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Post by Dietmar on Aug 21, 2013 5:04:02 GMT -5
As requested, here is some info on Small Ankle, compiled from the internet. Please add more or more accurate information.  Small Ankle by Zalmon Gilbert www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp Small Ankle Tribe name: Hidatsa Born: unknown Died: 1888 Occupation: medicine man From: Encyclopedia of Native American Religions, Updated Edition. Small Ankle became the keeper of the Maa-duush, the sacred Waterbuster (Midipadi) Clan Bundle, believed to have originated as a gift from a supernatural being who had joined the human race. Passed down through generations of keepers, ownership was acquired through ritual purchase by a Midipadi clan member. A transfer generally occurred after a keeper became elderly and could no longer carry out the necessary obligations associated with it. Small Ankle purchased the sacred bundle from Missouri River, who had helped to lead their people upriver to Like-a-Fishhook village after their villages at the mouth of the Knife River in present-day North Dakota were struck by smallpox in 1837. The new keeper was a member of a prominent family. His father, Big Cloud, was another leader in the migration to Like-a Fishhook, and Buffalo Bird Woman, his daughter, and other relatives had acquired rights to sacred ceremonies. Because Small Ankle's earth lodge housed the ancient bundle, stored in a wooden shrine, it was treated with particular honor and respect. His grandson, Edward Goodbird, described the area between the central post and the shrine as holy: "It was therefore not permitted to walk between the post and the sacred Bundles" When Small Ankle died in 1888, he was still the keeper. His son, Wolf Chief, who became custodian of the objects, was ineligible to assume the role as he belonged to the Prairie Chicken clan on his mother's side of the family, not the Midipadi, and he was a Christian convert. In 1907 Wolf Chief sold the shrine, accompanied with data about its history and use, to the anthropologist Gilbert L. Wilson, who collected it for George Heye, founder of the Museum of the American Indian in New York City. Members of the Midipadi clan were outraged by the sale and petitioned the museum for its return. In 1938, in one of the first successful repatriations of Indian sacred objects, the ancient bundle was reluctantly returned. Text Citation (Chicago Manual of Style format): Hirschfelder, Arlene, and Paulette Molin. "Small Ankle." Encyclopedia of Native American Religions, Updated Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2000. American Indian History Online. Facts On File, Inc. www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE43&iPin=ind2055&SingleRecord=True (accessed August 21, 2013). Small Ankle of the Rising Water (Water Buster) Clan of Hidatsas Brother: Charging Enemy Married to four sisters: Weahtee (Want-To-Be-A-Woman), Red Blossom, Stalk-of-Corn, Strikes-Many-Woman Daughter with Weahtee : Waheenee-wea (Buffalo Bird Woman) Other children: Wolf Chief Bear´s Tail Flies Low Red Kettle Full Heart see: archive.org/stream/waheeneeanindia00wilsgoog#page/n6/mode/2uplib.fortbertholdcc.edu/FortBerthold/TATBIO.htmdigital.library.upenn.edu/women/buffalo/garden/garden.html Small Ankle and sons Charging Enemy, Red Kettle and Wolf Chief. Wolf Chief is sitting left |
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Post by Dietmar on Aug 21, 2013 5:07:51 GMT -5
Here are two more pictures of Small Ankle, provided by our member "sunshower". Unfortunately the man standing with Small Ankle is unidentified:   Small Ankle Both photos by photograper Zalmon Gilbert |
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Post by chicheman on Aug 22, 2013 5:53:22 GMT -5
Interesting Infomation on Small Ankle, Dietmar, danke.
Here something in addition :
Regarding the return of the Waterbuter-Clan sacred bundle we have some information :
There was a long drought in the 1930´s that caused bad harvests and ranchers had even to slaughter their cattles out of lack of water. Finally the situation on Fort Berthold Reservation became serious and critical. The Hidatsa Waterbuster Clan was traditionally in the old days responsible for rain calling, doing ceremonies and the sacred bundle had to be used. But since the bundle was sold and no longer with the tribe, this was not possible. After two years of negotiations with the Heye Museum in New York, three man were able to bring the bundle back in 1937, - Arthur Mandan, Drags Wolf and Foolish Bear. There was a celebration of the return of the sacred bundle in February - and there was lightning, thunder and rain.
