This photographic art print is printed on acid-free paper that will last a hundred years, and is matted in neutral colors chosen to compliment the print, yet match any decor.

Each art print is backed with cardboard, ready to frame, and is enclosed in a plastic bag for protection.

This art print measures approximately 8x10 inches, including the mat. The mat pictured is representative, the one you receive may vary. If you are ordering more than one print, we will try to match mat colors when available.

This item can be shipped internationally. If additional shipping charges are required outside the continental US, we will contact you after your order is placed. We can ship up to four 8x10s inside the continental US in one package for the $6.95 postage flat rate.

This art print is made from an historical photo of Spotted Elk, son of the famous Lakota chief named Big Foot, taken by photographer J.A. Johnson in 1908.

Known to whites as Bigfoot, Bigfoot's Lakota name was Si Tanka , which means "Spotted Elk."

The son of Lone Horn, Spotted Elk became chief of the Minneconjou ("Planters by the River") Sioux after the death of his father in 1874.

Native accounts of Spotted Elk describe him as a great hunter and a skilled horseman who possessed a string of fine ponies. He was best known, however, for his political and diplomatic successes. An able negotiator, Spotted Elk was skilled at settling quarrels between rival parties and was often in great demand among other Teton bands to settle disputes.

After the Sioux War for the Black Hills in 1876-77, the Minneconjou were placed on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. Being a person accustomed to finding ways of reconciling disparate views, the elder Spotted Elk sought means to adapt to white ways. According to Native accounts, Spotted Elk was among the first American Indians to raise corn in accordance with government standards.

After hearing of Sitting Bull's death in 1890, Spotted Elk decided to migrate to the Pine Ridge Reservation. On December 28, the Minneconjou were intercepted by an army detachment under the command of Major Samuel Whitside.

Spotted Elk, who was suffering from pneumonia at the time, ordered his band's surrender. His tribe was then escorted to Wounded Knee Creek where they set up camp. Shortly thereafter, Colonel James Forsyth arrived and assumed command of the situation.

On the morning of December 29, when the colonel ordered the tribe to surrender their weapons, a fight erupted in which Spotted Elk was killed and nearly 200 Sioux men, women, and children were killed, along with 25 soldiers.

The Spotted Elk in this picture was the son of this famous chief, and was a small child at the time of the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. The original of this photgraph was taken in 1908 by photographer J.A. Johnson.