Sitting Bull, (sculpture).

Sitting Bull, (sculpture).

Ziolkowski, Korczak, 1908-1982, sculptor.

Shillingstad, Jack, sculptor.

Kelly, R. L., photographer. (copy after)

Dakota Granite Company, fabricator.

Sitting Bull, (sculpture).

Tatanka Iyotake, (sculpture).

Copyrighted 1953. Dedicated Sept. 2, 1953.

Sculpture: flint hard Black Hills granite; Base: polished Dakota Mahogany granite.

Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 36 in.; Base: approx. 8 ft. 4 in. x 50 in. x 50 in. (6 tons).

"Sitting Bull"/(copyright symbol) Korczak/35 sc (Incised on base:) TATANKA IYOTAKE/SITTING BULL/1831-1890 signed

Bust of Sitting Bull stands on a plain, tall pedestal. His hair is in two long braids, and two feathers extend from the back of his head. A peace pipe lies horizontally at the base of the bust, as though the figure is cradling it in his arms.

Portrait male -- Sitting Bull, Chief -- Bust

Ethnic -- Indian -- Sioux

Object -- Other -- Pipe

Outdoor Sculpture -- South Dakota -- Mobridge

Administered by City of Mobridge, Mobridge, South Dakota

Located Four miles west of Mobridge, overlooking the Missouri river, Mobridge, South Dakota

Sculpture serves as a grave marker for Chief Sitting Bull (1831-1890), whose remains were brought in 1953 to this, the site of the Sioux chief's birth and death. Prior to that, Sitting Bull was buried in Fort Yates, North Dakota. The City of Mobridge contributed $15,000. The rendering of Sitting Bull is based on an 1883 photograph by R. L. Kelly. The granite for the bust is from Thunderhead Mountain, the Black Hills site where the Crazy Horse monument (IAS 76008568) is in progress. In 1985, the bust was restored by Jack Shillington, who created the commemorative plaque which stands nearby. IAS files include related articles from "Milwaukee Road Magazine," Oct. 1953, and the "Wi-iyohi," the bulletin of the South Dakota Historical Society. v. 7 no. 7 (Oct 1, 1953). For related reading, see "The Saga of Sitting Bull's Bones" by Robb Dewell, "An Illustrated History of the Arts in South Dakota," by Arthur Huseboe (Sioux Falls, S. D.: Augustana College, 1989), the Mobridge Tribune, Aug. 26, 1953 and Aug. 27, 1953, and the Rapid City Journal, March 21, 1953, April 5, 1953, April 8, 1953, Aug. 14, 1953, Aug. 28, 1953, Sept. 3, 1953 and June 24, 1959. IAS files also contain newspaper clipping from The Washington Post, July 8, 2007, pg. A-3, discussing plans for larger memorial complex.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Dakota survey, 1993.

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