George Catlin was ... off in 1830 to St. Louis, Catlin began his vast project, he made over 500 paintings around the Missouri river of several tribes, including the Sioux, Iowa, Ojibbeway, and Mandan.

It is images such as George Catlin’s “Buffalo Chase with Bows and Lances” that engages our imagination of the unique relationship between Indigenous peoples and bison. Catlin wrote that he ...