2010.54.16384

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They Made Us Many Promises...
circa 1973
20 in HIGH x 25.875 in WIDE
(50.8 cm HIGH x 65.72 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.16384

"by Standing Bear - artist of the Oglala Sioux" in brown at the bottom right. "259" handwritten in pencil followed by "2.00" handwritten in black ink on verso top left.





Poster printed on beige paper. At the top is "-They Made Us Many Promises, More Than I Can Remember But / They Never Kept But One. They Promised To Take Our Land / And They Took It.-" in brown. At the bottom is a green shaded area with a battle scene showing men in blue fighting and killing North American Indians, printed in brown. At the bottom left is "massacre at Wounded Knee - December 29, 1890" in brown. |

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