POWER SUITS: CLOTHING AND IDENTITY IN PORTRAITS OF BLACK HAWK


ID : 3369    Section Number : C47

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In several portraits made of him between 1832 and his death in 1838, the Sauk leader Black Hawk wears a black suit – the sort of clothing worn by white men at the time. While some historians argue that Black Hawk was forced to wear the suit to show the government’s power over him, Black Hawk may have had more power over his own self-representation than assumed. The question of what Black Hawk wore not only sheds light on changing public perceptions of American Indians during the era of forced removal, but on why and how today’s Native American artists and filmmakers are creating space for their own self-representation.  

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1 Session(s)
Weekly - Thu

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QC BOTANICAL CENTER

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Np Staff 

 

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4/9/2026 - 4/9/2026 Weekly - Thu 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM Rock Island, QC BOTANICAL CENTER  Map Np Staff 

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