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Wounded Knee #III

Arthur Amiotte Native American

2001

Not on view

On December 29, 1890, at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, the 7th Cavalry of the U.S. Army—General George Armstrong Custer’s reconstructed command—killed at least 150 Lakota men, women, and children. Arthur Amiotte’s great-grandfather Standing Bear (1859–1933) lost his wife and baby daughter in the massacre. Through historical photos, his family’s oral history, colored drawings, and newspaper clippings, the artist tells the tragic story that ended the dream for new life promised by the Ghost Dance.

Wounded Knee #III, Arthur Amiotte (Native American, Oglala Lakota (Teton Sioux), born South Dakota, 1942), Ink and paper on canvas, Oglala Lakota (Teton Sioux) — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Wounded Knee #III

Artist: Arthur Amiotte (Native American, Oglala Lakota (Teton Sioux), born South Dakota, 1942)

Date: 2001

Geography: United States, South Dakota

Culture: Oglala Lakota (Teton Sioux)

Medium: Ink and paper on canvas

Dimensions: 36 × 48 in. (91.4 × 121.9 cm)

Classification: Collages

Credit Line: Lent by the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago; Gift of Robert and Miranda Donnelley (2013.30)

Accession Number: SL.7.2015.13.1

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