{"title":"Bureau of Ethnology Annual Report","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bureau of Ethnology, established by the Smithsonian in 1879, published annual reports that became some of the most ambitious documentary projects of the era. Each volume combined field research, maps, and detailed illustrations covering Native American cultures, languages, and history across the continent. The prints pulled from these reports are primary source material, produced at the moment the events and subjects were still within living memory. What survives from this tradition are period originals.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-dead-sioux-battle-of-little-bighorn","title":"The Dead Sioux, Battle of Little Bighorn","description":"\u003cp\u003eA chromolithograph from the Smithsonian's Bureau of Ethnology capturing Native American ledger art depicting the Battle of Little Bighorn. This Plate XLV from the Tenth Annual Report preserves indigenous pictographic records of Sioux warriors who fell in the famous 1876 battle, rendered in the distinctive Plains Indian style with profile figures, ceremonial regalia, and traditional weapons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe composition presents warriors in characteristic ledger art conventions: yellow and red body paint, feathered headdresses, rifles, lances, and decorated shields. Each figure represents a specific individual, identifiable to contemporary viewers by their unique regalia and markings. The upper register shows a formal procession, while lower groupings capture the chaos of battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plate stands as a remarkable document: Native American testimony preserved within government ethnographic records. Created during an era when traditional ways of life were under siege, these pictographic histories offer perspectives rarely recorded in official accounts. A significant piece for collectors of Western Americana, Native American art, or the complex history of the American frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.25\" x 7.25\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good, Age-appropriate wear. Paper toning in accordance with the print's age. Marks\/stains as per photo. Wear around the edges and minor paper loss might be present in some prints. Please refer to each print's image to get a better understanding of the condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Authentic Vintage Posters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44912638820467,"sku":"AP7604","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/3005\/8556\/files\/edited_0920a554-498a-4b06-aaa0-568b85afd7ef.jpg?v=1777662571"},{"product_id":"custers-dead-cavalry-battle-of-little-bighorn","title":"Custer's Dead Cavalry, Battle of Little Bighorn","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable chromolithograph reproduces one of the most significant primary documents in American history: a Native American warrior's own visual account of the Battle of Little Bighorn. Created by Red Horse, a Minneconjou Lakota who fought in the battle, this pictographic drawing depicts the aftermath of Custer's defeat with unflinching directness. Fallen cavalry soldiers scatter across the composition, their blue uniforms and naked bodies arranged in the non-perspectival style traditional to Plains Indian ledger art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished as Plate XLVI in the Bureau of Ethnology's Tenth Annual Report, this image represents an extraordinary moment in American documentary history: a federal institution publishing Indigenous perspectives on one of the most mythologized battles of the Indian Wars. The lower register shows Lakota warriors counting coup and collecting weapons, activities that held deep spiritual and social significance in Plains warrior culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA museum-quality document that bridges ethnography, military history, and Native American artistic tradition, this plate offers collectors an authentic window into how the victors of Little Bighorn understood and commemorated their triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.25\" x 7.0\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good, Age-appropriate wear. Paper toning in accordance with the print's age. Marks\/stains as per photo. Wear around the edges and minor paper loss might be present in some prints. Please refer to each print's image to get a better understanding of the condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Authentic Vintage Posters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44912651960435,"sku":"AP7606","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/3005\/8556\/files\/edited_6acfd511-94e8-4852-b6be-3d34c8071440.jpg?v=1777663019"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.authenticvintageposters.com\/collections\/bureau-of-ethnology-annual-report.oembed","provider":"Authentic Vintage Posters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}