Chauncey Yellow Robe
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Chief Chauncey Yellow Robe | |
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 Chauncey Yellow Robe, photographed circa 1895 during his enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. | |
| Born | Chauncey Yellow Robe (Killed in the Timber) |
| Nationality | Sioux, American |
| Other names | Chief Yellow Robe |
| Family | Tasinagi (father); Tahcawin (mother); Lillian Belle Springer (wife); Rosebud, Chauncina and Evelyn (daughters) |
Chief Chauncey Yellow Robe (born Canowikacte lit. 'kill in woods' Yellow Robe, c. 1867) was a Sičhą́ǧú (Rosebud Sioux) educator, lecturer, actor, and Native American activist. His given name, Canowicakte, means "kill in woods,"[1] and he was nicknamed "Timber" growing up.[2]
Early life and education[]
Chauncey was born in Sičháŋǧu Oyáte territory, known today as the Rosebud Indian Reservation, in southern South Dakota. He was the firstborn child of his father Tasinagi, a hunter, known later as Yellow Robe for war deeds, who was the son of a hereditary chief; and his mother Tahcawin (lit. 'female deer'), a skilled artist, purportedly a niece of Sitting Bull. He described his childhood to have primarily involved hunting, fishing, and chasing buffaloes across the plains of South and North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana.[1]
In 1916, Yellow Robe wrote an account of his childhood published in Volume 4 of The American Indian Magazine.[1]
Career[]
In 1930, he starred as Chief Chetoga in historical drama The Silent Enemy and delivered its sound-on-film speech introduction.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b c Yellow Robe, Chauncey (1916). "My Boyhood Days". The American Indian Magazine. 4: 50–53 – via Google Books.
- ^ Sprague, Donovin Arleigh (2005). Rosebud Sioux. Arcadia Publishing. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-7385-3447-3.
- ^ actor., Carver, H.P., film director. Cheeka, actor. Akawanush, Chief, actor. Buffalo Child Long Lance, Chief, actor. Yellow Robe, Chief, actor. Spotted Elk, Molly, The Silent Enemy., OCLC 1150887021, retrieved 2021-09-03
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