Object Details
Artist
Thure de Thulstrup, 1848 - 1930
Copy after
W. M. Rouzee
Publisher
Harper's Weekly, active 1857 - 1916
Sitter
Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 4 Oct 1822 - 17 Jan 1893
Exhibition Label
This January 1881 cover of the popular journal Harper’s Weekly represents a visit by Native American leaders to Washington, D.C. During the late nineteenth century, these occasions for group activism were often in the news. They were diplomatic responses to white colonizers’ usurpation of Native lands west of the Mississippi River and to the Indian Wars, which violently displaced Native Americans onto reservations.
One delegation that traveled to Washington in late 1880 met with President Rutherford B. Hayes at the White House. The twelve Lower Brule Sioux leaders had journeyed from South Dakota to negotiate with officials and railroad representatives about a right-of-way through their reservation. Ultimately, the Lower Brule Sioux lost 640 acres of prime settlement land. More recently, in 2015, the tribe rejected the Keystone XL pipeline for environmental reasons. Spokesperson Kevin Wright asserted: “It is not an option to bargain with our grandchildren’s future so we can live comfortably today.”
Esta portada de enero de 1881 de la revista Harper’s Weekly ilustra una visita de líderes nativos americanos a Washington D.C. A fines del siglo XIX, estas ocasiones de activismo grupal fueron noticia frecuente como reacciones diplomáticas ante la usurpación de tierras nativas por colonos blancos al oeste del Misisipi y el violento desplazamiento hacia las reservaciones durante las Guerras Indígenas.
A fines de 1880, una delegación se reunió con el presidente Rutherford B. Hayes en la Casa Blanca. Los 12 líderes sioux de la tribu lower brulé habían llegado a Washington desde Dakota del Sur para negociar con autoridades y representantes de los ferrocarriles un derecho de paso a través de su reservación. Al final, los lower brulé perdieron 640 acres de excelente tierra de asentamiento. En un contexto más reciente, en 2015, la tribu rechazó el oleoducto Keystone XL por razones ambientales. El portavoz Kevin Wright afirmó: “No es posible empeñar el futuro de nuestros nietos solo para poder vivir cómodamente hoy”.
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Kiplinger Family
Date
January 22, 1881
Object number
NPG.2018.146
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
Image: 35.6 × 23.3 cm (14 × 9 3/16")
Sheet: 40 × 28 cm (15 3/4 × 11")
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Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Home Furnishings\Drape
Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Chandelier
Architecture\Column
Interior\Ballroom
Human Figures\American Indian
Rutherford Birchard Hayes: Male
Rutherford Birchard Hayes: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Rutherford Birchard Hayes: Politics and Government\Government official\President of US
Rutherford Birchard Hayes: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General
Rutherford Birchard Hayes: Politics and Government\Government official\US Congressman\Ohio
Rutherford Birchard Hayes: Politics and Government\Government official\Governor\Ohio
Portrait
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Record ID
npg_NPG.2018.146