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Hollow Horn Bear postage stamp
The United States has chosen Indians to represent the country on medals, currency, stamps, seals, and other official items countless times over the past two centuries.
Although labeled generically American Indian, this stamp features the well-known Lakota political leader Hollow Horn Bear. He fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, became a spokesman for his people, and rode in President Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade in 1905. The Apache leader Geronimo was also in that parade. He was an enemy of the state until he wasn't.
This was an expensive stamp. In 1923, you could mail a letter for just two cents. |