Bear’s Belly of the Arikara People
Photographer Edward Curtis snapped this photo of Bear’s Belly, an Arikara warrior in 1909 in an effort to document how Native Americans lived. Bear’s Belly was born in 1847 in what later became North Dakota. He got his name because the bear skin he wore came from the tree bears he battled and killed. This made him a well recognized and admired warrior among his people.