This is a fantastic, double-sided set of two original ledger drawings from the Northern Lakota Sioux dating to circa 1890-1930’s from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and a large ledger drawing collection. The piece shows a single 1800’s ledger page with drawing on both sides. The first side shows a Lakota Sioux Chief or Warrior in full dress showing a split horn headdress, beaded war shirt, fully beaded moccasins and beaded leggings. There are several buckets of pigment paint and the figure is painted his vision or coup on a Buffalo / Bison head on stretchers. There is another individual holding a coup staff with beadwork and a painted tipi behind them. The other side shows a Lakota Sioux warrior on his painted pony in full war regalia with feathered headdress, painted war shield, beadwork, parfleche envelope, war lance, bow and arrows. The warrior is approaching two U.S. Cavalry soldiers with guidon flag and golden boy henry rifles along with rattling cavalry sabers. Provenance: From the same collection as the 1890- Carlisle Indian School Ledger Drawing sold by NAAC in March 2024 for $1,905 (w/ bp) amongst others. The original ledger book would have been traded to the Northern Sioux and was said to be handed down from their ancestor’s at the Sioux Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and later traded to the collector many years ago back in the 1970-1980s. In a double sided wood and glass frame showing both sides that measures 15-inches by 12-inches. The drawing is approx.. 13.75-inches by 83/8-inches.