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Long Dog

Hunkpapa

 

 

Long Dog (Sunka Hanske) was an Hunkpapa. At the time of his transfer to the Standing Rock Agency in 1881, he was 60 years old [born c1821], a widow, living with his son Black Prairie Dog. He was in Crow King's band (Hunkpapa).
— Ephriam Dickson

Long Dog was a Hunkpapa who went to live in the Wood Mountain area of Saskatchewan after LBH & later surrendered to US military authorities with Crow King's band at Ft. Buford. The photos of him at the Glenbow archives show an older looking man. There are a couple of photographs at Glenbow which show Long Dog holding a three-bladed war club, which is now on display at the RCMP Museum in Regina. Stanley Vestal spoke of a man named Long Dog who fought at the battle of Kildeer Mountain, and C. Frank Turner mentions him in his book "Across the Medicine Line". In it, there is a photograph of a man named Long Dog seated on a horse with a similar background and composition to one I have seen of Rain-in-the-Face, taken at Standing Rock after 1881. The rider looks identical to the man in the photos at the Glenbow photo archives, and even wears the same leggings with a distinctive beadwork pattern. In the caption for the photo in his book, Turner wrote: "Long Dog, a scarred and battered veteran of the wars and sun-dance tortures. A legend among the young men because of the infinite durability o his battle-protective charms, and clear-sighted visions, he was also known as a practical joker and comic". — glenbow

A photograph of Long Dog. The photographer was also Geo W. Scott at Fort Yates:

Dietmar Schulte-Möhring


 

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