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Personal items of Sicangu Lakota chief returned after 150 years
At a Pierre middle school, the 1870s came to life in the form of a cache of items that once belonged to Chief Spotted Tail – or Sinte Gleska.
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The collection includes a full set of clothing, arrows, a sage bundle, and a full-sized sacred eagle feather headdress once worn by Spotted Tail himself.
The return took place at the Georgia Morse Middle School, and along with performances from the schools Tate Topa – or Four Winds Drum Group – appearances were also made by state tribal relations secretary David Flute and education secretary Joe Graves.
Spotted Tail was a Sicangu Lakota chief and political leader who served as a liaison between his tribe and the United States government on numerous occasions.
His legacy includes working in DC to represent the interests of native peoples and as the namesake of the Sinte Gleska Tribal University
In the 1870s, Spotted Tail befriended Indian agent Cicero Newell. Indian agents