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  • Description is exactly "Portrait of Chief Spotted Elk (Oglala Lakota) wearing presidential medal, pink shirt and wrapped in blanket. Sharp's inscription: "A very important man to his tribe- Several diplomatic trips to Washington over complicated affairs- President Grant gave him the medal... Sioux - At Pine Ridge, S.D. and other agencies always in trouble with Gov'mt.- Obstreperous.- Army officer, replacing an agent said to me.- If the Lord Jesus Christ came to Pine Ridge Agency, in three weeks they would file charges against him and prove(underlined) it! Only a few malcontents, but they were clever propogandists""

Joseph Henry Sharp 1906
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