at least six different warrior-artists. Their vivid first-person depictions make up a rare Native American record of historic events that likely occurred between 1866 and 1868 during Red Cloud's War along the Bozeman Trail. McLaughlin probes the complex life history of this unique artifact of cross-cultural engagement, uncovering its origins, ownership, and cultural and historic significance, and compares it with other early ledger books. Examining how allied Lakota and Cheyenne warriors valued these graphic records of warfare as both objects and images, she introduces the concept of "war books"--Documents that were captured and altered by Native warrior-artists to appropriate the strategic power of Euroamerican literacy
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McLaughlin, Castle
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Houghton Library studies
Series volume
4
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
  • Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, in art
  • Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876
  • Indian ledger drawings
  • Black Hills War, 1876-1877
  • Indigenous ledger drawings
  • Dakota
  • Bataille de Little Bighorn, Mont., 1876
  • Bataille de Little Bighorn, Mont., 1876
  • Indian ledger drawings
  • Guerre des Black Hills, 1876-1877
  • Little Bighorn, Battle of the (Montana : 1876) in art
  • Montana
  • Schlacht am Little Bighorn
  • Lakota
  • Ledger Drawing
  • Schlacht am Little Bighorn
  • Teton-Dakota
  • Ledger Drawing
Label
A Lakota war book from the Little Bighorn : the pictographic "autobiography of Half Moon", Castle McLaughlin
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-346) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Provenance and History -- The Ledger and the Little Bighorn -- A Life History of the Ledger -- Creating the "Autobiography of Half Moon" -- Ledger Art and War Books -- Ledger Art and Ledger Studies -- War Books -- The Houghton Ledger as Object -- The Drawings -- The Artists and Their Stories -- Artist A: The Lakota Sahiyela -- Artist B: The Blue Roan Warrior -- Artist C: The Bonnet Man -- Artist D: The Heyoka -- Artist E: Thunder Hawk -- Artist F: The Decoy -- Miscellaneous Drawings -- Summary of Diagnostic Content in the Drawings
Control code
836261671
Dimensions
26 cm.
Extent
xii, 355 pages
Isbn
9780981885865
Lccn
2013012863
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other control number
40023415793
Other physical details
color illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)836261671
Label
A Lakota war book from the Little Bighorn : the pictographic "autobiography of Half Moon", Castle McLaughlin
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-346) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Provenance and History -- The Ledger and the Little Bighorn -- A Life History of the Ledger -- Creating the "Autobiography of Half Moon" -- Ledger Art and War Books -- Ledger Art and Ledger Studies -- War Books -- The Houghton Ledger as Object -- The Drawings -- The Artists and Their Stories -- Artist A: The Lakota Sahiyela -- Artist B: The Blue Roan Warrior -- Artist C: The Bonnet Man -- Artist D: The Heyoka -- Artist E: Thunder Hawk -- Artist F: The Decoy -- Miscellaneous Drawings -- Summary of Diagnostic Content in the Drawings
Control code
836261671
Dimensions
26 cm.
Extent
xii, 355 pages
Isbn
9780981885865
Lccn
2013012863
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other control number
40023415793
Other physical details
color illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)836261671

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