Buffalo Bull's Back Fat
Chief of Siksika First Nation
About Buffalo Bull's Back Fat
Buffalo Bull's Back Fat was a traditional leader or chief.
Buffalo Bull's Back Fat, or Stu-mick-o-súcks , was a head war chief of the Kainai Nation. He is remembered today for his portrait, painted by George Catlin in 1832, located at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
In one of his letters, Catlin wrote:
The painting appeared in the exhibit Pictures from the New World at Schloss Charlottenburg, which was held in the Orangerie of Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Germany, in 1989.
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