The Sun Dance from "The Song of the Indian Wars"

Image Not Available for The Sun Dance from "The Song of the Indian Wars"
The Sun Dance from "The Song of the Indian Wars"
Image Not Available for The Sun Dance from "The Song of the Indian Wars"

The Sun Dance from "The Song of the Indian Wars"

Date1925
Illustration CitationThe Song of the Indian Wars, by John G. Neihardt (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1925)
MediumInk and gouache on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 8 15/16 × 7 in. (22.7 × 17.8 cm)
sheet: 11 7/8 × 9 in. (30.2 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jere True Mueller, 1989
Object number1989-38
On View
Not on view
Label TextAllen Tupper True created this illustration for The Song of the Indian Wars, which was part of John Neihardt's A Cycle of the West, a series of poems published from 1915 to 1925. The topics covered the Euro-American expansion into the Great Plains and displacement of Native American peoples. A Pyle student, True specialized in scenes of the American West.
Image Not Available for Endpaper from "Song of the Indian Wars"
Endpaper from "Song of the Indian Wars"
1925
Image Not Available for The Songs of the War
The Songs of the War
Winslow Homer
November 23, 1861
Image Not Available for Indian Sun Priest
Indian Sun Priest
Frank Earle Schoonover
1927
Image Not Available for War in the East
War in the East
Edward John Gregory
not dated
Image Not Available for World War I era interior scene with woman and soldiers, and a body in the foreground
World War I era interior scene with woman and soldiers, and a body in the foreground
Frederic Rodrigo Gruger
not dated
Image Not Available for Songs from Vagabondia
Songs from Vagabondia
Thomas Buford Meteyard
1894
Image Not Available for Santo Domingo Dance
Santo Domingo Dance
Ward Lockwood
c. 1952
Image Not Available for Ming Sun Tai picked up the one-stringed banjo. In the silence there struck four sharp successive notes that leaped from the vibrating string
Ming Sun Tai picked up the one-stringed banjo. In the silence there struck four sharp successive notes that leaped from the vibrating string
Henry James Soulen
1920
Image Not Available for Sketch for Colonies and Nation; Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch Man of War 1619
Sketch for Colonies and Nation; Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch Man of War 1619
Howard Pyle
1901
Image Not Available for Sketch for Colonies and Nation; Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch Man of War 1619
Sketch for Colonies and Nation; Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch Man of War 1619
Howard Pyle
1901
Image Not Available for Tailpiece for A Song for Summer
Tailpiece for A Song for Summer
Reginald Bathurst Birch
1901
Image Not Available for Headpiece for the Song of the Followers of Pan
Headpiece for the Song of the Followers of Pan
Howard Pyle
1900
IMLS Logo