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Miwakan Yuhala
Sepia-toned head shot of a man in a suit with a badge
Mi-Wa-Kan Yu-Ha-La, photograph taken by Charles Milton Bell (1875)
Bornca. 1847
Died1910
South Dakota
Resting placeSaint Matthews Episcopal Cemetery, Slim Butte, South Dakota
NationalityOglala Sioux Tribe
Other namesGeorge Sword, Man Who Carries the Sword[1]
Occupation(s)police captain, judge
StyleLedger art[1]

Mi-Wa-Kan Yu-Ha-La (ca. 1847 – 1910)[2] was an Oglala Lakota law enforcement officer and judge.[3] He was also a ledger artist whose work is in the collections of the National Museum of the American Indian.[1]

Name

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Miwakan Yuhala is a Lakota name, translating to "Man Who Carries the Sword."[1] He is also known as George Sword.[1][4][5][6]

Career

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Miwakan Yuhala served as caption of the police at the Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota.[7][8] and a judge in a Native American court.[5][9]

Legacy

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Delphine Red Shirt (Oglala Lakota) published stories told by Miwakan Yuhala in George Sword's Warrior Narratives: Compositional Processes in Lakota Oral Tradition (University of Nebraska Press, 2016).[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Man Who Carries the Sword". National Museum of the American Indian. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Fourth World Journal Volume 15 Number 2" (PDF). www.cwis.org.
  3. ^ "Mi-Wa-Kan Yu-Ha-La". ictnews.org.
  4. ^ "American-Tribes.com".
  5. ^ a b "Lakota Iapi and Memory | Native American Sites of Memory". December 18, 2014.
  6. ^ Red Shirt, Delphine (November 2016). George Sword's Warrior Narratives: Compositional Processes in Lakota Oral Tradition (PDF). U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803284395. LCCN 2016039400.
  7. ^ "Mi-wa-kan yu-ha-la or He Who Has a Sword, also Captain George Sword". www.cartermuseum.org.
  8. ^ Cross, W. R. (William R. ) (October 20, 1891). "Capt. Geo Sword, chief of police with Buffalo Bill's Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, S.D." www.loc.gov.
  9. ^ Lamar, Walter (March 26, 2015). "George Sword: First Native Police Captain".
  10. ^ "Preview This Book George Sword's Warrior Narratives". University of Nebraska Press. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
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