#8 ArchiveGrid and CAMIO

   Sitting Bull autograph card - something I would have never thought of looking for! Not alot of old artifacts from him except the one card with envelope. The information on him was also short but I would have guessed that. He wasn't a showy type person but stood up for what he believed and tried to keep his indian culture and heritage alive. He was an active force against the white man take over and led the Sioux and Cheyenne warriors in battles. I didn't realize he died while resisting arrest which was about a traditional dance he was trying to keep alive.
   I then typed in Rapid City SD flood and got tons of stuff. Anything related to SDak, a flood in any part of the country and  a few things on Rapid City.  So I narrowed down the search to just Rapid City SDak and got 133 resaults coming from Augustana and MN historical society and Uof M. Yale University even has something on Wounded Knee.
   The CAMIO section wasn't my thing and started by putting in VanGogh. 48 prints appeared and the locations of these prints.  Thought this was pretty neat. Did the Paul Revere and found he had 35 items listed which was 35 more than I thought there would be! He had paintings, metal works and decorative items and prints. The next word "Sioux" I didn't know what to expect. Turned out to be mostly Sioux Indian stuff of jewelry, clothes, books, prints and paintings. There locations were listed, also.
   I then typed in a 19th century artist by the name of Asher Durand. He had 13 prints and I enjoyed looking at them closer, putting 4 on my favorites and moving them around to my liking. I do like his outdoor scenery pictures.
   With our museum in Freeman, I think we would be able to do more research on some of the items we have here.  If we could find out more info on some of the pieces we have on hand that we don't know much about, that would be awesome.  I will have to bring this up to the director of the museum. She probably knows all about it but it can't hurt!