[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Their great ceremony of the Sun Dance — described by Catlin under the name of Okeepa ****

have you read Catlin's two volume work, NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.

It will be worth your time. A great study!

[Drammach]

George Catlin Public Domain Image archive.. U.S. Government database..

http://americanart.si.edu/catlin/highlights.html

Other Federal archived images on Indian Cultures.. Public Domain..

http://scout.wisc.edu/Archives/SPT--AdvancedSearch.php?vn=Classification&vv=%22Indians+of+North+America+--+Pictorial+works%22