Hollow Horn Bear

Hollow Horn Bear
Matȟó Héȟloǧeča
Brulé Lakota leader
Personal details
BornMarch 1850
Nebraska Territory, U.S.
DiedMarch 15, 1913 (aged 62–63)[1]: 43 [2]: 671 
Washington, D.C., U.S.
SpouseGood Bed[3]: Ch. 2 [a][b]
RelationsGrandson, Albert White Hat
ChildrenJohn Hollow Horn Bear[7]
Parent(s)Father, Iron Shell

Hollow Horn Bear[c] (Lakota, Matȟó Héȟloǧeča;[d] March 1850 – March 15, 1913) was a Brulé Lakota chief. He fought in many of the battles of the Sioux Wars, including the Battle of Little Big Horn.

Later, while serving as police chief of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, he arrested Crow Dog for the murder of Spotted Tail, and later testified in the case of Ex parte Crow Dog, argued before the Supreme Court of the United States. He was the chief Speaker and negotiator for the Lakota, making multiple trips to Washington, D.C. to advocate on their behalf. He later took part in the inaugural parades for both presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. He died of pneumonia in Washington in 1913 after the last of these trips.

Hollow Horn Bear was featured on a 1922 US postage stamp and a 1970 $10 Military Payment Certificate. Some sources record him as the basis for the image on the 1899 US five-dollar silver certificate and other depictions of Native Americans. A historical marker was erected in his honor in South Dakota in 1962.

In 2021 the Museum der Weltkulturen in Frankfurt, Germany, repatriated a leather shirt belonging to Chief Hollow Horn Bear, which it had legally acquired in the early 20th century. The museum gave the shirt to his great-grandson Chief Duane Hollow Horn Bear in a ceremony on June 12 in Rosebud, South Dakota.[8] The museum said it returned the shirt for moral and ethical reasons, citing its high significance to the family and the Teton Lakota community.

  1. ^ Mohatt, Gerald; Eagle Elk, Joseph (October 1, 2002). The Price of a Gift: A Lakota Healer's Story. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803282827. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  2. ^ Thrapp, Dan L. (August 1, 1991). Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: G-O. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803294196. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Brave Bird, Mary (November 18, 2014). Ohitika Woman. Grove Atlantic. ISBN 9780802143396. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
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  6. ^ Standing Bear, Luther (November 1, 2006). My People the Sioux. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 211–12. ISBN 9780803293328. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  7. ^ "John Hollow Horn Bear - Sioux - No. 1000". National Museum of the American Indian. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  8. ^ Durón, Maximiliano (July 9, 2021). "German Museum Repatriates Lakota Chief's Shirt, Citing 'Moral and Ethical Reasons'". ARTnews. Retrieved July 13, 2021.


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