smacmill
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Post by smacmill on Nov 3, 2013 17:45:59 GMT -5
No response to my query of whether or not the half blood Sioux scouts were referred to as Dog Soldiers. Apparently that was not the case.
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Post by cinye78 on Nov 1, 2019 15:25:10 GMT -5
I see this thread is from 2013.
I think, not sure, but the term Dog Soldier is non-Indian.
Scouts were called Tunweya= scout singular Tunweyapi = scouts plural in Dakota.
Wasicu cinca or Dakota cinca was used for mixed bloods depending on which side of the fence you were looking over.
Awanyanke is the Dakota name here at Spirit lake for Tribal / BIA police.
At Pine Ridge the police were called Cunksa Yuha = Club (billy club) Owner.
i can guess that other DNL communities used different terms.
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Post by gregor on Nov 2, 2019 12:33:13 GMT -5
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Post by Dietmar on Nov 3, 2019 15:11:19 GMT -5
Hi Gregor, the picture above is not a historical photo, but a present-day's portrait by collodion artist Will Dunniway, which should look old. Nevertheless it seems like good example of a Dog Soldier outfit.
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Post by zschippcher on Nov 3, 2019 15:58:37 GMT -5
The Dog Societies existed in numerous Plains tribes as for example with the Arapaho, Kiowa, Blackfoot, Mandan, Hidatsa, Crow, Cree etc.. The Yankton Dog Society is called "Mawatani Okodakiciye", was taken over by the Mandan and mixed with the traditional Yankton Society of Owls' Feathers. The headdress with the turkey feather comb and the back sash are not typical for the Cheyenne, but rather for the Mandan. The photo is nice but unfortunately it doesn't show a Cheyenne Dog Soldier.
André
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Post by gregor on Nov 4, 2019 8:59:41 GMT -5
Thx Dietmar & Andre, a new proof that you can not always trust your eyes.
But the guy looks gorgeous.
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