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Keeling Ledger
Cheyenne 124

Keeling Ledger Book, Nebraska State Historical Society (11310-55), is from the collection of William Henry Keeling of Falls City, NE. Major Keeling served with the Army in Montana in the 1860s. It is likely that the ledger book was collected at Camp Cooke, Montana in 1866-67.

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Kiowa Sketchbook (type 2) - Missouri Historical Society
Kiowa 23

"This book contains pictures made by an untrained Indian of the Kiowa tribe. Mr. W. E. Quinett [sic, W. H. Quinette], a partner of Capt. [Frank] Rice at Fort Sill Oklahoma was commissioned by a representative of the Smithsonian Institute to secure a collection of drawings by a native Indian. Mr. Qui... Read More

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Kiowa Sketchbook - Davis Museum
Fort Marion 19

Acquired by the Davis Museum, Wellesley, MA. The Class of 1947 Acquisition Fund, 2006.167.1-.14 Earlier, property of Leila Weekes Wilson.

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Kiowa-Finley Sketchbook No. 1
Kiowa 34

Collected by Walter Lowrie Finley, 2nd Lieutenant, 9th Cavalry while stationed at Fort Sill during 11/19/1881 to 7/16/1883. Gift of Renette Finley and David Finley (grandchildren of W. L. Finley) to Plains Ledger Art Digital Publishing Project (PILA), Mandeville Special Collections, UCSD Libraries,... Read More

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Kiowa-Finley Sketchbook No. 2
Kiowa 39

Collected by Walter Lowrie Finley, 2nd Lieutenant, 9th Cavalry while stationed at Fort Sill during 11/19/1881 to 7/16/1883. Gift of Renette Finley and David Finley (grandchildren of W. L. Finley) to Plains Ledger Art Digital Publishing Project (PILA), Mandeville Special Collections, UCSD Libraries,... Read More

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Koba-Russell Sketchbook
Fort Marion 23

Book of drawings by the Kiowa artist Koba given to Miss Josephine Russell in 1876 by Captain Richard H. Pratt, Commander of Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida.

Miss Russell served as a volunteer school-mistress at Fort Marion, providing instruction for the Plains Indian warriors imprisoned t... Read More

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Little Shield Ledger (Schøyen)
Cheyenne 146

Little Shield, Cheyenne Chief, Central Plains (1865-1879) Judge Charles H. Loud, Miles City, Montana, and his descendants (-2000) Bruce Ferrini, Akron, Ohio Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo.

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Little Whirlwind Ledger
Cheyenne 34

Provenance: Drawn in 1897 by Northern Cheyenne leader Little Whirlwind in Miles City Jail. Miles City, Montana; given to Judge Charles H. Loud from Little Whirlwind in 1897, Miles City, Montana; Bruce Ferrini, Akron, Ohio, Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo.

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Mad Bull Ledger
Arapaho 18

Various owners (dispersed); Donald Ellis Gallery Ltd, New York; Stephen Lister; Skinner, January 15, 2011, Auction 2533B, Lot 379.

Presentation inscription (on reverse side of the drawing 1V with an Arapaho attacking a Shoshone warrior): Original sketches by a Cheyenne Indian, Fort Reno, I.T., f... Read More

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Northern Cheyenne Ledger-Kansas State Historical Society
Cheyenne 82

Drawn in 1879 by one or more Northern Cheyenne prisoners in the Dodge City jail held for trial after breaking out of Fort Robinson. Northern Cheyenne men documented as jailed in the Dodge City (Ford County) jail, 1879, are: Wild Hog, Porcupine, Old Crow, Strong Left Hand, Noisy Walker (or Old Man), ... Read More

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Ohet-Toint Sketchbook - Simpson
Fort Marion 19

Various owners (dispersed); Donald Ellis Gallery; Bonham's, "From the Great Lakes to the Rio Grande: the Collection of Roy Robinson, Los Angeles, October 26-27, 2023, Lot 23; Roy Robinson Collection (1882-1970), acquired from the estate of Evangeline Marrs Simpson Whipplee in 1933; Evangeline Mar... Read More

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Porcupine Ledger-Schøyen
Cheyenne 26

Drawn in 1879 by Northern Cheyenne leader Porcipine in Dodge City Jail. Dodge City, Kansas; purchased by L.M. Wyatt from Porcupine in April 1879, Dodge City, Kansas; Bruce Ferrini, Akron, Ohio; Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo. This is one of four extant ledger notebooks made by one or more surv... Read More

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Rodolphe Petter - Cheyenne Ledger
Cheyenne 71

Collected by Rodolphe Petter, a General Conference Mennonite missionary to the Cheyenne in Oklahoma (1891-1916). The drawings were done on the Cheyenne Reservation in Indian Territory during the 1890s. They are part of the Rodolphe Petter Papers at the Mennonite Library and Archives, Bethel College... Read More

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Rosebud Autograph Album
Lakota (Sioux) 35

• Roy Oswalt, Ancient Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, sold around 2008-2010. • Michael D. Higgins, Antique Indian Art, Tucson, AZ. • Purchased with funds from Plains Indian Ledger Art Project (PILA) in Santa Fe, NM, 8/23/2023.

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Rosebud School Album
Lakota (Sioux) 27

This sketchbook of ledger drawings was sent in 1890 to Dwight or Daniel Pierson, brothers who lived in LeRoy, NY, by Reverend William Saul Native Deacon, Rosebud Agency. Both Pierson brothers had sent school supplies, copies of Harper’s Weekly and other reading materials to a school at the Rosebud... Read More

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