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Valise

Nellie Two Bear Gates, Mahpiya Bogawin, Gathering of Clouds Woman Native American

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Nellie Gates made this case for her daughter Josephine as a gift upon her graduation from the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. On one side, she beaded the deeds of her father, Two Bear, in the 1863 Battle of White Stone Hill. On the reverse, she created images of the Lakota’s last big buffalo hunt in 1882. Gates was one of the most accomplished bead workers of her time. She created many other objects to honor meaningful events in her family history.

Valise, Nellie Two Bear Gates, Mahpiya Bogawin, Gathering of Clouds Woman (Native American, Lakota (Teton Sioux), Standing Rock Reservation, North or South Dakota, born 1854), Commercial and native-tanned leather, glass beads, metal, Lakota (Teton Sioux)

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Valise, Nellie Two Bear Gates, Mahpiya Bogawin, Gathering of Clouds Woman (Native American, Lakota (Teton Sioux), Standing Rock Reservation, North or South Dakota, born 1854), Commercial and native-tanned leather, glass beads, metal, Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Valise, Nellie Two Bear Gates, Mahpiya Bogawin, Gathering of Clouds Woman (Native American, Lakota (Teton Sioux), Standing Rock Reservation, North or South Dakota, born 1854), Commercial and native-tanned leather, glass beads, metal, Lakota (Teton Sioux)

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