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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 49567, member: 44&quot;]&gt;my best guess would be a rendition of...</p><p>Wolf Robe (c.1838-1910) was a Southern Cheyenne chief and a holder of the Benjamin Harrison Peace Medal&lt;</p><p><br /></p><p>Very good guess Komo...!!! No doubt that is an &quot;Indian Peace Medal&quot; - circular or oval silver medallions usually with the face of the current president on one side. They were distributed to tribal leaders by representatives of the government since before the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806). The practice stopped at the end of the Benjamin Harrison administration. Wolf Robe did receive a Benjamin Harrison Peace Medal. There are pics of him wearing it.</p><p><a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/58/d8/a9/58d8a9c7a3cd868e5979e1630747b1d0.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/58/d8/a9/58d8a9c7a3cd868e5979e1630747b1d0.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/58/d8/a9/58d8a9c7a3cd868e5979e1630747b1d0.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a pic of Bacon Rind of the Osage wearing one:</p><p><a href="http://www.firstpeople.us/photographs/Bacon-Rind-Osage-1900.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.firstpeople.us/photographs/Bacon-Rind-Osage-1900.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.firstpeople.us/photographs/Bacon-Rind-Osage-1900.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Chief Garfield of the Apaches wearing a James Garfield medal.</p><p><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/374713631470428939/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/374713631470428939/" rel="nofollow">https://www.pinterest.com/pin/374713631470428939/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.franksrealm.com/Indians/tribes/Apache/Jicarilla/pages/jicarilla-chiefgarfield.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.franksrealm.com/Indians/tribes/Apache/Jicarilla/pages/jicarilla-chiefgarfield.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.franksrealm.com/Indians/tribes/Apache/Jicarilla/pages/jicarilla-chiefgarfield.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Yellow Horse of the Arapaho wearing a Ulysses S. Grand &quot;Indian Peace Medal.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/f5/d7/f2/f5d7f25850715fc5c517a6d0c10164a0.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/f5/d7/f2/f5d7f25850715fc5c517a6d0c10164a0.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/f5/d7/f2/f5d7f25850715fc5c517a6d0c10164a0.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Chief Little Shell No. 3 or Ayabe-way-we-tung of the Pembina Ojibwa wearing an Abraham Lincoln &quot;Indian Peace Medal.&quot;</p><p><a href="http://www.manataka.org/page688.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.manataka.org/page688.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.manataka.org/page688.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I love the following one. It is of the Seneca Chief Red Jacket wearing a huge one presented to him by George Washington in 1792.</p><p><a href="http://greatseal.com/peace/indianmedals.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://greatseal.com/peace/indianmedals.html" rel="nofollow">http://greatseal.com/peace/indianmedals.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It seems 100s of these medals were given out. It was common practice for recipients to have portraits painted or pictures taken wearing the medal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now whether this is suppose to be a pic of Wolf Robe or not, I don&#039;t know. There are pics of Wolf Robe in similar deer skin dress and 2 feathers. If it is suppose to be Wolf Robe, it doesn&#039;t look like him in the face when or after he received the award. Wolf Robe was an older man with a narrower face than what this painting portrays. At the moment Wolf Robe is certainly the best candidate for this painting. I think??? Sioux also dressed and wore their hair in the same manner.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/aa/4e/3b/aa4e3bdfd7447495964cd5805b08ae0d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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