Native American Hidatsa Indian, 1830s

Native American Hidatsa Indian, 1830s

Pehriska-Ruhpa. The Hidatsa, called the Minnetaree by the Mandan, are a Siouan people. Tribal appearance and customs have been documented by the visits of two artists of the American west. George Catlin and Karl Bodmer's works record the Hidatsa and Mandan societies, where were rapidly changing under pressure from encroaching settlers, infectious disease, and government restraints. Voyage dans l'interieur de l'Amerique du Nord, execute pendant les annees 1832-34. Karl Bodmer (February 11, 1809, October 30, 1893) was a Swiss printmaker, lithographer, painter, illustrator and hunter. He accompanied the German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied on his Missouri River expedition. Bodmer was hired as an artist to record images of cities, rivers, towns and peoples they saw along the way, including the many tribes of Native Americans along the Missouri River and in that region.

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