This Native American (Santee Sioux) buckskin saddle cover was found in Ft. Yates, North Dakota. The blue, green, red, yellow, white, and translucent beads are in a leaf and bird pattern. The cover has a canvas cinch and a metal ring.
Date
[between 1870 and 1890]
Notes
Accession ID: E.1062; History Colorado.; Curatorial note supplied by History Colorado: During the NAGPRA Consultation with three Sioux tribes held at CHS on January 29, 1998, Zona Loans Arrow (elder/consultant from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe) commented that the Saddle Cover might be Sissetan/Eastern Sioux.; Object ID: E.1062.1; Scanned image from loaned transparency including Object ID.; Title supplied.; R7200030942
