Stands Hard of the Sioux Tribe
Stands Hard, photographed here in 1900, was a member of the Sioux Dakota tribe. The proper name for the people commonly referred to as the Sioux is Oceti Sakowin, which translates to Seven Council Fires. The Council Fires consisted of individual bands based on territorial proximity, dialect and kinship. They used horses to branch their tribal territory out in the late 1700s. Unfortunately, the U.S. government had taken a huge portion of their land by the 19th century.