I also noticed that fillupe was interested in Chief Short Bull ... I'm going to go to the Museum at the weekend to see if I can take pictures of his narration .... I've put a call in to see if I can do that ... just waiting for a reply !!
In the meantime I found ....... this would be interesting to find out about wouldn't it ??
In 1894 Thomas Edison produced two very short works "Buffalo Dance" and "Ghost Dance," using Native Americans from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show ..... but apparently a longer film was produced possibly in 1910 which re-created a Ghost Dance and/or the Wounded Knee Massacre.
One of Short Bull's descendants wrote .............
"In 1894 my great grandfather was invited by Thomas Edison to appear along with Annie Oakley in a film utilizing the kinetograph the prototype of a movie camera. In 1893 Buffalo Bill Cody utilized Short Bull as an actor and a consultant in making a film that re-enacted the Wounded Knee Massacre."
Name - Short Bull later known as Grant Short Bull
Indian Name - Tatanka Ptecela
Tribe - Oglala Sioux Soreback ( Cankahuhan ) Band
Born - approx 1852 near Fort Laramie Wyoming Territory
Father - Black Rock ( probably Inyan Sapa )
Mother - Scatter the Feather
Brother - He Dog
Marriage 1 - 1875-76 Tail
Son - Never Fails born 1879
Marriage 2 - 1880 Good Hawk - later known as Matilda Short Bull
Son - 1886 Run and Left Him a/k/a Runs Away - later known as Charlie Short Bull
Daughter - 1893 Talks a/k/a Looks at the Ground - later known as Katie Short Bull
Role During Battle - Probably in the valley fight
Spring 1877 - Surrendered at Camp Robinson Nebraska
1880 - Surrendered at Fort Keogh Montana Territory
June 1881 - Transferred to Standing Rock Agency
May 1882 - Transferred to Pine Ridge Agency Dakota Territory
Death - August 20 1935 car accident north of Oglala South Dakota
