Dull Knife or Morning Star Northern Cheyenne

$150.00

This exclusive series features four limited edition watercolor prints, each personally signed by the artist. Collectors may purchase the prints individually or as a complete set.

  • Unframed, 8-color watercolor prints

  • Printed on acid-free, archival cotton paper

  • Paper size: 24" × 19"

  • Image size: 16 ¾" × 11 ⅞"

Celebrate Native American artistry with a collection that blends cultural heritage, artistic mastery, and museum-level significance. Scroll down for brief history.

This exclusive series features four limited edition watercolor prints, each personally signed by the artist. Collectors may purchase the prints individually or as a complete set.

  • Unframed, 8-color watercolor prints

  • Printed on acid-free, archival cotton paper

  • Paper size: 24" × 19"

  • Image size: 16 ¾" × 11 ⅞"

Celebrate Native American artistry with a collection that blends cultural heritage, artistic mastery, and museum-level significance. Scroll down for brief history.

Dull Knife – Northern Cheyenne

Dull Knife was a chief of the old tradition, respected for his courage, selflessness, and integrity. Among the Plains tribes, worth was measured by deeds, and though not as renowned as Roman Nose or Two Moon, he was admired for his honesty, simplicity, and battle record.

He earned his name in combat. A Cheyenne bear warrior, Dull Knife claimed the bear’s spirit gave him strength. In one fight, his blade could not pierce an enemy’s buffalo-hide shield; though wounded, he killed his opponent, thereafter known as “Dull Knife.”

The Northern Cheyenne, alongside the Sioux, fought to defend their last buffalo grounds in the Black Hills and Big Horn country. In 1875, U.S. policy forced tribes onto reservations. Dull Knife resisted, but with his band weakened, he was exiled to Indian Territory. There his people became sick and were dying. Choosing freedom or death, he led them on a grueling flight north. Pursued by soldiers, they endured terrible hardships yet reached their homeland.

At Fort Robinson, Nebraska, they were captured. Facing despair, Dull Knife declared: “I have lived my life. I am ready for our freedom.” With weapons smuggled in by the women, the Cheyenne staged a desperate breakout. Outnumbered and outgunned, they fought until their ammunition was gone. Mothers even lifted their children to face death alongside them.

Dull Knife escaped with his wife, son, and daughter-in-law to Pine Ridge in South Dakota. He lived there until his death in 1883 and was buried on high ground overlooking his home.