Bodmer_Publication

These experiences as well as talks with numerous tribal members about the
Wied collection led to a more focused vision of the project “Mato-Tope and his
Descendants.” In collaboration with representatives of the Mandan, Hidatsa and
Arikara a basic concept for the exhibition was developed. On 24 November 2000 a
delegation of tribal members represented the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort
Berthold at the grand opening of “In the River of Time: Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara.
Native American Life on the Upper Missouri.” 29 Impressed by the well-designed
presentation, the aesthetical appeal of the pieces on show and the immense interest
on the part of the visitors to the exhibition, the tribal representatives expressed
their appreciation for Maximilian Prince.
To the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara, whose forebears had actually known
the cosmopolitan Prince of Wied and the talented Karl Bodmer, the objects in the
Wied c ollection carry high emotional value because they are perceived as a direct
expression of this personal relationship – and provide an opportunity to meet
their ancestors. Surely Maximilian Prince of Wied would have rejoiced to see Mary
Edith Goodbear’s son Malcolm Wolf surrounded by the pieces he had once collected
and to experience his close relationship with his grandfather Mato-Tope.
Notes
1 See the contribution on the Berlin
collection by Peter Bolz in this
volume.
2 Wied 1820 – 1821
3 Schulze-Thulin 1987: 11
4 Württembergischer Verein für
Handelsgeographie 1905: XL
5 Schulze-Thulin 1987
6 Bolz 1995: 198
7 Bolz 1995: 205
8 Sturtevant 2001: 176
9 Klann 1982: 8
10 Wied 1839 – 1841, Vol. 1: 342
11 Schulze-Thulin 1987: 82; Wied
1839 – 1841, Vol. 1: 530
12 Hunt et al. 1984: 334
13 Hunt et al. 1984: 327
14 Catlin 1844, Letter No. 21
15 Hunt et al. 1984: 358
16 Hunt et al. 1984: 317
17 Wied 1839 – 1841, Vol. 2: 211
18 Wied 1839 – 1841, Vol. 2: 146 – 147
19 Hunt et al. 1984: 335, Pl. 349, Fig. 5
20 Wied 1839 – 1841, Vol. 1: 209
21 Hunt et al. 1984: 190
22 Wied 1839 – 1841, Vol. 1: 213 – 214
23 Wied 1839 – 1841, Vol. 1: 363;
Hunt et al. 1984: 189
24 Wied 1839 – 1841, Vol. 1: 178
25 Klann 2007: 46
26 Under US government pressure,
the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara
united to become the Three
Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold
in 1937 with their own tribal
constitution and tribal council.
27 Gilman & Schneider 1987
28 Gwinn 2003
29 Schierle 2000
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