They were all made in the winter of 1913-1914, the 'starving time'
May 2, 2018 1:15 PM   Subscribe

Claire Voon at Hyperallergic describes a Newly Digitized Collection of Early 20th-Century Lakota Drawings. The entire collection is now available to examine online as part of the Newberry’s new open access policy that has so far made over 1.7 digital images available for unrestricted and free use. The drawings, specifically, are part of the Edward E. Ayer Collection, which comprises artworks, books, and other materials related to American Indian history and culture. posted by bq (6 comments total) 20 users marked this as a favorite
 
The browseable interface has all of the images indicated as "Creator: Sioux children", but the article says that most of them were made by adults. Is that a mistake in the database or ?
posted by quaking fajita at 1:44 PM on May 2, 2018


I believe it to be an attribution error.
posted by bq at 2:00 PM on May 2, 2018


"https://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ayer_Art_Sioux_Indian_Drawings_00004_o2-1080x834.jpg"

This one by a kiddo is pretty sad, there are a bunch depicting violence and tragedy but for some reason this one of a young girl vomiting up blood next to a casual horse rider is particularly sad to me.

Love that there is a record of this, wish we had more of this. Actually, if I'm wishing, I wish Europeans never colonized this continent.
posted by GoblinHoney at 2:29 PM on May 2, 2018 [2 favorites]


If wishes were horses?

I noticed that picture too. It's strongly reminiscent of drawings by children from Darfur that I saw several years ago.
posted by bq at 2:39 PM on May 2, 2018


I think there may be more than 1.7 drawings
posted by Sebmojo at 3:12 PM on May 2, 2018 [4 favorites]


Some Native American ledger art is still being made. Dwayne Wilcox, Oglala Lakota, is particularly good.
posted by zaelic at 10:35 AM on May 3, 2018


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