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4. Black Hawk’s Skull

  • 2020
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Cynthia-Lou Coleman
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Environmental Clashes on Native American Land
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Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The Fowler Brothers famously studied the skull of Black Hawk—an Indian warrior—before he died in 1838. The studies of his skull—published in the American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany—describe Black Hawk’s mind as in a “savage state.” The warrior’s personality was characterized as bellicose, courageous, destructive and secretive: traits revealed by examining a plaster mold of his head. Public discourse surrounding the skull weaves intertextually with cultural notions that collecting skulls served as a gentleman’s pastime. A sign of refinement was displaying human skulls like household knick-knacks. A darker side to skull-collecting came from grave-robbers who could earn cash by selling Indian body parts to museums and collectors. As we learn later, one such collector dug up Black Hawk’s corpse and stole his skull.

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previous chapter Buckshot for Brains: Cultivating the American Indian Mind
next chapter The Kennewick Man Story
Title
Black Hawk’s Skull
Author
Cynthia-Lou Coleman
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Environmental Clashes on Native American Land

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-34105-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-34106-0

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34106-0_4
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