(Info / Source from Museum Exhibition Magazin, "In the River of Time - Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara: Native Life along the Upper Missouri River", Linden Museum Stuttgart, Germany; Exhibition from Nov. 25 2000 - Sept. 16 2001; Magazin published 2000)
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Post by kevinfinley on May 15, 2020 9:57:37 GMT -5
As requested, here is some info on Small Ankle, compiled from the internet. Please add more or more accurate information. Small Ankle by Zalmon Gilbert www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp Small Ankle Tribe name: Hidatsa Born: unknown Died: 1888 Occupation: medicine man From: Encyclopedia of Native American Religions, Updated Edition. Small Ankle became the keeper of the Maa-duush, the sacred Waterbuster (Midipadi) Clan Bundle, believed to have originated as a gift from a supernatural being who had joined the human race. Passed down through generations of keepers, ownership was acquired through ritual purchase by a Midipadi clan member. A transfer generally occurred after a keeper became elderly and could no longer carry out the necessary obligations associated with it. Small Ankle purchased the sacred bundle from Missouri River, who had helped to lead their people upriver to Like-a-Fishhook village after their villages at the mouth of the Knife River in present-day North Dakota were struck by smallpox in 1837. The new keeper was a member of a prominent family. His father, Big Cloud, was another leader in the migration to Like-a Fishhook, and Buffalo Bird Woman, his daughter, and other relatives had acquired rights to sacred ceremonies. Because Small Ankle's earth lodge housed the ancient bundle, stored in a wooden shrine, it was treated with particular honor and respect. His grandson, Edward Goodbird, described the area between the central post and the shrine as holy: "It was therefore not permitted to walk between the post and the sacred Bundles" When Small Ankle died in 1888, he was still the keeper. His son, Wolf Chief, who became custodian of the objects, was ineligible to assume the role as he belonged to the Prairie Chicken clan on his mother's side of the family, not the Midipadi, and he was a Christian convert. In 1907 Wolf Chief sold the shrine, accompanied with data about its history and use, to the anthropologist Gilbert L. Wilson, who collected it for George Heye, founder of the Museum of the American Indian in New York City. Members of the Midipadi clan were outraged by the sale and petitioned the museum for its return. In 1938, in one of the first successful repatriations of Indian sacred objects, the ancient bundle was reluctantly returned. Text Citation (Chicago Manual of Style format): Hirschfelder, Arlene, and Paulette Molin. "Small Ankle." Encyclopedia of Native American Religions, Updated Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2000. American Indian History Online. Facts On File, Inc. www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE43&iPin=ind2055&SingleRecord=True (accessed August 21, 2013). Small Ankle of the Rising Water (Water Buster) Clan of Hidatsas Brother: Charging Enemy Married to four sisters: Weahtee (Want-To-Be-A-Woman), Red Blossom, Stalk-of-Corn, Strikes-Many-Woman Daughter with Weahtee : Waheenee-wea (Buffalo Bird Woman) Other children: Wolf Chief Bear´s Tail Flies Low Red Kettle Full Heart see: archive.org/stream/waheeneeanindia00wilsgoog#page/n6/mode/2uplib.fortbertholdcc.edu/FortBerthold/TATBIO.htmdigital.library.upenn.edu/women/buffalo/garden/garden.htmlSmall Ankle and sons Charging Enemy, Red Kettle and Wolf Chief. Wolf Chief is sitting left |
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Post by kevinfinley on May 15, 2020 9:57:58 GMT -5
As requested, here is some info on Small Ankle, compiled from the internet. Please add more or more accurate information. Small Ankle by Zalmon Gilbert www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp Small Ankle Tribe name: Hidatsa Born: unknown Died: 1888 Occupation: medicine man From: Encyclopedia of Native American Religions, Updated Edition. Small Ankle became the keeper of the Maa-duush, the sacred Waterbuster (Midipadi) Clan Bundle, believed to have originated as a gift from a supernatural being who had joined the human race. Passed down through generations of keepers, ownership was acquired through ritual purchase by a Midipadi clan member. A transfer generally occurred after a keeper became elderly and could no longer carry out the necessary obligations associated with it. Small Ankle purchased the sacred bundle from Missouri River, who had helped to lead their people upriver to Like-a-Fishhook village after their villages at the mouth of the Knife