Lakota Boy
Arthur Amiotte (Wanblí Ta Hócoka Washté), Oglala Lakota / American, born 1942
Oglala Lakota
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Central Plains
Plains
1986
Photomechanical reproduction on paper
Overall: 23 1/8 × 17 9/16 in. (58.8 × 44.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist
2005.39.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
On view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower left: Amiotte A/P; signed, in print, lower left: Amiotte 86 c[circled]
Label
These prints depict two childhood moments by artists who have dedicated their work to sharing the practices and histories of their communities. Stephen Mopope illustrates a Kiowa (Cáuigù) mother displaying her child swaddled in a cradleboard. The lack of shading and solid background are two features of “Kiowa style” or “Flatstyle,” the signature style of the “Kiowa Six,” an artist collective from Oklahoma.
Arthur Amiotte depicts a Lakota boy with a strong connection to his horse, from his attentive gaze to his grip on the reins. The horse wears a highly decorated bridle and saddle blanket, items designed to honor the relationship between the horse and its owner. Throughout his career, Amiotte has created work to express Lakól wicóh'an washtélaka—the love of Lakota tradition.
From the 2026 exhibition Nurturing Nationhood: Artistic Constructions of America, 1790-1940, curated by Haely Chang (Jane and Raphael Bernstein Associate Curator of East Asian Art), Evonne Fuselier (Hood Museum Board of Advisors Mutual Learning Fellow), Michael Hartman (former Jonathan Little Cohen Curator of American Art), Elizabeth Rice Mattison (Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programming and Curator of European Art), and Ashley B. Offill (Curator of Collections)
Exhibition History
Nurturing Nationhood: Artistic Constructions of America, 1790-1940, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; February 7-August 29, 2026.
Provenance
The artist, Custer, South Dakota; given to present collection, 2005.
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