Wi-jun-jon, Chin-cha-pee, Children of Wi-jun-jon
Artist
George Catlin
(American, 1796 - 1872)
Date1852
Mediumpencil and watercolor on cardboard
DimensionsSheet: 17 3/8 x 22 3/4 inches (44.1 x 57.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.77.2.L
ClassificationsPaper
DescriptionPages are now separate. Original worn buckrum binding, black leather corners and spine, gold lines. Encased in a red portfolio.Label TextCatlin portrayed an Assiniboine family of parents and children. In 1999, historian Kenneth Ryan commented on the importance of family in his culture. Ryan’s Assiniboine name is Tashunga Saba. “The role of the family amongst traditional Assiniboine was extremely important. . . . It was from your family that you learned your language, history, culture, religion, and social values.” Ryan commented on the disintegration of the family. He cited factors such as boarding schools. The government removed children from their families and sent them to boarding schools. The schools would not allow children to speak their native languages. “We need to learn and know our traditional tribal histories.”
ProvenancePurchased June 11, 1956 through (Charles Eberstadt, Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, New York) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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Oscar Edmund Berninghaus