Post by noggy on Oct 4, 2019 2:21:45 GMT -6
I have no idea if this is the right place to post this, or if it has been posted before. But screw it 
So allegedly, a Cheyenne woman made a dress from pieces of fallen soldiers` uniforms after the battle and it was more or less forgotten and stored away in a museum. It has since been re-discovered, and was brought to the battlefield in 2016 during the 140th anniversary. Maybe some of you were there? Either way, I found this piece interesting and did not know of it.
Link: dailygazette.com/article/2016/06/19/dress
Some interesting quotes from a Cheyenne named Cliff Eaglefeathers who has researched it:
"Eaglefeathers, 68, said he grew up on a reservation near the battlefield knowing little of the battle. “When I was younger, we were not allowed to go to the battlefield,” he said. “When we drove by, my grandmother would say not to look at it.”
After he first saw the dress while attending an Indian education conference in Spokane, Eaglefeathers said he went back to Montana and spoke to tribal elders. “Two women said they had heard about it, but never seen the dress,” he said.
But he wasn't surprised so few people knew. “My people, at that time, they said there would be a 100-year silence about the battle,” he said. “Maybe among themselves they would talk, but not outside.”"
All the best,
Noggy
So allegedly, a Cheyenne woman made a dress from pieces of fallen soldiers` uniforms after the battle and it was more or less forgotten and stored away in a museum. It has since been re-discovered, and was brought to the battlefield in 2016 during the 140th anniversary. Maybe some of you were there? Either way, I found this piece interesting and did not know of it.
Link: dailygazette.com/article/2016/06/19/dress
Some interesting quotes from a Cheyenne named Cliff Eaglefeathers who has researched it:
"Eaglefeathers, 68, said he grew up on a reservation near the battlefield knowing little of the battle. “When I was younger, we were not allowed to go to the battlefield,” he said. “When we drove by, my grandmother would say not to look at it.”
After he first saw the dress while attending an Indian education conference in Spokane, Eaglefeathers said he went back to Montana and spoke to tribal elders. “Two women said they had heard about it, but never seen the dress,” he said.
But he wasn't surprised so few people knew. “My people, at that time, they said there would be a 100-year silence about the battle,” he said. “Maybe among themselves they would talk, but not outside.”"
All the best,
Noggy
