Lakota Shirt Wearer
Oil on canvas board 8 x 10
Among the Lakota, the Wicasa Yatapika, “shirt wearers,” or head chiefs, were the only men who had the right to wear painted scalp shirts.
Demonstrations of great sacrifice and bravery were required to earn this high rank in traditional Lakota society. Such chiefs were embued with supernatural powers used to protect and serve their people.
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