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1 (one) Native American "End Of The Trail" Lapel - Hat Pin ~ Condition: NEW ~
This attractive Native American Indian "End Of The Trail" lapel - hat pin is about 1 inches across at it's longest point and is made of sturdy metal and brilliantly colored baked on enamel.
About the End Of The Trail figure
This lone figure on his weary horse is one of the most recognized symbols of the American West. By many it is viewed as a reverent memorial to a great and valiant people. To some Native Americans, however, it is viewed as a reminder of defeat and subjugation a century ago. The original, 18' plaster sculpture was created by James Earle Fraser for San Francisco's 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition and received the exposition's Gold Medal for sculpture. The subject of immediate popular acclaim, the image was widely reproduced in postcard, print, curio and miniature form.
Although James Earle Fraser (who also designed the famed Indian Buffalo Nickel) hoped his masterpiece would be cast in bronze and placed on Presidio Point overlooking San Francisco Bay, material restrictions during the First World War made the project impossible. Instead, in 1920, the city of Visalia, California, obtained the discarded statue and placed it in Mooney Park, where it remained, in a gradually deteriorating condition, for 48 years. In 1968, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum acquired this original plaster statue, restored it to its original magnificence, and made it a focal point of the museum.
In 1894, when James Earle Fraser completed his model of the End of the Trail, American civilization stretched from shore to shore. Most Euro-Americans believed the frontier period was over and that such progress was inevitable. Many viewed Native Americans as part of the past, a vanishing race with no place in the twentieth century. Popular literature portrayed Indian people as "savages," noble or otherwise. Fraser's The End of the Trail reflects this legacy: a nineteenth century Indian warrior defeated and bound for oblivion -- frozen in time.
By the 1890s, Native Americans knew their trail had become steep and rocky, but they believed it would continue. Confined mostly to reservations and ravaged by disease and starvation, the Indian population declined dramatically. Indian children were forced to attend federally supported boarding schools that attempted to replace traditional tribal values with American culture. Although denied citizenship and a voice in determining their future until 1924, Indian people persisted.
World War II brought dramatic changes to most Native American communities. Modern warriors enlisted in the armed forces, while other Indian men and women moved to urban areas to work in defense industries. Increased cultural pride following the war led many Indian people to seek employment and other opportunities in the non-Indian world. Others supported themselves within the old reservation communities. Today almost half of all Native Americans live in major metropolitan areas. From a low of approximately 250,000 in 1890, Native American population in the United States now numbers slightly over two million.
Modern Indian people have combined the best of traditional tribal values with the opportunities afforded by contemporary American society. Although some Native Americans still follow the time-honored ways of their ancestors, others have assumed prominent roles within society in education, politics, business, medicine and agriculture. Unlike Fraser's sculpture, "being Indian" has never been cast in stone. Today, Native Americans ride forward on a trail into the future.
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Native Americans @ Buffalo Trails is a Lakota/Sioux Indian owned company. Many of our products are reproductions manufactured by outside sources to meet our own, or our affilliate's designs and specifications. Unfortunately, we have been unable to locate any Native American owned factories that produce the kind of products we want to make available. As a consequence we are forced to seek outside sources to manufacture some of the items that we sell. Unless our description of any items specifically states that this item was handcrafted by a particular Native American artist, please assume that it is a manufactured reproduction.
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