Hunkpapa Dakota man, Running Antelope or Ta-to-ka-in-yan-ke

OPPS NEG.3184 C

"Antelope was considered to be the greatest orator of the Sioux nation. When in council or making an address he was full of action, his gestures were fine, he would remind you of some great orator. You enjoyed listening to him and seeing him in action, when you didn't understand a word he was saying; he spoke in Sioux. "John Grass was considered a Sioux orator. John Grass had a most remarkable memory. His great memory gave him the reputation of being a Sioux orator. "Major James McLaughlin, who spent 52 years in the Indian service and had visited all the great speakers, said Running Antelope was the greatest of all of them." -- Notation on photograph in the Burdick Collection of Barry photographs. (February 1937).

Black and white copy negative