Joseph Henry Sharp's Making Sweetgrass Medicine, Blackfoot Ceremone

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Joseph henry sharp was able to live peacefully with many native american tribes an example of this can be found in one of his artworks, “Making Sweetgrass Medicine, Blackfoot Ceremony” While theodore roosevelt was president he had Joseph paint portraits of the 200 Native American warriors who survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn. “Camping on the battlefield of Little Bighorn, becoming acquainted with and painting portraits of Plains Indians. In 1900, an exhibition of these portraits would travel to Paris and to Washington D.C., and would prove to be a turning point in his career. The Smithsonian Institution purchased 11 portraits, and President Roosevelt took an interest in Sharp’s work” Theodore roosevelt really liked sharps art and

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