Because It's What Sitting Bull Used

[outrider58]

That painting would look great next to my Velvet Tupac

Where were you during the corned beef thread?

 

[wilcam47]

I've not yet given in to the temptation to purchase a Mosin Nagant, but this may be the reason to buy one. Apparently, they're OK for Cowboy Action Shooting.


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Where did you find this pic?

 

[Doctor_M]

AIM has had better arms than just Mosins.

 

[fidelity]

If a Native American based on the U Texas citation (and not a more modern Shining Path or Zapata revolutionary), I'm liking the pic insofar as composition, colors, asynchronous iconography, etc.

 

[Doctor_M]

From the U of Texas at Austin:

"Photograph by: Dirck Halstead, 1973

A Sioux activist triumphantly brandishes his AK-47 after repelling FBI agents on the Wounded Knee reservation in South Dakota. A protest by members of the Lakota (Sioux) tribe and the American Indian Movement turned into a deadly 71-day standoff with several federal agencies.


Did you know?
On December 29, 1890, 500 U.S. soldiers fired on approximately 350 Lakota people in Chief Big Foot's Miniconjou band along Wounded Knee Creek. The massacre was generally considered to be the last battle of the Indian Wars waged by the U.S. government."

 

[fidelity]

Whoops. Just thought it was a guy having fun at the range. Didn't know it was a more modern day anti-government action. Should look up the background later. Am familiar with Wounded Knee.