River in present-day North Dakota were struck by smallpox in 1837. The new keeper was a member of a prominent family. His father, Big Cloud, was another leader in the migration to Like-a Fishhook, and Buffalo Bird Woman, his daughter, and other relatives had acquired rights to sacred ceremonies. Because Small Ankle's earth lodge housed the ancient bundle, stored in a wooden shrine, it was treated with particular honor and respect. His grandson, Edward Goodbird, described the area between the central post and the shrine as holy: "It was therefore not permitted to walk between the post and the sacred Bundles" When Small Ankle died in 1888, he was still the keeper. His son, Wolf Chief, who became custodian of the objects, was ineligible to assume the role as he belonged to the Prairie Chicken clan on his mother's side of the family, not the Midipadi, and he was a Christian convert. In 1907 Wolf Chief sold the shrine, accompanied with data about its history and use, to the anthropologist Gilbert L. Wilson, who collected it for George Heye, founder of the Museum of the American Indian in New York City. Members of the Midipadi clan were outraged by the sale and petitioned the museum for its return. In 1938, in one of the first successful repatriations of Indian sacred objects, the ancient bundle was reluctantly returned. Text Citation (Chicago Manual of Style format): Hirschfelder, Arlene, and Paulette Molin. "Small Ankle." Encyclopedia of Native American Religions, Updated Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2000. American Indian History Online. Facts On File, Inc. www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE43&iPin=ind2055&SingleRecord=True (accessed August 21, 2013). Small Ankle of the Rising Water (Water Buster) Clan of Hidatsas Brother: Charging Enemy Married to four sisters: Weahtee (Want-To-Be-A-Woman), Red Blossom, Stalk-of-Corn, Strikes-Many-Woman Daughter with Weahtee : Waheenee-wea (Buffalo Bird Woman) Other children: Wolf Chief Bear´s Tail Flies Low Red Kettle Full Heart see: archive.org/stream/waheeneeanindia00wilsgoog#page/n6/mode/2uplib.fortbertholdcc.edu/FortBerthold/TATBIO.htmdigital.library.upenn.edu/women/buffalo/garden/garden.htmlSmall Ankle and sons Charging Enemy, Red Kettle and Wolf Chief. Wolf Chief is sitting left |
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Post by kevinfinley on May 15, 2020 10:08:16 GMT -5
As requested, here is some info on Small Ankle, compiled from the internet. Please add more or more accurate information. Small Ankle by Zalmon Gilbert www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp Small Ankle Tribe name: Hidatsa Born: unknown Died: 1888 Occupation: medicine man From: Encyclopedia of Native American Religions, Updated Edition. Small Ankle became the keeper of the Maa-duush, the sacred Waterbuster (Midipadi) Clan Bundle, believed to have originated as a gift from a supernatural being who had joined the human race. Passed down through generations of keepers, ownership was acquired through ritual purchase by a Midipadi clan member. A transfer generally occurred after a keeper became elderly and could no longer carry out the necessary obligations associated with it. Small Ankle purchased the sacred bundle from Missouri River, who had helped to lead their people upriver to Like-a-Fishhook village after their villages at the mouth of the Knife River in present-day North Dakota were struck by smallpox in 1837. The new keeper was a member of a prominent family. His father, Big Cloud, was another leader in the migration to Like-a Fishhook, and Buffalo Bird Woman, his daughter, and other relatives had acquired rights to sacred ceremonies. Because Small Ankle's earth lodge housed the ancient bundle, stored in a wooden shrine, it was treated with particular honor and respect. His grandson, Edward Goodbird, described the area between the central post and the shrine as holy: "It was therefore not permitted to walk between the post and the sacred Bundles" When Small Ankle died in 1888, he was still the keeper. His son, Wolf Chief, who became custodian of the objects, was ineligible to assume the role as he belonged to the Prairie Chicken clan on his mother's side of the family, not the Midipadi, and he was a Christian convert. In 1907 Wolf Chief sold the shrine, accompanied with data about its history and use, to the anthropologist Gilbert L. Wilson, who collected it for George Heye, founder of the Museum of the American Indian in New York City. Members of the Midipadi clan were outraged by the sale and petitioned the museum for its return. In 1938, in one of the first successful repatriations of Indian sacred objects, the ancient bundle was reluctantly returned. Text Citation (Chicago