Going to War on Foot, George Ladeaux

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George Ladeaux, Going to War on Foot
George Ladeaux, Going to War on Foot
George Ladeaux
Going to War on Foot
1901–1904
George Ladeaux
Cultural affiliations: Oglala Lakota
1870–1906
Going to War on Foot, 1901–1904
Where object was made: Pine Ridge, South Dakota, United States
Material/technique: pencil; colored pencil
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 20.3 x 29.1 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 8 0.99213 x 11 7/16 in
Credit line: Transfer from Central College, Orville John and Evaline Dryer Green Collection
Accession number: 2007.3866
Not on display
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Separate and Not Equal: A History of Race and Education in America
Ladeaux, a member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux, lived on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota but was sent to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. Relocating Native children from their homes and cultures was seen as the best way to assimilate them into mainstream society. After Ladeaux was discharged from Carlisle because of ill health, he returned to Pine Ridge and met Orville John Green, who was then working at the school on the reservation (see photos to the left). Green collected two ledger drawings Ladeaux created, including this work that depicts a war between members of the Lakota Sioux and Crow tribes. The artist narrated the scene in neat cursive on the back of the drawing (see image below). Ledger drawings, created on pieces of ledger paper, evolved from the tradition of pictorial hide painting.
Separate and Not Equal: A History of Race and Education in America
Ladeaux, a member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux, lived on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota but was sent to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. Relocating Native children from their homes and cultures was seen as the best way to assimilate them into mainstream society. After Ladeaux was discharged from Carlisle because of ill health, he returned to Pine Ridge and met Orville John Green, who was then working at the school on the reservation (see photos to the left). Green collected two ledger drawings Ladeaux created, including this work that depicts a war between members of the Lakota Sioux and Crow tribes. The artist narrated the scene in neat cursive on the back of the drawing (see image below). Ledger drawings, created on pieces of ledger paper, evolved from the tradition of pictorial hide painting.

Exhibitions

Separate and Not Equal: A History of Race and Education in America
Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
Celka Straughn, curator
2017