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Photographer: Cosmos Mariner
Taken: August 8, 2021
Caption: White Buffalo Girl Headstone
Additional Description: White Buffalo Girl
Dau. Of
Black Elk and Moon Hawk
of Ponca Indian Tribe
Died May 23, 1877
enroute from Ponca Creek
to Indian Territory
Aged 1 Yr. 6 Ms.
• • •
Black Elk’s Request
”I want the whites to respect the grave of
my child just as they do the graves of
their own dead. The Indians do not like
leave the graves of their ancestors. But we
had to move and hope it will be for the
best. I leave the grave in your care. I may
never see it again. Care for it for me.”
Submitted: September 17, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p610933
File Size: 7.510 Megabytes

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