Manual of Style format): Hirschfelder, Arlene, and Paulette Molin. "Small Ankle." Encyclopedia of Native American Religions, Updated Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2000. American Indian History Online. Facts On File, Inc. www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE43&iPin=ind2055&SingleRecord=True (accessed August 21, 2013). Small Ankle of the Rising Water (Water Buster) Clan of Hidatsas Brother: Charging Enemy Married to four sisters: Weahtee (Want-To-Be-A-Woman), Red Blossom, Stalk-of-Corn, Strikes-Many-Woman Daughter with Weahtee : Waheenee-wea (Buffalo Bird Woman) Other children: Wolf Chief Bear´s Tail Flies Low Red Kettle Full Heart see: archive.org/stream/waheeneeanindia00wilsgoog#page/n6/mode/2uplib.fortbertholdcc.edu/FortBerthold/TATBIO.htmdigital.library.upenn.edu/women/buffalo/garden/garden.htmlSmall Ankle and sons Charging Enemy, Red Kettle and Wolf Chief. Wolf Chief is sitting left |
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Post by kevinfinley on May 15, 2020 10:09:24 GMT -5
As requested, here is some info on Small Ankle, compiled from the internet. Please add more or more accurate information. Small Ankle by Zalmon Gilbert www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp Small Ankle Tribe name: Hidatsa Born: unknown Died: 1888 Occupation: medicine man From: Encyclopedia of Native American Religions, Updated Edition. Small Ankle became the keeper of the Maa-duush, the sacred Waterbuster (Midipadi) Clan Bundle, believed to have originated as a gift from a supernatural being who had joined the human race. Passed down through generations of keepers, ownership was acquired through ritual purchase by a Midipadi clan member. A transfer generally occurred after a keeper became elderly and could no longer carry out the necessary obligations associated with it. Small Ankle purchased the sacred bundle from Missouri River, who had helped to lead their people upriver to Like-a-Fishhook village after their villages at the mouth of the Knife River in present-day North Dakota were struck by smallpox in 1837. The new keeper was a member of a prominent family. His father, Big Cloud, was another leader in the migration to Like-a Fishhook, and Buffalo Bird Woman, his daughter, and other relatives had acquired rights to sacred ceremonies. Because Small Ankle's earth lodge housed the ancient bundle, stored in a wooden shrine, it was treated with particular honor and respect. His grandson, Edward Goodbird, described the area between the central post and the shrine as holy: "It was therefore not permitted to walk between the post and the sacred Bundles" When Small Ankle died in 1888, he was still the keeper. His son, Wolf Chief, who became custodian of the objects, was ineligible to assume the role as he belonged to the Prairie Chicken clan on his mother's side of the family, not the Midipadi, and he was a Christian convert. In 1907 Wolf Chief sold the shrine, accompanied with data about its history and use, to the anthropologist Gilbert L. Wilson, who collected it for George Heye, founder of the Museum of the American Indian in New York City. Members of the Midipadi clan were outraged by the sale and petitioned the museum for its return. In 1938, in one of the first successful repatriations of Indian sacred objects, the ancient bundle was reluctantly returned. Text Citation (Chicago Manual of Style format): Hirschfelder, Arlene, and Paulette Molin. "Small Ankle." Encyclopedia of Native American Religions, Updated Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2000. American Indian History Online. Facts On File, Inc. www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE43&iPin=ind2055&SingleRecord=True (accessed August 21, 2013). Small Ankle of the Rising Water (Water Buster) Clan of Hidatsas Brother: Charging Enemy Married to four sisters: Weahtee (Want-To-Be-A-Woman), Red Blossom, Stalk-of-Corn, Strikes-Many-Woman Daughter with Weahtee : Waheenee-wea (Buffalo Bird Woman) Other children: Wolf Chief Bear´s Tail Flies Low Red Kettle Full Heart see: archive.org/stream/waheeneeanindia00wilsgoog#page/n6/mode/2uplib.fortbertholdcc.edu/FortBerthold/TATBIO.htmdigital.library.upenn.edu/women/buffalo/garden/garden.htmlSmall Ankle and sons Charging Enemy, Red Kettle and Wolf Chief. Wolf Chief is sitting left |
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Post by kevinfinley on May 15, 2020 10:10:34 GMT -5
Charging Enemy is Small Ankle’s son and not his brother. |
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Post by kevinfinley on May 15, 2020 10:16:02 GMT -5
I am the great-great-great grandson of Small Ankle, I carry the Hidatsa name of “Wolf Grass.”
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