Buffalo Bull's Back Fat Explained

Buffalo Bull's Back Fat
Tribe:	Blood
Native Name:	Stu-mick-o-súcks / Stamikosáksi / ᔈᒣᒍᖾᓭᖽᐧ

Buffalo Bull's Back Fat, or Stu-mick-o-súcks / Stamikosáksi / ᔈᒣᒍᖾᓭᖽᐧ (in the Blackfoot language), was a head war chief of the Blood Indians. He is remembered today for his portrait, painted by George Catlin in 1832, located at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.^{[1] [2]}

In one of his letters, Catlin wrote:

The painting appeared in the exhibit Pictures from the New World at Schloss Charlottenburg, which was held in the Orangerie of Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Germany, in 1989.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stu-mick-o-súcks, Buffalo Bull's Back Fat, Head Chief, Blood Tribe by George Catlin. Smithsonian American Art Museum. August 10, 2012.
2. Web site: George Catlin / Buffalo Bull's Back Fat, head chief, Blood tribe / 1832. August 10, 2012.
3. Kersten, Hans Ulrich. General Anzeiger. P. 29, from Smithsonian American Art Museum Catlin files, accessed August 10, 2012