In 1854, white settlers were beginning to travel through present-day North Dakota. As a result, whites and Lakota Bands began clashing. Before then, the Lakota Nation was divided into many factions, but this conflict brought them together by the 1860s. They later divided again over internal conflicts.
A unique method with charcoal that creates a textured surface is the result of an upcoming public art show that will feature Kurt Holdorf's work of twelve South Dakota Native Americans.